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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, 2022
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

Babak Serhiy Anatoliyovych – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2248-454X; Doctor
of Philosophy in Military Science, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department of
Military Training, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
Vashchenko Ihor Vladyslavovych – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-7538;
Doctor of Philosophy in History, Associate Professor, Kharkiv National
University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
Krut Petro Pavlovych – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4554-7870; Doctor of
Philosophy in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Kharkiv National University of
Internal Affairs, Ukraine

Introduction
In February 2022, the Russian army invaded the territory outside its borders. The group consisted of 107 people,
of Ukraine and started a military aggression. As a result, including 64 (59.81%) men and 43 (40.19%) women.
martial law was declared in Ukraine. Violation of the Group 3 is the KNUIA students who did not change their
mental health of the population during the war is a well- place of permanent residence during the war and are
known problem. War and martial law have a negative located in the territory of Kharkiv and Kharkiv region.
impact on the psyche of an individual because they are The group consisted of 103 people, including 52
traumatic in their essence. (50.49%) men and 51 (49.51%) women.
Thus, according to the latest research results (Gradus To study the level and nature of psychotraumatization of
Research, 2022), about 42% of Ukrainian citizens the KNUIA cadets and students in war and martial law
complain of a feeling of tension, and 41% of a feeling of conditions, we used an online questionnaire based on
fatigue. 72% of the population of Ukraine call war the standard Google-forms. We developed it in accordance
most frequent cause of stress. with the objectives of this research and made public
One of the risk groups and psychological problems in (KNUIA Department of Military Training & KRPOCH,
war and martial law conditions is youth, including 2022).
students. During the war, young people are affected by The questionnaire is anonymous and consists of 17
the following psychogenic factors: physical, mental and questions related to the place of study, gender, age,
information-psychological overload, personal danger region of residence and factors of psychological
and the danger of loved ones, loss of income source or traumatization of the individual in war conditions.
job, loss of home and property, risk of death, etc. All this Data collection on the stress level and its content was
leads to the emergence of such psychological disorders carried out using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, (DASS-21) tool. The research was conducted using
etc. (Gradus Research, 2022). online networks: Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.
As Joshi and O’Donnell (2003) note, mental disorders in by sending a questionnaire to respondents. In addition,
war are actually “normal response to abnormal events”. observation was carried out in all groups during remote
This makes it necessary to study the influence of and face-to-face classes.
psychogenic factors of war on youth studying at DASS-21 tool (short form DASS, 21 questions) is
universities and to analyze mental disorders during the designed to measure negative emotional states of
war among all categories of students. depression, anxiety and stress. The DASS subscales
The aim of the study. To identify the specifics of were evaluated according to the technique (Psychology
psychotraumatic impact in war and martial law Foundation of Australia, 2022). The number of cadets
conditions on university students and cadets, to detail and students with normal, minor, moderate, severe and
their level of stress, anxiety and depression for the extremely severe symptoms was assessed. According to
development of psychological assistance and the “Depression” / “Anxiety" / “Stress” scales, the
psychoprophylaxis measures. manifestations of the indicators are: normal (0-3/0-4/0-
7 points), minor (5-6/4-5/8-9 points), moderate (7-10/6-
Materials and Methods 7/10-12 points), severe (11-13/8-9/13-16 points),
The study was conducted in November 2022 during the extremely severe (14+/10+/17+). The average score on
Russian-Ukrainian war. the scales was calculated as the arithmetic mean of the
The respondents of the study were cadets and students indicators. The advantage of this technique is its
studying at the Department of Military Training of the universality, as it is suitable for clinical and non-clinical
Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs conditions (Henry & Crawford, 2005).
(KNUIA), Ukraine. The age of the researched was 20-
27 years. Results
We separated three groups from them: Assessments of the level and nature of
Group 1 is the KNUIA cadets who are outside the psychotraumatization of the KNUIA cadets and students
borders of permanent deployment on the territory of in the war and martial law conditions were found using
Ukraine. The group consisted of 115 people, including an online questionnaire (KNUIA Department of
98 (85.22%) men and 17 (14.78%) women. Military Training & KRPOCH, 2022). The results are
Group 2 is the KNUIA students who are forcibly presented in Table 1 and Figure 1.
displaced persons and are in the territory of Ukraine or

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