Do betrayal-based moral injury and drinking to cope explain the association between military sexual trauma and alcohol consumption?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study examined two sequential mediation models in which betrayal-based moral injury and drinking to cope were hypothesized to explain the associations between sexual assault/sexual harassment and alcohol consumption. Participants were a community sample of 93 current or former U.S. military women (30.4 years; SD = 8.01) who completed an online, anonymous survey. In both models, sexual assault and sexual harassment and alcohol consumption were explained by betrayal-based moral injury and drinking to cope. It may be important to assess for and therapeutically address betrayal-based moral injury as it may be a mechanism that drives alcohol consumption.
Source: Military Psychology
Institution: Old Dominion University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4411365780