ضربه اخلاقی اختلالی مقاوم به درمان و چشم‌انداز درمان‌های معنوی ‏خداسو برای ترمیم آن

نوع مقاله : تخصصی

نویسندگان

1 استاد، گروه روان‌شناسی، پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه، قم، ایران (نویسنده مسئول).‏

2 دانشجوی دکتری روان‌شناسی، پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه، قم، ایران. ‏

3 دانشجوی دکتری روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه آزاد بین المللی کیش، کیش، ایران.‏

4 کارشناسی ارشد روان‌شناسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه آزاد واحد شهر قدس، تهران، ایران.‏

چکیده

ضربه اخلاقی، به عنوان یک چالش جدی در حوزه سلامت روانی است. این آسیب روان‌شناختی، زمانی بروز می‌کند که فرد با عملی متعارض با ارزش‌های اساسی خود مواجه می‌شود. مقاله حاضر با هدف بررسی عمیق این پدیده، پیامدهای روان‌شناختی آن را با استفاده از روش‌های مرور نظام‌مند و همچنین تحلیل منابع اسلامی، مورد واکاوی قرار می دهد. یافته‌های پژوهش حاکی از آن است که ضربه اخلاقی، ریشه در تعارض عمیق ارزش‌های بنیادین فرد دارد و با احساس گناه، هم‌سو و با مفهوم گناه کبیره در منابع اسلامی، هماهنگ است. این تعارض و تلاش برای پنهان‌سازی یا محافظت از آن، منجر به عذاب وجدان شدید و در نهایت، بروز اختلالات روان‌شناختی مقاوم به درمان می‌شود. بررسی‌ها نشان می‌دهد که رویکردهای درمانی معنوی، تا کنون، به عنوان روشی موثرتر در رهایی فرد از این آسیب شناخته شده‌اند. پیش‌بینی می‌شود که ضربه اخلاقی به زودی به عنوان یک اختلال روان‌شناختی اساسی شناخته شود. آسیب به ارزش‌های فرد، که اغلب توسط خود او ایجاد شده، به آسانی قابل جبران نیست به طوری که فقط الگوهای معنوی می‌توانند تسکین‌بخش باشند و فرد را از عذاب وجدان رها کنند. اگرچه الگوهای معنوی مبتنی بر منابع ذهنی و ساختگی که با معیارهای واقعی قابل سنجش نیستند نیز می‌توانند به پانسمان زخم اخلاقی منجر شوند؛ اما، تنها معنویت واقعی مبتنی بر منابع معتبر وحیانی و عقلانی، راهگشا است. در این راستا، الگوی درمان معنوی خداسو و الگوی شناختی-رفتاری انطباق‌یافته با مداخلات اسلامی (کوئنیگ، 2025)، به عنوان روش‌هایی مؤثر در مهار و مدیریت این آسیب پیشنهاد می‌شود.
 
 

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Moral Injury as a Treatment-Resistant Disorder and the ‎Prospects of God-Centered Spiritual Therapies for Its Healing

نویسندگان [English]

  • Masoud Janbozorgi 1
  • Roghaye Shokoohi Fard 2
  • Mojgan Ahmadi 3
  • Fateme Madani 4
1 Professor, Department of Psychology, Research Institute for Hawzah and University, Qom, Iran (Corresponding Author)‎
2 Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Research Institute for Hawzah and University, Qom, Iran
3 Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Islamic Azad University, International Branch of Kish, Kish, Iran‎
4 M.A. in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Azad University, Shahr-e-Quds Branch, Tehran, Iran
چکیده [English]

Moral injury is a serious challenge in the field of mental health. This psychological harm arises when an individual encounters an act that contradicts their core values. The present article aims to deeply examine this phenomenon by exploring its psychological consequences through systematic review methods and analysis of Islamic sources. Findings indicate that moral injury originates from a profound conflict with an individual’s fundamental values. It is aligned with feelings of guilt and corresponds with the concept of major sin in Islamic sources. This conflict, along with efforts to conceal or protect it, leads to severe guilt and, eventually, to treatment-resistant psychological disorders. Research shows that spiritual therapeutic approaches have so far proven more effective in helping individuals recover from this type of trauma. It is anticipated that moral injury will soon be formally recognized as a fundamental psychological disorder. Damage to one’s values—often caused by the individual themselves—is not easily reparable, and only spiritual models can offer true relief from the torment of guilt. Although spiritual models based on mental constructs that are not measurable by real criteria may offer temporary relief, only genuine spirituality grounded in reliable revelatory and rational sources can provide true healing. In this regard, the God-centered spiritual therapy model and the adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy model with Islamic interventions (Koenig, 2025) are proposed as effective methods for managing and addressing this condition.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Moral injury
  • spiritual therapy
  • God-centered spiritual treatment
  • Islamic psychology
  • spiritually/religiously integrated cognitive processing therapy
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