On the question of a comprehensive assessment of the severity of stress

The survey of 111 healthy individuals, law students was carried out with use of the questionnaire with the aim of subjective evaluation of 27 stressful situations, based on the possibility of development of physical, mental and material damage and its severity. 83 individuals evaluated stressors as a “victim”, and 28 as a “lawyer”. It was found that the severity of the stressor was rated mainly according to its ability to cause moral suffering. The rating of degree of moral suffering in the “victims” group was accomplished mostly empathetically, while in the “lawyers” group mainly based on the application of “law of evidence” to the stressor. As a result, “lawyer's” rating of presumed moral injury in many damaging situations was significantly lower in case of their poor objective evidence. In rating of moral injury the stressful subjective factor must have the same weight as the value of the presumed factor.