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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

should choose the most rational measures of As this study was limited by the location and time of data
psychological assistance and psychoprophylaxis. In collection, therefore further research is needed. Future
addition to the traditional areas of activity (diagnostics, research will examine in detail the differences between
counseling, and training), special attention should be paid students who stayed in the country during martial law and
to modern psycho-correctional methods of work. those who continued their studies in other countries, as
One of these techniques can be the psychological well as the long-term effects of the war on students’
transformation game “My Dao” developed by Melnyk mental health.
and Stadnik (2021), which has proven to be an effective In addition, the uncertainty of the timing of the Russian
method of psycho-correctional work with students, aggression on the territory of Ukraine, as well as the
including in the context of the war in Ukraine. consequences of its impact on the state in general and on
Ukrainian youth in particular, make this study an
Conclusions intermediate step in the amount of work that has to be
Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that done in a near future by scholars in the fields of
the closer students are to the combat zone, the greater the Education, Psychology, Medicine, Sociology, and others.
negative impact on their mental health.
The research conducted with the help of GHQ-28 showed Acknowledgments
that students living in the area of active hostilities in The authors would like to thank the respondents for their
Kharkiv region (Group 3) have the worst values of the participation in the survey.
general health indicator among all groups. The high level
of psychological trauma among this category of young Ethical Approval
people explains this. It is higher for women and lower for The study protocol was consistent with the ethical
men in all groups of respondents. Group 1 has the best guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as
general health indicator: 1.65 times better than Group 3. reflected in a prior approval by the Institution’s Human
The levels of somatic symptoms and anxiety in cadets Research Committee.
outside of active combat operations (Group 1) are the
lowest, while those in active combat operations Funding Source
(Group 3) are the highest. Gender peculiarities of somatic This research did not receive any outside funding or
symptoms and anxiety are their rather higher level among support.
female students of Group 3 than among males. The levels
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