PERSONAL FACTORS OF THE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE WAR PERIOD
Abstract
Relevance. The purpose of this article is to investigate the personal factors of the subjective well-being of young men during the period of martial law in Ukraine.
Metodology. To achieve the goal, the modified BBC Subjective Well-Being Scale (BBC-SWB), the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Connor-Davidson Stress Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale) were used. Correlation analysis, Student’s t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test and multiple linear regression were applied. The study involved 86 students (18–21 years old), including 16% boys and 84% girls, representatives of students from various higher education institutions in Ukraine.
Results. The essence of the concepts: subjective well-being, stress resistance, anxiety, chronic stress, positive orientation of mental health is revealed. The relationships between variables were analyzed. As well as the influence of stress resistance, anxiety, stress, depressive states and positive orientation of mental health on the level of subjective well-being of young men. A gender analysis of the psychological characteristics of respondents was conducted.The results of the statistical analysis indicate strong inverse correlations of subjective well-being with depressive states, stress and anxiety, as well as positive correlations with stress resilience and positive mental health orientation. Regression analysis showed that the most significant predictors of subjective well-being are positive mental health orientation (positive impact) and depressive states (negative impact). Other variables, such as gender, anxiety, stress and stress tolerance, did not have a statistically significant impact. At the same time, girls were more prone to experiencing stress.
Conclusions. The findings of the study confirm that maintaining a positive mental resource and reducing depressive symptoms are key conditions for maintaining the subjective well-being of young men in crisis conditions. The data obtained can serve as the basis for creating psychoprophylactic programs aimed at strengthening the psychological resilience of young men in war conditions.
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