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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

2024, 9.8% of students experienced minor stress among students in the Kharkiv region remained
manifestations of stress; 4.5% experienced moderate virtually unchanged in 2022-2024, indicating an
manifestations; 0.9% of the students in Group 3 insufficient level of adaptation to stress among students
experienced severe or extremely severe manifestations. in the third year of the war.
The lack of dynamics indicates a certain stabilisation of Gender differences among students studying in the
acute stress among students in the Transcarpathian Kharkiv region are that among all gender groups, stress
region and the EU during the war. is most pronounced among males in Group 4 (2024).
The gender peculiarities of stress manifestations among This indicates significant psychological disturbance in
students in the Transcarpathian region and the EU are these respondents, manifested by heart palpitations,
that moderate, severe and extremely severe breathing difficulties and insomnia. Male students were
manifestations were observed in 2.4% of the students, more likely to have diarrhoea (or, conversely,
which is greater than the same percentages among constipation), acute respiratory diseases, skin diseases
women (5.6%, 0.0% and 0.0%, respectively). This (neurodermatitis), allergies, tremors and sticky hands.
indicates that male students are less able to adapt to The scores of men with minor (23.3%), moderate
stress. (13.3%), severe (3.3%) and extremely severe (3.3%)
By analysing the dynamics of the Stress Scale among stress in 2024 are significantly greater than those of
students in the Kharkiv region (Group 2 and Group 4), women (16.5%, 4.7%, 2.4% and 1.2% respectively).
we noted a slight increase in minor (18.3%) and The dynamics of the total manifestations of depression,
moderate (7.0%) manifestations of stress in 2024. At the anxiety and stress among university students during the
same time, the scores of severe and extremely severe war are shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5
Dynamics of Total Manifestations of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among University Students in Wartime

During the 2022-2024 war in Ukraine, we observed the significantly greater than those in 2022 for Group 1 (2.5
following changes in the psychological well-being of points) and Group 2 (3.0 points). We believe this is due
university students. to the continued uncertainty of the military and
The average scores on the Depression Scale for students humanitarian situation in Ukraine as a result of the war.
in Groups 1 and 2 (2022) were 2.7 and 3.2 points This took the form of increased helplessness, insecurity,
respectively, which are more than twice as high as those powerlessness, powerlessness, insecurity, loneliness, a
for students in Group 3 (5.1 points) and Group 4 (7.2 sense of failure and an inability to make decisions. It
points) in 2024. This upwards trend in depression should be noted that the average score on the Anxiety
indicates a certain tendency toward chronic neurotic Scale for female students was greater than that for male
disorders among university students against the students in all study groups.
background of the protracted war in Ukraine, which The average scores on the Stress Scale for students in
manifests itself in increased complaints of low mood, low Groups 1 and 3 living in the Transcarpathian region and
self-esteem, pessimism, apathy, lethargy, fatigue, the EU remained virtually unchanged over the period
constant dissatisfaction and hopelessness. In terms of 2022-2024 (4.8 and 4.9 points respectively) and were
gender differences in the Depression Scale, the average lower than those for students in Groups 2 and 4 living in
score of female students was greater than that of male the Kharkiv region (5.5 and 5.7 points respectively). This
students in all study groups. indicates a much worse military and humanitarian
We also see an upwards trend on the Anxiety Scale. The situation in the Kharkiv region, which is close to the front
average scores for students in Group 3 and Group 4 in line, as well as a certain adaptation of students to acute
2024 were 3.9 and 4.8 points, respectively, which are psychogenic conditions in the context of the 2022-2024

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