Integrated Models of Stress Coping in Youth during Martial Law
Abstract
Abstract. The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that fighting has hostilities have been ongoing in the country for a prolonged period, accompanied by significant human losses among both military personnel and civilians, the destruction of critical and civilian infrastructure, and the forced displacement of the population. In this context, the population is compelled to live under conditions of prolonged psycho-emotional stress and uncertainty. Student youth are particularly vulnerable to the impact of these stress factors, as they are in a formative stage and do not yet possess sufficiently developed mechanisms of psychological adaptation. Prolonged exposure to such conditions may lead to the development of chronic stress, resulting in decreased academic and work performance, as well as difficulties in social adaptation and interaction. The aim of the article is to empirically investigate the resource-oriented coping models inherent in student youth, which facilitate their effective adaptation to atypical stressful situations caused by wartime conditions and enable them to maintain their capacity for learning, professional development, and daily functioning. The study analyzes the main stress conditions that individuals may experience during prolonged crisis situations. It also examines ukrainian and international experience in studying stress coping models among populations affected by military conflicts and forced displacement. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the presentation of the results of an empirical analysis of resource-oriented models among student youth in percentage terms, which made it possible to identify dominant resource channels that contribute to maintaining the physical and mental well-being of young people under prolonged stress.
Keywords: stress; stress coping; martial law; youth; resource orientation.
Downloads
References
Alotaibi, N.M. (2021). Future Anxiety Among Young People Affected by War and Armed Conflict: Indicators for Social Work Practice. Front. Sociol, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.729811
Bereziuk, M., & Dikhtiarenko, S. (2023). Transformations of basic components of stress resistance of higher education students during the war. Bulletin of the National University of Defense of Ukraine, 71(1), 41-47. DOI: 10.33099/2617-6858-2023-71-1-41-47
Bieliaiev, S.B., Kondratska, L.V., & Babelchuk, O.I. (2024). System of development of stress resistance in the conditions of a higher education institution. Academic Visions, 33. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12620889
Dukhlii, P.M., & Trofimova, D.O. (2024). The impact of war on the psychological state of Ukrainian citizens: analysis of empirical data. Habitus, 68, 141-150. DOI: 10.32782/2663-5208. 2024.68.24
Emotional and psychological state of Ukrainians. (n.d.). uifuture.org. Retrieved from https://uifuture.org/publications/emoczijno-psyhologichnyj-stan ukrayincziv%EF%BF%BC/
Ervasti, M., Kallio, J., Määttänen, I., Mäntyjärvi, J., & Jokela, M. (2019). Influence of Personality and Differences in Stress Processing Among Finnish Students on Interest to Use a Mobile Stress Management App. Survey Study JMIR Ment Health, 6(5). DOI: 10.2196/10039
Filchuk, I. (2025). Peculiarities of the psycho-emotional state of a person affected by war. Problems of extreme and crisis psychology, 1(9), 144-156. DOI: 10.52363/dcpp-2025.1.12
Hazer, L., & Gredebäck, G. (2023). The effects of war, displacement, and trauma on child development. Humanit Soc Sci Commun, 10. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-02438-8
Lukianchuk, N. (2025). Psychological support of the individual during the war in Ukraine. Academic notes of the University "KROK", 1(77), 513-520. DOI: 10.31732/2663-2209-2025-77-513-520
Melnychuk, T., & Lukianchuk, V. (2025). Coping strategies as a factor in stress resistance of military and civilians in war conditions. Organizational psychology. Economic psychology, 35(2), 7-15. DOI: 10.31108/2.2025.2.35.1
Mental health program "How are you?". (n.d.). howareu.com. Retrieved from https://howareu.com/news/47-ukraintsiv-povidomliaiut-pro-vysokyi-riven-stresu-rezultaty-doslidzhennia
Mykhailyshyn, U.B., Sukhan, V.S., & Antalovtsi, O.V. (2023). Psychological state of higher education students during martial law. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod National University. Series "Psychology", 2, 27-33. DOI: 10.32782/psy-visnyk/2023.2.5
Naichuk, V.V., & Lesnichenko, N.P. (2024). Development of stress resistance of the individual by means of art therapy in conditions of martial law. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod National University. Series "Psychology", 2, 133-136. DOI: 10.32782/psy-visnyk/2024.2.26
Potapiuk, L.M. (2023). Peculiarities of the formation of students’ stress resistance in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod National University. Series "Psychology", 2, 34-38. DOI: 10.32782/psy-visnyk/2023.2.6
Ringwald, W.R., Nielsen. S.R., Mostajabi, J.an, Vize, C.E., & van den Berg, T. (2024). Characterizing stress processes by linking big five personality states, traits, and day-to-day stressors. Journal of Research in Personality, 110. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104487
Schwarzer, R. (2024). Stress, resilience, and coping resources in the context of war, terror, and migration. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 57. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101393
Shanava, I., Kereselidze, E., & Gvilava, M. (2025). A Study of Life Orientation Among Individuals Affected by War World. Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 28(03). DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2025.28.3.4279
Tertyshna, S., & Cherniakova, O. (2024). Peculiarities of mental health of higher education students in martial law. Scientific method: reality and future trends of researching: IV International Scientific and Theoretical Conference (pp. 76-78). Retrieved from https://previous.scientia.report/index.php/ archive/article/view/1991
Vizniuk, I., Paikush, M., Dolynny, S., & Dolynna, A. (2025). Psychological aspects of the impact of traumatic experience on the mental health of the individual. Psychological Journal, 15, 8-17. DOI: 10.31499/2617-2100.15.2025.342053
Zhurba, K. (2022). War as a factor influencing the meaningful life sphere of modern adolescents. Pedagogical thought, 2(110), 105-109. DOI: 10.37026/2520-6427-2022-110-2-105-109
Zhyhailo, N., & Sholubka, T. (2022). Formation of psychological resilience of students of higher education institutions during the war. Bulletin of Lviv University. Series "Psychological Sciences", 14, 3-14. DOI: 10.30970/PS.2022.14.1
Zlobina, O.G. (2024). Stress states of the population of Ukraine in the context of the war: social-group analysis. Visnyk of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 6, 49-56. DOI: 10.15407/visn2024.06.049
Abstract views: 6 PDF Downloads: 1
- Authors reserve the right to authorship of their own work and transfer to the magazine the right of the first publication of this work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows other persons to freely distribute published work with mandatory reference to authors of the original work and the first publication of an article in this magazine.
Authors have the right to enter into separate additional agreements on non-exclusive dissemination of the work in the form in which it was published in the journal (for example, to post an article in the institution's repository or to publish as part of a monograph), provided that the link to the first publication of the work in this journal is maintained.
The journal's policy allows and encourages the posting of articles by authors on the Internet (for example, in electronic storehouses of institutions or on personal websites), both before the submission of this manuscript to the editorial office and during its editorial processing, as this contributes to the creation of a productive scientific discussion and positively affects the efficiency and dynamics of citing the published work.
