PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL
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<p>'Psychological journal' is a peer-reviewed scientific review, published by<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.apsciorg.fr/"> Association pour la Promotion des Sciences et des Innovations</a></span></strong> in conjunction with <strong><a href="http://psychology-naes-ua.institute/eng/">H. S. Kostyuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine</a></strong> from 2015 year, 12 times a year (from 2019).</p> <p>The scientific review is listed in Special edition of scientific professional publications of Ukraine (Resolution of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine № 409 of 17.03.2020, Annex 1), and it has The Certificate of state registration of the printed source of mass media in Ukraine (КВ № 24063-13903 ПР of 22.07.2019). Attributed ISSN is 2414-0023 for printed journal and 2414-004X for its electronic version.</p> <p>Editorial Board of the Collection consists of at least 42% of international members. The scientific review also publishes the authors with foreign affiliation.</p> <p>Program goals (basic principles) include the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of psychology. The collection of research papers is published for charitable purposes and intended for free distribution.</p> <p>The scientific review publishes materials, which cover problems of psychological science and practice, promote their wide distribution and overall development of psychological knowledge. The aim of publication is to provide a deeper integration and close cooperation between science and practice, promote the introduction of new scientific and applied research, publish papers of renowned and respected authors and also the papers of young researchers.</p>Інститут психології імені Г. С. Костюка Національної академії педагогічних наук Україниen-USPSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL2414-0023<p><strong>Copyright Notice</strong></p> <p>Articles in the Psychological Journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License International CC-BY that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. For more detailed information, please, fallow the link - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF DESTRUCTIVE COPING BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
https://apsijournal.com/index.php/psyjournal/article/view/1591
<p>The article raises the topic of the formation of destructive coping behavior in women affected by domestic violence, highlights the reasons and consequences of such a choice.</p> <p>The modern world has different sides of manifestation, they can be both positive and negative. What we can mark as a value, what we are proud of and keep, does not raise questions or objections. The opposite of value is something humanity is trying to eradicate or change, which is an unpleasant part of our history. One such aspect is domestic violence. Unfortunately, the scale of this problem is quite large, it has no age limits, but it has a gender difference. The problem of the modern world, as it was hundreds of years ago, is the issue of overcoming domestic violence, which is still widespread in many countries of the world. And this is no exception in Ukraine. The vast majority of cases of domestic violence are recorded against women. Because it occurs in different layers of our society and therefore affects many aspects of life, it needs attention, especially for women who overcome difficulties and form behaviors that help them return to a full, healthy life. The mechanisms of creating opportunities and stimulating changes in victimized women are quite complex, as they affect not only the basic components of personality formation – resilience, self-respect and sufficient self-esteem, but also the external and internal levers of the entire society, modern forms of education of the young generation and the transformation of the country's culture as a whole.</p> <p>Domestic violence is one of the types of difficult life circumstances caused by the victim's need to overcome them.</p> <p>It is the coping behavior of victims under the category of destructiveness that deserves considerable attention. Often under the influence of certain factors determined by the specifics of upbringing (conditions of loyalty to facts of domestic violence), religious aspects (norms of humiliation, gender inequality), cultural characteristics of the family or the victim behavior of the woman herself, a non-constructive reaction to cases of violence is formed. The use of various options for psychological defense (avoidance, displacement, rejection, denial, etc.) will be clear signs of destructive coping.</p> <p>Clearly aware of the reasons for such a negative choice, which is often not an easy choice, but a complex system of formed survival skills, it is worth paying attention to the reverse path – the formation of new coping mechanisms, which requires significant efforts from the affected woman.</p> <p>In order to effectively overcome the consequences of difficult circumstances, it is vital for victims to find and master constructive coping strategies in order to have a healthy and fulfilling life in the future. This requires not only time, but also physical capabilities, psychological conditions, internal personal coherence and social assistance. It is with such a comprehensive approach that one can count on the effectiveness of the created and applied forms and methods of struggle.</p> <p> </p>Yaroslava Popovych
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2023-07-312023-07-3197364410.31108/1.2023.9.7.4ACTIVATION OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN PSYCHOTRAUMATED PERSONS USING THE KORPAN MASK
https://apsijournal.com/index.php/psyjournal/article/view/1589
<p>The article presents the results of using an innovative tool for stabilizing the autonomic nervous system in psychological practice - "Korpan's salt mask". The obtained scientific data are presented in the context of modern research on current global issues of humanity regarding gaps in the field of mental health. <strong>Purpose:</strong> to highlight the results of the study of the impact of the innovative tool "Korpan's mask" on the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in people who suffered from psychotraumatic situations as a result of the war in Ukraine. <strong>Research methods:</strong> theoretical orientation: theoretical-methodological interdisciplinary analysis of scientific literature in order to determine the state of development of the problem; synthesis, generalization of research results; summarizing the research results; methods of empirical orientation: use of standardized psychodiagnostic methods: observation, conversation, questionnaire, formative experiment. The unified Ukrainian clinical protocol of primary, secondary and tertiary medical care according to ICD-10, diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders of the 5th edition of DSM-5 was also applied; "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire" (PSQI); "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (HADS); questionnaire "Diagnosis of PTSD"; methods of mathematical statistics: Wilcoxon's T-test. <strong>The results.</strong> The search for alternative effective models and tools of psychological assistance to people with post-traumatic stress disorders contributed to the application of Korpan's innovative mask, which is a simple, affordable, safe and reliable means of restoring the basic element of a person's stress resistance - its psychophysiological component. The authors present their own algorithm for providing primary psychological assistance to people who have experienced psychological trauma: psychophysiological stabilization of the autonomic nervous system by applying a Korpan mask, psychoeducation (explaining the cause of the symptoms to the victim); regulation of emotional balance (application of stress management practices), recovery of cognitive cognitive processes and acquisition of constructive coping strategies for mastering stress (methods of CBT, catathymic-imaginative psychotherapy); restoration of the meaning of life, which provides an opportunity to survive the crisis period of life. <strong>Conclusions.</strong> Through a scientific experiment, the effectiveness of using the Korpan salt mask was proven on a wide sample of subjects: military personnel (diagnosed with acute stress disorder, contusion, post-traumatic stress disorder), children with re-traumatic experiences, people who survived the occupation and live in the zone of constant shelling, internally displaced persons (who survived the loss of property and loved ones), volunteers (who were burnt out at work). The versatility of the mask is that it is effective for people of various age categories, gender, status, psychological diagnosis with post-stress symptoms.</p> <p> </p>Оleksandra Kohut
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2023-07-312023-07-3197253510.31108/1.2023.9.7.3DREAMWORK AS A COMPONENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC REHABILITATION OF COMBATANTS SYMBOLIZATION OF COMBATANTS’ MARGINALIZATION IN DREAMS
https://apsijournal.com/index.php/psyjournal/article/view/1588
<p>Post-traumatic stress disorder(further – PTSD) is a complex and multi-faceted psychic phenomenon, which is in need of rigorous research. The number of studies done on PTSD is vast, and the number of its treatments – starting with evidence-based exposure therapy and medication and ending with experimental treatments like transcranial magnet stimulation and psychoactive substance use – are very diverse. Such kind of diversity indicates one thing – we don’t have a sufficient answer to the challenges, which PTSD puts forward. The relevance of the subject in Ukraine, where nowadays hundreds of thousands of people endure the extremely traumatic environment of the front lines, whether taking part in combat or not, is hard to overestimate. Our situation puts us in the position of extreme need for PTSD research, but furthermore – into position of researching it while still enduring the traumatic circumstance itself. For there reasons we need to study PTSD from as many angles, as possible.</p> <p>Nightmares belong to the essential symptoms of PTSD. Like other symptoms, they are most often viewed in the context of the traumatic event, the memory of which remains in high affectation and devoid of the spatial and temporal isolation, which is specific to the memories, stored in the amygdala. The goal of treatment is to transcribe, so to say, the memory into the hippocampus and to restore the function of temporal lobes, so that the patient is able to find themselves outside of the place and time of trauma and in here-and-now. But, trauma is more than an experience of a horrible event – it is also a complex relational phenomenon. It is the relational aspect of PTSD, which became the focus of our attention – specifically the experience of alienation and marginalization of the combatant.</p> <p>We analyzed relevant literature and also two nightmares in this article. One dream belongs to Dr. Donald Kalsched’s patient, and the second one – to the combatant patient of the Mental Health Center of the First Territorial Medical Union. The content analysis of these cases demonstrates the experience of the patients’ experience of marginalization and the way of its symbolization in the dreams. This study is a case study, and does not claim finality of its findings. It is an illustration of a tendency, which has been noticed during clinical work with combatants in rehab, which constitutes the study’s scientific interest. Further, larger-scale research is necessary and will be conducted.</p> <p> </p>Taras Novytskyi Halyna Katolyk
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2023-07-312023-07-3197152410.31108/1.2023.9.7.2THE INFLUENCE OF THE COMPETENCY APPROACH ON THE FORMATION OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE FUTURE PHILOLOGIST-POLONIST IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
https://apsijournal.com/index.php/psyjournal/article/view/1586
<p>The article examines the formation of a future specialist's readiness for professional activity in the process of studying at a higher education institution. The influence of the competence approach on the cognitive and activity organization of the educational process is clarified. The relationship between the competency-based approach in education and the personally-oriented and activity-oriented approaches to learning is analyzed, since, on the one hand, it concerns the student's personality, and on the other hand, it can be implemented and verified only in the process of a specific student performing a certain set of actions. The importance of using active learning methods in a higher education institution for the purpose of forming professional and personal competencies, awareness of problem situations, fighting motives, revaluation of values and their use in specific real situations during the study of the main components of professional training is considered. It is emphasized that the choice of values significant for the subject is carried out in accordance with his value competencies and is made under the influence of the sociocultural experience of the individual. It is emphasized that values are the objective basis of the formation of value competences and are learned only under the condition of acceptance by the individual, compliance of needs and interests with value competences, that is, if the individual identifies himself with them, reveals a personal meaning in them. An analysis of the respondents’ value orientations was carried out. It is emphasized that values are motivating competences, certain directing and accelerating motives of human behavior, activity, in particular professional. It is highlighted that providing a professional direction to the life aspirations and behavioral motives of a higher education seeker is an important moment in the formation of the personality of a future Polish specialist, the formation of stable life views, and professional beliefs.</p> <p> </p>Nataliia PanchukSofiia Panchuk
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2023-07-312023-07-319771410.31108/1.2023.9.7.1EGO CONTOURS: THE IDEAL SELF WITHIN SELF-CONCEPT STRUCTURE OF SUICIDE-PRONE INDIVIDUALS
https://apsijournal.com/index.php/psyjournal/article/view/1579
<p>The article analyses the phenomenon of the Ideal Self within the Self-Concept structure, its impact on the functioning of consciousness and the development of suicidal motivation among individuals who are likely to engage in suicidal behavior. Two alternative theories of suicidal motivation are used to analyze possible modifications to a self-concept (Loss Theory versus Escape Theory). The subject and potential prerequisites for the emergence of cognitive deconstruction as a condition preceding a suicidal act were discussed. The functioning of consciousness in individuals who are prone to suicidal behavior is examined.</p> <p>It has been hypothesized that the type of suicidal motivation is potentially linked to the following parameters: cognitive style (field-dependence / field-independence), personal dispositions, existential attitude and structural specificity of the self-concept of one’s with the existing suicidal patterns.</p> <p>It has been suggested that the level of Ideal-Self representation within the structure of the self-concept allows to attribute the modification of the latter to one of two types: complication or simplification. The Ideal Self seems to set "The Ego’s Contours". An assessment of the level of representation of the self-ideal within the self-concept is an alternative to assessing only the level of self-esteem of suicidals (which is demonstrated by most studies of suicidality). The level of Ideal-Self representation provides a better understanding of the suicidal self-conceptualization when compared to self-esteem level.</p> <p>By analyzing theories of suicidal motivation, it is possible to categorize most suicidal cases into 2 broad motivational groups based on self-concept modification criteria (simplification or complication). The type of self concept modification to be assessed during a clinical interview. A questionnaire would be compiled if the suggested model proved justifiable.</p> <p>Further research may include a study of suicidal consciousness and its features. Based on discussed theories (Loss versus Escape) 2 alternative strategies of psychotherapeutic intervention will be suggested, if the model testing is successful.</p> <p> </p>Marina Pototska
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2023-10-302023-10-3097406210.31108/1.2023.9.6.4