ISSN 2617-6858
e-ISSN 2617-6866
The Bulletin of National Defence University of Ukraine
- adaptation; psychological well-being; coping strategies; identity; resources; wartime everyday life
- https://doi.org/10.33099/2617-6858-2025-85-3-125-131
- Pages 125-131
The article is devoted to the resources of psychological adaptation of students to the conditions of war. It was determined that the psychological state and mental health during the war are extremely important. War leads to constant tension, emotional changes, mass human suffering, and a decrease in the level of psychological well-being. The purpose of this article is to study the peculiarities of the resources of psychological adaptation of students to the conditions of war. Adaptation resources have been found to be largely related to a person's personal and social identities, especially in wartime settings, or in the context of the now popular concept of «wartime everydayness». It has been proven that an important goal of the study is to study the factors (that is, social support, satisfaction of needs; coping and adaptation strategies) that predict internally individual changes in social identity that occur over time. Another goal worth achieving is to identify the consequences of such changes. We suggested that an increased sense of identification with a new social group (such as a student group for freshmen or a military group for volunteers or civilians involved in one way or another in the events of wartime) should involve an increase in psychological well-being. It was established that adaptive coping strategies, in particular behavioral, emotional and cognitive, are most pronounced in the studied students. Emotional and behavioral non-adaptive copings are the least characteristic of the subjects, instead, cognitive non-adaptive copings are expressed quite strongly at the expense of the studied students of 3-4 years. Based on developmental principles, it is proven that over time, personality tends to become more complex as different social identities integrate into the self-concept. When identities are integrated into the self-concept, they can coexist within the self without encountering or conflicting with each other. Accordingly, identity integration should involve a state of improved psychological adjustment and psychological well-being
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