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Demoralization is, in a context of warfare, national security, and law enforcement, a process in psychological warfare with the objective to erode morale among enemy combatants and/or noncombatants. That can encourage them to retreat , surrender , or defect rather than defeating them in combat .
In psychology, there is also a process called cognitive destabilisation, which involves being open to conversions and transformations of various kinds. [4] This could be used to counter political destabilisation by presenting a consensual view of the problem.
Demoralization: Distributing pamphlets that encourage desertion or supply instructions on how to surrender. Shock and awe military strategy. Projecting repetitive and disturbing noises and music for long periods at high volume towards groups under siege like during Operation Nifty Package.
Specifically, Demoralization – a non-specific distress component thought to impair the discriminant validity of many self-report measures of psychopathology – was identified and removed from the original clinical scales.
Demoralization can be: Decadence, decay of morality; Demoralization (warfare), damaging an enemy's fighting spirit; Resentful demoralization, a phenomenon in clinical ...
Moral disengagement is a meaning from developmental psychology, educational psychology and social psychology for the process of convincing the self that ethical standards do not apply to oneself in a particular context. [1] [2] This is done by separating moral reactions from inhumane conduct and disabling the mechanism of self-condemnation. [3]
An economist offered an explanation for a paradox that has emerged in recent data showing that spending has remained robust even as consumers report feeling pessimistic.
The result is increased risk of suicide due to demoralization, self-harming, and self-handicapping behaviors. [1] Psychological risk factors which make an individual more prone to moral injury include neuroticism and shame-proneness. Protective factors include self-esteem, forgiving supports, and belief in the just-world fallacy. [1]