PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF DEFINING LIFE TASKS IN WARTIME

Abstract

The study is devoted to the specifics of defining life tasks in conditions of war and personal resources that help in solving them. It was established that the most common life tasks, which were determined by the respondents turned out to be: self-education, education, development, self-development, and self-improvement. Material things and maintaining work were no less important, as well as helping others in various ways and in various spheres of life. In the conditions of the war tasks that ensure the preservation of the psychological state, mental health, and survival in the physical sense, as well as the preservation of family relationships and mutual support in the family, turned out to be significant. It was established that the factors that help in solving the specified tasks that respondents singled out are the following: personal traits and qualities, the main of which are perseverance, stress resistance, responsibility, indomitability, and self-confidence; support of surrounding; a sense of security and finding a resource in various ways of activity. It was also revealed that the respondents are aware of existing problems and obstacles preventing the solution of certain life tasks. A significant part of the respondents identified the war that lasts on the territory of our state and the associated with the war situation of uncertainty, feeling of physical danger and threat to life, presence of constant stress, syndrome of delayed life, evacuation abroad, uncertainty in future and instability as the main factor. As a result of empirical research, it was also determined bright, in respondents’ opinion, life events affected the personality of the researched. The fourth part of the respondents described the beginning of the war and events related to its continuation as a traumatic situation that affected their personalities. A significant part of the respondents identified events in which the evacuation process is shown, as well as their own return and return of relatives and friends to the country or to their places. The sixth part of the respondents avoided answering this question. We assume that this is a manifestation of protective mechanisms in a prolonged crisis situation. However, this assumption requires further research.

Keywords: life tasks, traumatic situation, resilience, stress resistance

Accepted: 28.10.2023

Reviewed: 04.11.2023

Published: 06.11.2023

DOI: https://doi.org./10.31108/3.2023.7.2.4