Abstract
An urgent task, both under martial law and in the post-war period, is to develop safety competencies among higher education students by increasing their awareness of hazards and risk factors. According to the results of two sociological surveys conducted in December 2020 and December 2022, it was revealed that under martial law, young peoples’ assessment of hazards and risk factors is more unanimous compared to the pre-war period, and the refined indicator of awareness of hazards and risk factors is somewhat higher. Continuous threats to the safety of young people caused by military actions have enhanced the motivation to increase awareness of dangers in everyday life. The analysis of the results of a statistical assessment of the awareness of modern environment hazards and risk factors among young people indicates certain changes that follow naturally from the actual state of the country at war. A new wartime reality for Ukrainians resulted in the expected highest awareness rate and, simultaneously, the highest level of unanimity in its assessment. Moreover, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is recognized as one of the most dangerous hazards, but the unanimity in its assessment is much lower. It was also determined that the most dangerous and safest factors are perceived more unanimously. Human behavior generally depends on a set of existing hazards and risk factors, and their adequate awareness. Distortion of awareness of certain factors’ danger would lower the level of personal safety. Therefore, a balanced and adequate awareness of existing hazards and risk factors is an essential point in forming safety competencies among higher education students. Further development of the approaches to form higher education students’ safety competencies in wartime conditions is essential to increase the efficiency of the educational process in the post-war period. Keywords: safety competencies, level of danger, awareness of hazards and risk factors, risk-oriented approach, assessment.
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