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Demoralization can be: Decadence, decay of morality; Demoralization (warfare), damaging an enemy's fighting spirit; Resentful demoralization, a phenomenon in clinical ...
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 .
Resentful demoralization is an issue in controlled experiments in which those in the control group become resentful of not receiving the experimental treatment. Alternatively, the experimental group could be resentful of the control group, if the experimental group perceive its treatment as inferior.
Demoralization (warfare) – Warfare tactic used to erode morale Discrediting tactic – Effort to damage someone's reputation Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Divide and rule – Strategy in politics and sociology
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]
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.
One method of disengagement is portraying inhumane behavior as though it has a moral purpose in order to make it socially acceptable.Moral justification is the first of a series of mechanisms suggested by Bandura that can induce people to bypass self-sanction and violate personal standards. [7]
Our present society has been subjected to a mass demoralization campaign for six decades – against technology and against life – under varying names like “existential risk”, “sustainability”, “ESG”, “Sustainable Development Goals”, “social responsibility”, “stakeholder capitalism”, “Precautionary Principle ...