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Justin T McDaniel1, Harvey Henson2, Yvonne Hunter3
1School of Human Sciences, Southern Illinois University, 475 Clocktower Drive, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA. jtmcd@siu.edu.
Abstract:
Moral injury is highly correlated with several adverse outcomes among veterans; however, no research has examined the impact of moral injury on academic outcomes. As part of a 17-week pilot longitudinal educational program study, veteran participants (n = 33) completed a baseline survey which included a measure of moral injury. During the first four weeks of the program, the following outcomes were assessed via learning management software: performance on weekly quizzes (POWQ), number of logins (NOL), and module activity completion percentage (CP). Being classified with moral injury was negatively associated with POWQ (b = - 15.59, 95% CI = - 19.89, - 10.96), NOL (b = - 0.69, 95% CI = - 1.86, - 0.19), and CP (b = - 8.76, 95% CI = - 11.29, - 6.80) in bootstrapped linear regression models. Although replication of these results is needed in a larger sample, it is possible that moral injury is associated with poorer academic outcomes among student veterans.
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