ISSN 2520-6265 (print)
ISSN 2520-6273 (online)
Authors:
H. К. Yurchynska, PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences),
Head of the Department of General Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
ORCID: 0000-0001-8569-3309
E-mail: yurchinskaganna@knu.ua
Ya. H. Zapeka, PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences),
Associate Professor, Developmental Psychology Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
ORCID: 0000-0002-3412-3629
E-mail: yanevi@knu.ua
V. A. Faidevych, Second-year Master's Student,
Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
ORCID: 0009-8279-4572
E-mail: faidevychvanessa@gmail.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/upj.2024.2(22).11
Article Information
Issue: 2(22) 2024, pages: 184-202
Language: Ukrainian
Received: 12.09.2024
1st Revision: 14.09.2024
Accepted: 17.09.2024
This article analyzes the concept of stress resistance in the context of volunteer work of psychologists during the war. Stress resistance is an important psychological factor that affects effectiveness and longevity of volunteer psychologists' work in war conditions; and it is defined as an individual's ability to resist stress, maintain psychological stability and adapt to negative conditions and traumatic events. Our task was to research stress resistance as a factor in psychological well-being of volunteer psychologists who worked in the conditions of a military conflict. The study purpose was to analyze relations between stress, subjective well-being and stress resistance of volunteers. The study used such psychological methods as the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the stress resistance test, and the modified BBC subjective well-being scale. 60 volunteer psychologists who worked in this field during the full-scale war took part in the study. The empirical study results showed that the sample had high perceived stress and average (close to low) stress resistance, moderately positive psychological well-being and average physical and subjective well-being. In order to find out how perceived stress and stress resistance influenced volunteers' subjective well-being, we built a regression model that described 46.9% of the dependent variable. According to the performed regression analysis, we can state that perceived stress and stress resistance affected volunteers' subjective well-being - stress significantly reduced subjective well-being, and stress resistance increased it. High perceived stress negatively affected volunteers' subjective well-being, while stress resilience provided a protective effect, reducing the impact of stress on psychological well-being. The findings emphasize the need to develop specialized trainings to support volunteers' stress resistance.
Key words: stress resilience, perceived stress, subjective well-being, volunteer psychologists, wartime conflict.
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