Article

Received 10.01.2025

Revised 17.04.2025

Accepted 29.05.2025

Retrieved from Vol. 15, No. 1, 2025

Pages 9 -19

Pavlyk, N. (2025). The study of the psychological health of Ukrainian educators during the russian-Ukrainian War . Psychology and Personality, 15(1), 9-19. https://doi.org/10.33989/2226-4078.2025.1.09

The study of the psychological health of Ukrainian educators during the russian-Ukrainian War

Nataliia Pavlyk

Under wartime conditions, Ukraine faced a critical decline in the psychological well-being of its citizens. Anxiety, fear, depression, and aggression were identified as indicators of a deteriorated psychological state. This trend also affected the educational community, whose members were expected to remain calm and bear responsibility for children. The aim of the article was to present the results of an empirical study examining the psychological health of educators of various age groups working during wartime. Empirical data analysis methods were employed, including psychodiagnostic testing, statistical averaging, and percentage ratio analysis. The article introduced a model of psychological health consisting of spiritual-meaningful, social, mental, and psychosomatic components, the development level of which determined overall psychological health status. The study revealed that one-third of respondents (37.4%) demonstrated a high level of psychological health; one quarter (27.5%) showed an above-average level; while 17.6% exhibited a below-average psychological condition. A relatively high proportion (17.6%) of educators were found to have a low level of psychological health, negatively affecting their professional performance. Specific manifestations of psychological health across different age groups were identified. Educators aged 19-24 demonstrated the lowest psychological well-being, hindering their professional self-fulfilment during wartime. Those aged 25-39 showed adaptive resilience, with good psychological health enabling productive work. The psychological health of educators aged 40-66 was generally above average and remained relatively stable despite the war. It was established that higher-order psychological health components (spiritual-meaningful and social) were sufficiently developed among modern educators, while the most vulnerable components were the psychosomatic and particularly the mental ones

wartime conditions; psychosomatics; psyche; sociality; spiritual-meaningful level; psychological support
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