Issue:
3(93)2023
Svitlana Kuzikova, Valeriy Zlyvkov, Svitlana Lukomska, Tetiana Shcherbak, Olha Skyba, Borys Kuzikov
Features of War Injuries in Persons of Different Ages Residing in the Kyiv and Kharkiv Regions of Ukraine
DOI: 10.7366/1509499539305
Features of War Injuries in Persons of Different Ages Residing in the Kyiv and Kharkiv Regions of Ukraine
The article is devoted to determining the specifics of war injuries among people of various ages living in the deoccupied Kyiv and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine. The purpose of the research is to determine the residents’ traumatic experience in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine caused by the Russian-Ukrainian war. The direct effects of PTSD concern intimate relationships such as marriage, social interactions, decreased productivity, and decreased resilience. This study shows that PTSD symptoms are more common for respondents over fifty years of age, who have deficit of social resources. It has been proven that the severity of PTSD symptoms in the residents of the deoccupied Kharkiv region is statistically significantly lower than the symptoms of the residents of the de-occupied Kyiv region, which is due to the longer occupation and more pronounced joy from liberation. Therefore, the appearance of PTSD symptoms in a more delayed period is likely.
Features of War Injuries in Persons of Different Ages Residing in the Kyiv and Kharkiv Regions of Ukraine
The article is devoted to determining the specifics of war injuries among people of various ages living in the deoccupied Kyiv and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine. The purpose of the research is to determine the residents’ traumatic experience in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine caused by the Russian-Ukrainian war. The direct effects of PTSD concern intimate relationships such as marriage, social interactions, decreased productivity, and decreased resilience. This study shows that PTSD symptoms are more common for respondents over fifty years of age, who have deficit of social resources. It has been proven that the severity of PTSD symptoms in the residents of the deoccupied Kharkiv region is statistically significantly lower than the symptoms of the residents of the de-occupied Kyiv region, which is due to the longer occupation and more pronounced joy from liberation. Therefore, the appearance of PTSD symptoms in a more delayed period is likely.
Affiliation:
Svitlana Kuzikova: Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Department of Psychology; Romenska St 87, Sumy 40002, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0003-2574-9985;
kuzikova_svetlana@ukr.net Valeriy Zlyvkov: G. S. Kostuk’s Institute of Psychology NAES, Laboratory Methodology and Theory of Psychology; Pankivska St 2, Kiyiv 01033, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-8404-8866;
vzlivkov@gmail.com Svitlana Lukomska: G. S. Kostuk’s Institute of Psychology NAES, Laboratory Methodology and Theory of Psychology; Pankivska St 2, Kiyiv 01033, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-0360-6484;
svitluk@ukr.net Tetiana Shcherbak: Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Department of Psychology; Romenska St 87, 40002, Sumy, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-7701-9450;
shcherbak.tetiana1325@gmail.com Olha Skyba: Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Department of Public Health and Biomedical Foundations of Physical Culture; Romenska St 87, Sumy 40002, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0003-4214-4515;
skybaolha@gmail.com Borys Kuzikov: Sumy State University, Department of Computer Science; 2, Rymskogo-Korsakova St, Sumy 40007, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-9511-5665;
b.kuzikov@dl.sumdu.edu.ua