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The impact of stressful states on the value and motivational sphere of Ukrainians during the war

stmm. 2025 (1): 5-24

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2025.01.005

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SERHII DEMBITSKYI, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

sociotest.solutions@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-3557

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorld=57189518563

OLGA BUROVA, Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Head of the Center for Sociological Monitoring, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

olga.burova@i-soc.org.ua

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-8859

DMYTRO HLOMOZDA, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Junior Research Fellow at the Center for Sociological Monitoring, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

glomozda.dm@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6597-2068

NATALIA SOBOLIEVA, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Social Psychology, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

20sonata12@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5503-203X

IGOR BUROV, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (01021 Kyiv, Shovkovychna St. 12)

biv00700@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-6698

IRYNA MARYNICH, Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Scientific Secretary, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of History and Theory of Sociology, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

irinamarynich3gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-6580

The article explores the impact of destructive psychological stress on the value-motivational sphere of the Ukrainian population during the Russo-Ukrainian war. A systems approach to the sociological study of values is employed to conceptualize the value-motivational sphere, identifying thirteen individual values grouped into three value spheres: basic needs, success, and universal reference points.

The value-motivational states are measured using the ‘Index of life forces and ambitions’ experimental method directed at evaluation of value apathy, value exhaustion, value frustration, and value force for each individual value — physical health, psychological comfort, interpersonal relationships, personal freedom, morality, wealth, beauty, home comfort, power, status, leisure, knowledge, self-realization. Destructive psychological stress is examined using seven scales: hostility, depression, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, exhaustion, and paranoid ideas.

The study investigates the complex effects of destructive psychological stress on individual values, focusing on value-motivational states such as apathy, exhaustion, frustration, and resilience (based on 2023 representative sample data). The analysis identifies interpersonal sensitivity, somatization, depression, and general exhaustion as stress states that suppress the value-motivational sphere, while hostility is found to act as a stress state that stimulates it.

It is also found that destructive stress states have a relatively weak impact on the value forces and ambitions of three wartime "value pillars" for Ukrainians: interpersonal relations, morality, and knowledge. This resilience is identified as a key factor contributing to the sustained realization potential of these values under harsh wartime conditions.

Keywords: psychological distress, individual values, basic needs, success, universal reference points, war

References

  1. Bilousova, A.Yu., Hrechkosiy, D.A. (2023). Motivation and development of personnel under war conditions. [In Ukrainian]. Received from: https://reposit.nupp.edu.ua

  2. Blumer, H. (1986). Symbolic interactionism: Perspective and method. Berkeley: University of California Press.

  3. Dembitskyi, S. (2022). Individual and societal values during the war: relevance, structure, and impact. [In Ukrainian]. National security and defense, 3¬4, 93¬102.

  4. Dembitskiy, S., Sydorov, M. (2022). The value of self-realization in the structure of individual life. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 1, 6-28. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2022.01.006

  5. Dembitskiy, S., Sydorov, М., Pliushch, V., Sosniuk, Ye., Shalimova, О. (2019). A systematic approach to sociological research of individual values. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 102-123. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2019.03.102

  6. Dembitskiy, S., Zhuleniova, O., Solodko, S. (2022). Report on scientific research work according to agreement №32/03-2021(3): System approach towards sociological study of individual values: empirical implications. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine

  7. Derogatis, L.R., Fitzpatrick, M. (2004). The SCL-90-R, the brief symptom inventory (BSI), and the BSI-18. In: The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment (Vol. 3, pp. 1-42). New Jersey, London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associated Publishers.

  8. Gerasimova, D.L., Rakhubenko, G.L. (2024) Motivation as stress transformation during adaptation period of students of art specialties. [In Ukrainian]. In: Quality management for training of specialists (pp. 106-107). Odesa: ODABA.

  9. Hardt, J., Gerbershagen, H.U. (2001). Cross-validation of the SCL-27: A short psychometric screening instrument for chronic pain patients. European Journal of Pain, 5(2), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1053/eujp.2001.0231

  10. Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture and organizations. International Studies of Management & Organization, 10(4), 15-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.1980.11656300

  11. Inglehart, R. (1971). The silent revolution in Europe: Intergenerational change in post-industrial societies. American Political Science Review, 65(4), 991-1017. https://doi.org/10.2307/1953494

  12. Kasyan, А.Ya., Goroshko, V.І. (2023). Role of medical ethics in prevention of professional burnout: impact of values and professional standards. [In Ukrainian]. In: Medical rehabilitation in Ukraine: current state and directions of development, problems, and prospects (pp. 19-28). Poltava: PSMU.

  13. Klimenkova, А.М. (2013). Cultural codes of commercial advertising: experience of typology construction. [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian society, 4, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.15407/socium2013.04.039

  14. Kohut, І. (2022). Analysis of motivation factors affecting teams in innovation projects during crisis and war. [In Ukrainian]. Economy and Society, 40.

  15. Marchenko, О., Brychuk, М., Diedukh, М. (2022). Peculiarities of students' motivation for independent physical activity in martial law conditions. [In Ukrainian]. Theory and Methods of Physical Education and Sports, 3, 44-50.

  16. Melnikov, А. (2008). Sociological interpretation of existential values. [In Ukrainian]. Sociological studies, 10, 130-142.

  17. Rokeach, M. (1968). A theory of organization and change within value-attitude systems. Journal of Social Issues, 24(1), 13-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1968.tb01466.x

  18. Schwartz, S. H., Bilsky, W. (1987). Toward a universal psychological structure of human values. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(3), 550-562. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.53.3.550

  19. Shestakovskyi, О.P. (2013). Values and beliefs in cross-national studies. [In Ukrainian]. Economy and Forecasting, 1, 134-135.

  20. Shkarlatiuk, К. (2022). Strategies of stress-overcoming behavior of student youth under war conditions. [In Ukrainian]. In: Psychological elements of sustainable development of society: search for psychological justification for the challenges of today (pp. 74-76).

Received 10.12.2024

The impact of stressful states on the value and motivational sphere of Ukrainians during the war

stmm. 2025 (1): 5-24

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2025.01.005

Full text:

SERHII DEMBITSKYI, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

sociotest.solutions@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-3557

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorld=57189518563

OLGA BUROVA, Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Head of the Center for Sociological Monitoring, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

olga.burova@i-soc.org.ua

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-8859

DMYTRO HLOMOZDA, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Junior Research Fellow at the Center for Sociological Monitoring, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

glomozda.dm@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6597-2068

NATALIA SOBOLIEVA, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Social Psychology, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

20sonata12@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5503-203X

IGOR BUROV, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (01021 Kyiv, Shovkovychna St. 12)

biv00700@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-6698

IRYNA MARYNICH, Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Scientific Secretary, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of History and Theory of Sociology, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

irinamarynich3gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-6580

The article explores the impact of destructive psychological stress on the value-motivational sphere of the Ukrainian population during the Russo-Ukrainian war. A systems approach to the sociological study of values is employed to conceptualize the value-motivational sphere, identifying thirteen individual values grouped into three value spheres: basic needs, success, and universal reference points.

The value-motivational states are measured using the ‘Index of life forces and ambitions’ experimental method directed at evaluation of value apathy, value exhaustion, value frustration, and value force for each individual value — physical health, psychological comfort, interpersonal relationships, personal freedom, morality, wealth, beauty, home comfort, power, status, leisure, knowledge, self-realization. Destructive psychological stress is examined using seven scales: hostility, depression, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, exhaustion, and paranoid ideas.

The study investigates the complex effects of destructive psychological stress on individual values, focusing on value-motivational states such as apathy, exhaustion, frustration, and resilience (based on 2023 representative sample data). The analysis identifies interpersonal sensitivity, somatization, depression, and general exhaustion as stress states that suppress the value-motivational sphere, while hostility is found to act as a stress state that stimulates it.

It is also found that destructive stress states have a relatively weak impact on the value forces and ambitions of three wartime "value pillars" for Ukrainians: interpersonal relations, morality, and knowledge. This resilience is identified as a key factor contributing to the sustained realization potential of these values under harsh wartime conditions.

Keywords: psychological distress, individual values, basic needs, success, universal reference points, war

References

  1. Bilousova, A.Yu., Hrechkosiy, D.A. (2023). Motivation and development of personnel under war conditions. [In Ukrainian]. Received from: https://reposit.nupp.edu.ua

  2. Blumer, H. (1986). Symbolic interactionism: Perspective and method. Berkeley: University of California Press.

  3. Dembitskyi, S. (2022). Individual and societal values during the war: relevance, structure, and impact. [In Ukrainian]. National security and defense, 3¬4, 93¬102.

  4. Dembitskiy, S., Sydorov, M. (2022). The value of self-realization in the structure of individual life. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 1, 6-28. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2022.01.006

  5. Dembitskiy, S., Sydorov, М., Pliushch, V., Sosniuk, Ye., Shalimova, О. (2019). A systematic approach to sociological research of individual values. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 102-123. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2019.03.102

  6. Dembitskiy, S., Zhuleniova, O., Solodko, S. (2022). Report on scientific research work according to agreement №32/03-2021(3): System approach towards sociological study of individual values: empirical implications. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine

  7. Derogatis, L.R., Fitzpatrick, M. (2004). The SCL-90-R, the brief symptom inventory (BSI), and the BSI-18. In: The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment (Vol. 3, pp. 1-42). New Jersey, London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associated Publishers.

  8. Gerasimova, D.L., Rakhubenko, G.L. (2024) Motivation as stress transformation during adaptation period of students of art specialties. [In Ukrainian]. In: Quality management for training of specialists (pp. 106-107). Odesa: ODABA.

  9. Hardt, J., Gerbershagen, H.U. (2001). Cross-validation of the SCL-27: A short psychometric screening instrument for chronic pain patients. European Journal of Pain, 5(2), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1053/eujp.2001.0231

  10. Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture and organizations. International Studies of Management & Organization, 10(4), 15-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.1980.11656300

  11. Inglehart, R. (1971). The silent revolution in Europe: Intergenerational change in post-industrial societies. American Political Science Review, 65(4), 991-1017. https://doi.org/10.2307/1953494

  12. Kasyan, А.Ya., Goroshko, V.І. (2023). Role of medical ethics in prevention of professional burnout: impact of values and professional standards. [In Ukrainian]. In: Medical rehabilitation in Ukraine: current state and directions of development, problems, and prospects (pp. 19-28). Poltava: PSMU.

  13. Klimenkova, А.М. (2013). Cultural codes of commercial advertising: experience of typology construction. [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian society, 4, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.15407/socium2013.04.039

  14. Kohut, І. (2022). Analysis of motivation factors affecting teams in innovation projects during crisis and war. [In Ukrainian]. Economy and Society, 40.

  15. Marchenko, О., Brychuk, М., Diedukh, М. (2022). Peculiarities of students' motivation for independent physical activity in martial law conditions. [In Ukrainian]. Theory and Methods of Physical Education and Sports, 3, 44-50.

  16. Melnikov, А. (2008). Sociological interpretation of existential values. [In Ukrainian]. Sociological studies, 10, 130-142.

  17. Rokeach, M. (1968). A theory of organization and change within value-attitude systems. Journal of Social Issues, 24(1), 13-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1968.tb01466.x

  18. Schwartz, S. H., Bilsky, W. (1987). Toward a universal psychological structure of human values. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(3), 550-562. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.53.3.550

  19. Shestakovskyi, О.P. (2013). Values and beliefs in cross-national studies. [In Ukrainian]. Economy and Forecasting, 1, 134-135.

  20. Shkarlatiuk, К. (2022). Strategies of stress-overcoming behavior of student youth under war conditions. [In Ukrainian]. In: Psychological elements of sustainable development of society: search for psychological justification for the challenges of today (pp. 74-76).

Received 10.12.2024

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