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рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

Formation of a children’s health culture, starting from the under more centralized supervision and there is an
first days of their schooling, can play an important opportunity to create systematic mechanisms to check
positive role in this. This will help develop their their mental and physical health, as well as to promote
resilience in the future (Melnyk, 2002). Characteristics social connections between children, professionals and
important for the development of resilience include the other adults in the community by involving beneficiaries
following: stable acceptance of reality, deep, supported in collective action on behalf of children. Scientists also
by strong values faith in the meaning of life, ability to prove that in relation to the support of children affected
improvise (Coutu, 2002); social features (developing by war, there is evidence of the positive impact of
friendships, the ability to establish positive relationships emotionally warm relationships between children and the
with others, possessing effective communication skills staff of children’s institutions, which provide them with
that require the appropriate use of language and finding assistance for the development of resilience and mental
help), emotional features (a strong sense of self-efficacy, health and protection against psychotraumatic disorders
high self-confidence, high self-esteem and self- in later life.
acceptance, emotional control and awareness skills, Frounfelker et al. (2019) also emphasize the need to
quick ability to adapt to new situations, ability to resist provide children affected by armed conflicts with basic
anxiety and obstacles), cognitive/academic features (high needs, a psychologically favorable environment,
achievement motivation, ability to consider and plan for opportunities for education and professional training, and
the future and deal rationally with stressful and traumatic other resources that contribute to their positive
events, ability to create many more internal attributes, psychosocial development and mental health, and
than external attribution) (Karatas & Cakar, 2011). emphasize the importance of family involvement in the
Resilience is considered (Hrishyn, 2021) as a quality of child’s healing process.
the personality that determines the possibility of resisting As the researchers (Kravtsova & Kravtsov, 2022) note, in
stress and successful adaptation afterwards due to the the conditions of war in Ukraine, the issues of preserving
development of adaptation to changing life the life of a specific person and the vital activities of the
circumstances, stress resistance, psychological well- community come to the fore, which involve the
being, success in leading activities, and among the factors preservation of physical and mental integrity, health and
of resilience are determined: regulatory (ability to self- social welfare of the victims, as well as communities - in
regulate, vitality, self-control, motivation for success, the occupied territories, in the areas of hostilities and in
active coping); cognitive (optimistic attributive style, the regions that accommodate displaced people, when the
cognitive flexibility, meaningfulness of life, its focus on need to develop a comprehensive approach to
achieving a certain goal, developed spiritual maintaining, preserving and restoring the mental health
intelligence); emotional (predominance of positive of various strata of the population in the war and post-
emotions, good mood, ability to regulate emotions) and war period becomes urgent, when an effective system of
socio-behavioral (effective holding in childhood, good medical and social rehabilitation, maximum socialization
upbringing, good relationships with adults in childhood, of the affected persons, creation of full-fledged
presence of partners and friends, presence of social communications, legal support, restoration and
support and the ability to seek support from others). continuous improvement of the safety and comfort of the
Sychynska (2022, p. 72) proves that parental support is a environment as a factor of physical and psychological
significant external resource that contributes to the safety should be established. The researchers single out
positive development of personality in adolescence and, the following health care priorities aimed at ensuring the
integrating with the psychophysiological qualities of stability and sustainability of the development of the
adolescents, becomes a platform for the formation of territorial community: formation of a public space on the
their resilience. territory that is safe and comfortable for living; social
Furthermore, researchers (Melnyk et al., 2022) define the adaptation and reintegration of combatants and internally
development of physical and social activity as an displaced persons, especially children; psychological
important factor in the development of the adaptive assistance to community members and internally
capabilities of young people when overcoming complex displaced persons; support, full-fledged development and
social challenges today. patriotic upbringing of children and youth.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health During the introduction of martial law in Ukraine,
(Betancourt & Khan, 2008 ) claim that a number of educational and methodological support for the education
protective processes contribute to sustainable mental process useful for the development of student youth
health outcomes in children, if viewed through the lens resilience was worked out (Kornienko et al., 2022) –
of the child’s social ecology. Restoring the disrupted developed by researchers of the extracurricular education
social ecology is fundamental to improving preventive laboratory of the Institute of Educational Problems of the
and rehabilitative measures for war-affected children. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, an end-to-end
The researchers see the restoration of the opportunity to curriculum with after-school education of the health
learn and develop vocational skills as a condition for the direction “Fundamentals of life safety in combat
development of hope and tools for future success in life conditions” (ensures the training of schoolchildren in the
and emphasize that in situations of displacement for rules of preserving health and life in combat conditions
children and youth during wartime, educational programs by familiarizing them with the rules of behavior in the
can perform a protective function, since children are then combat zone, teaching how to treat wounds and make

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