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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2024
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

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Dynamics of the Total Level of Psychological Trauma by Groups of Students in Wartime in 2022-2024

Based on the results of the online survey, for Group 1 in of income (37.1%), fear of death and risk of losing
2022, the main factors of psychological trauma were property (37.9%). This is due to difficult military and
problems adapting to a new place of residence (42.1%), humanitarian situations (daily rocket attacks, frequent
separation from relatives and family (28.0%) and displacement, power, water and heat cuts).
problems communicating with friends/relatives At the same time, in 2024, the trends among Group 4
(25.2%). They were least concerned about romantic students changed slightly. The main psychogeneses
relationships (2.8%), the coronavirus pandemic (5.6%), were the risk of death of relatives/family (75.7%), lack
fear of death (8.4%), problems communicating with of work or other sources of income (64.4%) and
friends/relatives (8.4%) and problems related to martial problems related to martial law (59.1%). This can be
law (8.4%). explained by the further deterioration of the socio-
At the same time, in 2024 (Group 3), the following psychological situation due to the prolongation of the
psychogenic factors came to the fore: risk of death of war and the significant damage to civilian infrastructure.
relatives/family (75.0%), problems related to martial The coronavirus pandemic (6.1%) and problems at the
law (73.2%), problems in communicating with new place of residence (12.2%) were the least common
friends/relatives (67.9%) and separation from traumatic factors for students in Group 4.
relatives/family (60.7%). The following factors of It should be noted that in 2022-2024, we recorded a
psychological trauma had the lowest rates: risk of significant increase (more than three times) in the
personal safety (2.7%), fear of injury (4.5%), and risk of following psychogeneses among university students in
loss of property (8.0%). the Kharkiv region: problems with communication with
It should be noted that between 2022 and 2024, we friends/relatives, problems related to martial law, and
recorded a more than threefold decrease in the following problems in romantic relationships (more than twice).
psychogenes: risk of personal safety, fear of injury and There has also been an increase in the following
risk of property loss. This indicates that these problems psychological traumas: risk of losing housing, risk of
are being addressed among this group of students. At the death of relatives and problems communicating with
same time, there has been a sharp increase in problems friends and family. In our view, this is due to unresolved
with romantic relationships, problems related to martial mobilisation issues, frequent rocket and drone attacks on
law (more than eight times), problems communicating frontline areas, intensified enemy information and
with friends/relatives and the risk of death of psychological operations, and the escalation of the
relatives/family (more than three times). situation on the frontline. At the same time, the risk to
Gender-specific characteristics of students living in the personal safety is reduced by 1/3. This can be explained
Transcarpathian region of Ukraine and EU countries by a certain adaptation of the students to the conditions
include a significant excess (two times) of psychogenic of the frontline region during this period.
factors such as separation from relatives/family among Gender peculiarities of students in the Kharkiv region in
males and personal safety risk among females. 2022-2024 include a significant excess (more than two
For respondents in Group 2 in 2022, the most important times) of the following psychogenes among men:
vital indicators of psychological trauma were risk of problems in romantic relationships, problems in a new
personal safety (61.9%), lack of work or other sources place of residence, separation from relatives/family, and

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