Features OF War-Related Traumatic Experience in Parents of Primary School Children from Internally Displaced Families

- Пророк, Н.В. (orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-1108) and Чекстере, Оксана Юріївна (orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-3831) (2026) Features OF War-Related Traumatic Experience in Parents of Primary School Children from Internally Displaced Families Habitus (85). pp. 154-160. ISSN 2663-5208

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Abstract

The article presents the results of a study examining the characteristics of war-related traumatic experiences among parents of primary school children in internally displaced families. A modified version of the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5), expanded to include a broader range of war-related traumatic events and adapted to the current social and security conditions in Ukraine, was used to collect empirical data. The study involved parents of primary school students with internally displaced person (IDP) status. The analysis of the results showed that a significant number of respondents had personally experienced traumatic events related to housing insecurity (forced displacement from their homes, expulsion, shelling of their homes, and violent intrusion by armed individuals) as well as prolonged stays in shelters, often accompanied by severe hunger and cold. Many respondents reported direct or indirect experiences of separation from loved ones, which negatively affects the psychological state of both parents and children. In forty percent of the surveyed families, a family member serves in the ranks of Ukraine’s defenders, which generates constant anxiety and emotional tension. The sample also included respondents who had witnessed injured or deceased individuals and killed animals, as well as those who had experienced the most severe trauma—the loss of a family member during the war. It is emphasized that even individuals who have not directly witnessed the horrors of war may experience increased levels of stress and anxiety due to indirect exposure, particularly through mechanisms of secondary traumatization. Individually significant situations that caused severe stress among respondents were identified, including witnessing multiple deaths simultaneously, experiencing threats to themselves and their relatives, informational uncertainty or contradictory information about critical events, and the disability of a close person under wartime conditions. The findings not only confirm the high level of overall stressfulness of the life context of internally displaced families, but also highlight the importance of psychological support for these families and may be used to develop psychosocial assistance programs.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	internally displaced persons, stress, traumatic experience, war, parents of primary school children, psychological state, mechanisms of secondary traumatization.
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 > 303 Methods of the social sciences 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 > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 373 Kinds of school providing general education
Divisions:	Institute of Psychology after N.Kostiuk > Laboratory of psychodiagnostics and scientific psychological information
Depositing User:	кандидат психологічних наук старший науковий співробітник Оксана Юріївна Чекстере
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2026 14:02
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2026 14:02
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/750457

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