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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2023
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

For Group 3, expressing emotions (EE – 9.1 points) and Gender differences include the predominance of the CR
social support (SS – 9.3 points) play an important role in coping strategy for men in all groups studied. For
overcoming anxiety and depression, which is manifested women in Group 1, self-critical coping (SC – 9.5 points)
in expressive speech and behavior, physical and is typical, Group 2 is characterized by wishful thinking
emotional help even to strangers. (WT – 9.1 points), and Group 3 is characterized by
Representatives of all groups have the lowest scores on emotional coping (EE – 9.2 points) and cognitive
the social withdrawal subscale: 6.2 points in Group 3, restructuring coping (CR – 9.7 points).
6.4 points in Group 1, and 6.5 points in Group 2 for the Students’ use of coping strategies for the secondary
SW coping strategy. This demonstrates the subscale is characterized as follows (Figure 3).
ineffectiveness of this coping strategy in dealing with
the stress of war.
Figure 3
Level of Use of Coping Strategies for the Secondary Subscale by Ukrainian University Students during the War (Points)

Note. PFE – Problem-Focused Engagement, PFD – Problem-Focused Disengagement, EFE – Emotion-Focused
Engagement, EFD – Emotion-Focused Disengagement
The highest scores among students of all groups are for active assimilation of these strategies by the respective
coping strategies of emotion-focused engagement EFE categories of students. EFD coping strategies are the
(18.4 points for Group 3 and 18.1 points for Group 2) least used by all groups (15.6 points, 15.5 points, and
and problem-focused engagement PFE (18.2 points for 15.0 points for Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively).
Group 3 and 17.5 points for Group 1), which shows the Gender differences include more frequent use of
importance of managing emotions and problems to problem-focused engagement coping strategies by men
overcome the effects of stress. At the same time, Group in all groups. While for women, it is a coping strategy of
2 is more likely to use a PFE coping strategy emotion-focused engagement.
(17.2 points), and Group 1 is more likely to use an EFE The level of use of coping strategies for the tertiary
coping strategy (17.0 points), which indicates a more subscale by the students is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
Level of Use of Coping Strategies for the Tertiary Subscale by Ukrainian University Students during the War (Points)

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