Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University.
Psychol Trauma. 2024 Nov;16(8):1319-1328. doi: 10.1037/tra0001569. Epub 2023 Aug 10.
There is emerging evidence that first responders, like military personnel, are at risk for exposure to potentially morally injurious events. However, studies examining expressions of moral injury in first responders are nascent, in large part due to the limited number of measures validated for use in this population. To address this gap, the present study sought to investigate the psychometric properties of the in a sample of first responders.
The psychometric properties of the were investigated in a sample of 228 first responders to determine reliability, convergent validity, discriminative validity, and divergent validity. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the bifactor model identified in a veteran sample (Currier et al., 2018).
Results yielded an excellent fit for the bifactor model with correlated self-directed and other-directed subscales identified in the development study. In addition, the measure evidenced strong reliability, convergent validity, discriminative validity, and divergent validity.
The findings of the present study suggest that the is a psychometrically sound measure capable of assessing self- and other-directed expressions of moral injury in first responders. The significance of these findings to our understanding of moral injury in first responders and their implications for future research are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
有新的证据表明，急救人员（如军人）有接触潜在道德伤害事件的风险。然而，研究检查急救人员的道德伤害表达的研究还处于初期阶段，这主要是由于用于该人群的验证措施数量有限。为了解决这一差距，本研究旨在调查 在急救人员样本中的心理测量特性。
在 228 名急救人员样本中调查 的心理测量特性，以确定可靠性、聚合效度、判别效度和发散效度。此外，还进行了验证性因子分析，以检验在退伍军人样本中确定的双因素模型（Currier 等人，2018 年）。
结果与 在 发展研究中确定的相关自我导向和他人导向子量表的双因素模型拟合良好。此外，该测量方法具有很强的可靠性、聚合效度、判别效度和发散效度。
本研究的结果表明， 在急救人员中评估自我和他人导向的道德伤害表达方面具有良好的心理测量特性。这些发现对我们理解急救人员的道德伤害以及对未来研究的意义进行了讨论。
