Little is known about the psychological and physiological impacts of moral injury within organizational contexts such as Internet Child Abuse Teams (hereafter abbreviated to ICAT), who are repeatedly exposed to trauma through viewing and grading graphic images of children being sexually abused. The aims of the current research were to explore the key features of, and contributing factors to, moral injury and trauma as experienced by Internet Child Abuse Teams, how these manifested and how these factors can be mitigated. Six participants were recruited from ICATs located at two police constabularies. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings indicated that the moral injury experienced by the participants was predominantly attributable to repeated exposure to traumatising images, with too little decompression time. Dysfunctional coping mechanisms, most commonly substance misuse, cognitive avoidance of distressing thoughts and emotional numbing, amplified the psychological and physical symptoms of anxiety. For many ICAT investigators, such tactics were attempts to manage the moral violations arising from their work and experienced as moral injury. These findings will be used to inform psychological review systems and interventions within policing.

对诸如互联网儿童虐待小组（以下简称 ICAT）等组织环境中道德伤害的心理和生理影响知之甚少，他们通过查看和分级儿童被性虐待的图形图像而反复遭受创伤。当前研究的目的是探索互联网虐待儿童团队所经历的精神伤害和创伤的主要特征和促成因素，这些是如何表现出来的，以及如何减轻这些因素。六名参与者是从位于两个警察局的 ICAT 招募的。使用半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用解释性现象学分析进行分析。研究结果表明，参与者所经历的道德伤害主要是由于反复暴露于创伤性图像，而减压时间太短。功能失调的应对机制，最常见的是药物滥用、对痛苦想法的认知回避和情绪麻木，加剧了焦虑的心理和身体症状。对于许多 ICAT 调查人员来说，这种策略是试图管理他们工作中产生的道德违规行为，并被视为道德伤害。这些发现将用于为警务中的心理审查系统和干预措施提供信息。放大了焦虑的心理和生理症状。对于许多 ICAT 调查人员来说，这种策略是试图管理他们工作中产生的道德违规行为，并被视为道德伤害。这些发现将用于为警务中的心理审查系统和干预措施提供信息。放大了焦虑的心理和生理症状。对于许多 ICAT 调查人员来说，这种策略是试图管理他们工作中产生的道德违规行为，并被视为道德伤害。这些发现将用于为警务中的心理审查系统和干预措施提供信息。