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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2023
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

Table 2
Final Scores for the Assessment of Social Support Parameters in Cadets and Students of Ukrainian Universities in
Wartime Conditions (Points)
Group 1 * Group 2 ** Group 3 ***
Parameters
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Emotional support 25.7 25.7 25.5 17.6 17.1 18.4 12.3 11.5 13.3
Practical support 12.9 12.6 14.2 13.7 14.2 12.9 8.2 9.2 7.0
Social integration 26.2 26.1 26.9 20.4 19.5 21.8 13.7 13.5 14.0
Perceived social support 64.8 - - 51.7 - - 34.2 - -

Note.
* Group 1 (112 people): cadets whose permanent disposition was changed in Ukraine, including 95 (84.8%) males and 17
(15.2%) females;
** Group 2 (108 people): students who were displaced and who are in Ukraine and EU countries, including 64 (59.3%)
males and 44 (40.7%) females;
*** Group 3 (107 people): students who did not change their place of permanent residence and who are in Ukraine in the
combat zone or near it, including 59 (55.1%) males and 48 (44.9%) females.

Figure 3
Levels of Social Support Parameters in Cadets and Students of Ukrainian Universities in Wartime Conditions

Practical support is the highest among students of Integration α=0.87; for the total Perceived Social Support
Group 2 (13.7 points), which, in our opinion, is related to scale α=0.90. These values indicate the homogeneity of
the possibility of working abroad or in the territory of the items in each of the dimensions of the scale.
Ukraine not affected by the war. The level of practical
support is lowest among students in Group 3 (8.2 points), Discussion
who are in the area of active hostilities, have no The peculiarities of psychological well-being and social
opportunity to earn money, and live on humanitarian aid adaptation of cadets and students in war conditions
and their own savings. In addition, they live in difficult turned out to be an insufficiently studied and a relevant
conditions, with a lack of information due to the topic from the theoretical point of view. Since 1945,
instability of the Internet, cellular communications, and Europe has not seen such a large-scale war that would
interruptions in the supply of water, heat, and electricity. affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of students.
Group 1 cadets have a high level of social integration To ensure the objectivity of the study, two universities
(26.2 points). This is probably due to the attention and located in different (opposite) regions of Ukraine were
mutual understanding of others and the existence of safe, selected. The study was conducted among students and
trusting relationships within the cadet team. For students cadets in various university settings.
in Group 2 (20.4 points) and Group 3 (13.7 points), this KNUIA is located in eastern Ukraine, in the city of
level is much lower. This is probably due to their inability Kharkiv with a population of 1,421,125 people as of
to adapt to new conditions (active hostilities) and January 1, 2022 (Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, 2022a).
communities (living abroad), part-time jobs and low This city is the second largest in Ukraine in terms of
wages. population and the first in terms of the number of student
The F-SozU K-22 is internally consistent, as indicated by youth. There are over 30 public universities. This does
Cronbach’s alpha for the main scales: Emotional not include private universities, colleges and other
Support α=0.88; Practical Support α=0.86; Social educational institutions for young people. KNUIA

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