ІНДИВІДУАЛЬНО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНІ ЧИННИКИ ПОСТТРАВМАТИЧНОГО ЗРОСТАННЯ УЧАСНИКІВ БОЙОВИХ ДІЙ НА СХОДІ УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

The article presents the empirical study of individual psychological factors helping post-traumatic growth among military personnel - participants of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO). The sample consisted of 297 ATO participants (278 men and 19 women) of 19 to 54 year old. The following individual psychological factors examined to reveal their influence on ATO participants’ post-traumatic growth: basic personal characteristics; dispositional optimism; coping strategies; locus of control. The obtained data allowed us to determine the dependence of post-traumatic growth on ATO participants' several personal characteristics, dispositional optimism, the internal locus of control and some coping strategies. In particular, the overall post-traumatic growth correlated significantly with such personal characteristics as “benevolence” and “diligence”. We also found that factor 1 (“changes in self-perception / new opportunities”) of post-traumatic growth correlated statistically significantly with the “Open-mindedness”; factor 2 (“interpersonal relationships”) of post-traumatic growth correlated significantly “benevolence”; factor 3 (“life philosophy”) of post-traumatic growth correlated significantly with such personal characteristics as “extraversion”, “kindness”, and “diligence”. In addition, there were positives correlation of optimism in general with post-traumatic growth as a whole and with some its indicators. Only one coping strategy - a positive reassessment - correlated statistically significant with combatants’ post-traumatic growth. The correlations determined in our study are consistent with the results obtained at foreign studies.