DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0083 ISSN: 2368-7924

‘He’s never been the same’: Children’s perception of moral injury in parents post military deployment

Kathryn Reeves

LAY SUMMARY

Using retrospective accounts, this study explored the ways in which children in military families experienced a parent’s potentially morally injurious deployment, as well as how they perceived potential moral injury in their parents post deployment. Eight one-on-one interviews were conducted with adults who grew up in Canadian military families.

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