Psychological health of personnel of educational and scientific organizations under conditions of war (Ukrainian experience)

Abstract

Open Russian aggression against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, quite predictably had a negative impact on the whole Ukrainian society. At the same time, employees of pedagogical and scientific industries experienced significant pressure, as they were among the vulnerable categories of the population subjected to special repressions in the occupied territories, and in subordinate Ukraine experienced restrictions due to the general fall of the standard of living. With this in mind, the purpose of the article is to analyze the psychological health of the personnel of educational and scientific institutions during martial law in Ukraine. Methods of comparison, content analysis, systematic approach, abstraction, predictive method, and modeling were used to write the floor. As a result, based on theoretical knowledge and certain empirical generalizations the formation of psychological problems of teachers and mechanisms of their overcoming are demonstrated. Particularly, the constituent parts of professional burnout of pedagogical workers are demonstrated, but also the mechanisms of protection against stressful situations which are available for use even during the continuation of military operations are suggested. The article also draws attention to the problem of the psychological health of scientific workers - it says about the gradual decline of labor prestige and funding of the scientific industry, especially intensified during the war. The average age of scientists in Ukraine is quite high, so it entailed a decrease in the level of self-control and increased dependence on the opinion of others. The conclusions summarize ways to improve the psychological state, noting that the continuation of war and destruction will have a further negative impact.