Historical-cultural background of Ukrainians’ psychological resilience

- Горностай, П.П. (orcid.org/0000-0003-2327-6213) (2025) Historical-cultural background of Ukrainians’ psychological resilience Проблеми політичної психології, 18 (32). pp. 42-61. ISSN 2411-1449

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Abstract

The relevance of the study is due to the insufficient development of historicalcultural aspects of the transgeneration of social experience, especially regarding resource, rather than traumatic factors. The factors of socio-historical continuity of experience in different generations due to complex mechanisms of historical memory have not been sufficiently studied. This topic has been little studied in relation to Ukrainian history and culture. The purpose of the article is to investigate the historical-cultural prerequisites of the psychological resilience of Ukrainians in the conditions of the challenges of war and the consequences of historical traumas, among which both the risks of collective trauma and resource factors of Ukrainian history will be considered. Methodology and scientific approaches. The study is interdisciplinary in nature, which, in addition to psychological fields, covers philosophy, history, historiography, culturology, sociology, genetics. The main methods are the analysis of documents and historical facts, the analysis and synthesis of scientific achievements in other areas and fields in order to develop new interdisciplinary theories and concepts. Main results and conclusions. The psychological resilience of Ukrainians, with numerous examples in history, and its intergenerational continuity depend on a number of historical-cultural prerequisites. One of them is historical traumas almost incompatible with life, which, despite the enormous trauma, did not cause the disappearance of the group as a historical-cultural community, but instead contributed to an increased ability to withstand traumas. The second prerequisite is a rich historical experience associated with a glorious history, outstanding historical figures and examples of incredible resilience. Ukrainian society suffered the loss of its historical heritage, which became for it a historical-cultural catastrophe with an excessively high level of violation of the principle of justice. This caused an existential (associated with the existence of the group) need to restore lost justice as another prerequisite for psychological resilience. One of the consequences is an extraordinary desire for liberty as the central national idea of Ukrainians. Social significance and prospects. The results obtained expand the scope of research into the psychology of collective traumas and help solve important problems of the modern socio-political situation. Prospects for further research are the creation of a socio-psychological theory of the historical-cultural picture of the world and the development of the concept of historical-cultural competence of Ukrainians.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	psychological resilience; historical-cultural picture of the world; collective traumas are almost incompatible with life; historical-cultural catastrophe; the principle of justice; transgeneration of historical experience, historical-cultural competence
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 > 314/316 Society Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 9 Geography. Biography. History > 93/94 History
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Department of Psychology of Small Groups and Intergroup Relations
Depositing User:	Професор Павло Петрович Горностай
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2026 08:03
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2026 08:03
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/748497

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