ISSN 2617-6858
e-ISSN 2617-6866
The Bulletin of National Defence University of Ukraine
- psychological safety of the individual; intense stress; traumatic situation; traumatic experiences; post-traumatic stress disorder
- https://doi.org/10.33099/2617-6858-2025-85-3-25-32
- Pages 25-32
The article presents the results of a study of the impact of traumatic experiences on the psychological safety of the personality of students of higher education institutions. During the study, it was found that students who experienced traumatic events most often associate them with the experience of being in a war zone and the death of a loved one. Criteria C (avoidance of stimuli), D (increasing excitement), B (repetitive reproduction of a traumatic event) were among the most pronounced criteria for traumatic experiences among students. Compared to young men, young women are more prone to the negative consequences of stress. The results of the correlation analysis confirmed the hypothesis that traumatic experiences violate the psychological safety of the individual, including all its structural components: moral and volitional regulation (normativity), strategies for coping with stressful situations, value-meaning factor and post-traumatic growth. The psychological safety of young women is most strongly influenced by the symptom of impaired functioning of important spheres of life (criterion F), and young men - repeated memories of trauma (criterion B), constant growing excitement (criterion D) and immediate response to a traumatic event (criterion A)
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