ОЦІННІ ВИЯВИ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОЛОДІ В УМОВАХ ВІЙНИ

Abstract

Under influence of large-scale Russian military aggression, formation of the all-Ukrainian identity significantly accelerated and criteria for mutual evaluations of representatives of different social strata and carriers of different value orientations changed. Important components of public discourse are the evaluative positions of young people, which reflect their actual and emerging identity and value orientations. The article highlights the results of a survey of 2,202 Ukrainian students from different regions of the country. The described data show dominance of the military-political discourse in the students&apos assessments of participants in social processes of modern Ukraine. Strengthening of the Ukrainian components of identity (condemnation of the Russian government, support of the Ukrainian national and local authorities and the Armed Forces leadership) expresses a collective opposition to "not ours" – Russians, the Soviet power, previous Ukrainian authorities, and oligarchs. Ukrainian-Russian value contradictions are more clearly manifested in the foreign political context and less so in the domestic one. In particular, interregional and language differences persist, but now they are weaker than they were before. For example, the evaluation attitudes of Western and Central Ukrainian students differ only in certain indicators. The positions of Eastern Ukrainian and Russian-speaking students have certain specificity, but do not go beyond the prevailing all-Ukrainian discourse. The levels of collective narcissism and identification with Ukrainians and a community are positively correlated with the tendency to most political accusations. The opposite is the connection with the attitude to the authorities led by Zelenskyi. In general, various forms of Ukrainian identity intensified and patriotic feelings rose. The successful actions of the state and military leadership led to their almost unconditional support.