Trends in changes of National Identity and Representations of the Future of Ukrainian youth in Wartime

- Остапенко, Ірина Віталіївна (orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-5964) and Соснюк, Олег Петрович (orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-8879) (2025) Trends in changes of National Identity and Representations of the Future of Ukrainian youth in Wartime Український психологічний журнал, 2 (24). pp. 150-165. ISSN 2520-6265

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of trends in changes of national identity and Ukrainian youth’s ideas about the future during wartime. Based on the results of the empirical study, the authors identified 5 factors that make up the updated structure of youth national identity and their ideas about the future: Factor 1. «Responsibility and optimism about their own prospects and the future of Ukraine»; Factor 2. «Conscious national identity»; Factor 3. «Intentions to go abroad»; Factor 4. «Dependence on parents and readiness for territorial concessions»; Factor 5. «Reliance on the West’s help». The results of the study confirm the high level of cognitive complexity among youth regarding national identity and ideas about the future. The authors found that compared to previous studies, the following trends remained stable: an optimistic vision of one’s own future and the future of the country (to which a sense of responsibility and condemnation of those who leave the country were added), intentions to go abroad for studies or for permanent residence, and paternalism regarding foreign aid. The affective coloring of national identity, associated with a sense of pride in the nation, common values, and the desire to receive education in Ukraine, became more crystallized. The readiness for territorial concessions was combined with dependence on parents. These changes may be related to the general dynamics of the emotional moods of the population of Ukraine and the influence of family members on young people. The authors plan to test these assumptions in subsequent studies.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	national identity, representations of the future, trends in changes, semantic differential, youth, wartime.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 304 Social questions. Social practice. Cultural practice. Way of life (Lebensweise) Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 39 Cultural anthropology. Ethnography. Customs. Manners. Traditions. Way of life
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Department of Psychology of Youth Political Behavior
Depositing User:	СНС Ірина Віталіївна Остапенко
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2026 13:05
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2026 13:06
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/748175

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