Do relationships with parents determine citizens’ reactions to war trauma?
Background The article concerns the psychology of trauma: the intensity of the experienced threats and reactions to the trauma in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), defenses and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in Ukrainian immigrants in Poland. The issues of trauma psychology were studie...
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| author | Alicja Senejko Ewa Gurba Piotr Oleś Mateusz Marek Tomasz Franc Krzysztof Gurba |
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The article concerns the psychology of trauma: the intensity of the experienced threats and reactions to the trauma in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), defenses and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in Ukrainian immigrants in Poland. The issues of trauma psychology were studied in connection with the relationships with parents.
Participants and procedure
The methods used mainly concerned the specifics of experiencing strong threats (trauma) and responding to them (PCL-5 questionnaire, Psycho-Social and Psychic Defenses Questionnaire, Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory), determination of closeness to parents (Scale of Closeness to Biological Parents) and secure and non-secure attachment style (Attachment Style Questionnaire). The subjects were 178 people (including 147 women and 31 men), citizens of Ukraine, who arrived in Poland after the outbreak of war on February 24, 2022, and at the time of the study were living in and around Krakow, Wroclaw, Lublin, or Warsaw. The mean age of the subjects was 38 years (SD = 12.57).
Results
The results of the study indicate that non-secure attachment styles (anxious-avoidant and anxious-ambivalent), along with frustration of the need for competence and intensity of threats, are predictors of PTSD and non-constructive defenses. In contrast, a secure attachment style, along with frustration of the need for competence and intensity of threats, is a predictor of constructive defenses, while a secure attachment style is a predictor of PTG. Statistical analyses show that closeness to the mother is not significantly associated with any of the explained variables.
Conclusions
The accumulation of risks associated with war trauma and the necessity to cope with them are strongly associated with the ongoing war. Attachment styles support or hinder the process of adaptation. The absence of closeness to the mother among the predictors in the models tested represents the most intriguing result, to be confirmed in further research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a1d9ce1d1ca444d18754fce6979465a32025-01-27T11:33:24ZengTermedia Publishing HouseHealth Psychology Report2353-41842353-55712024-02-0112430832110.5114/hpr/182931182931Do relationships with parents determine citizens’ reactions to war trauma?Alicja Senejko0Ewa Gurba1Piotr Oleś2Mateusz Marek3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2751-4509Tomasz Franc4Krzysztof Gurba5University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, PolandPontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, PolandJohn Paul II Catholic University of LublinPontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, PolandPontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, PolandUniversity of the National Education Commission, Krakow, PolandBackground The article concerns the psychology of trauma: the intensity of the experienced threats and reactions to the trauma in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), defenses and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in Ukrainian immigrants in Poland. The issues of trauma psychology were studied in connection with the relationships with parents. Participants and procedure The methods used mainly concerned the specifics of experiencing strong threats (trauma) and responding to them (PCL-5 questionnaire, Psycho-Social and Psychic Defenses Questionnaire, Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory), determination of closeness to parents (Scale of Closeness to Biological Parents) and secure and non-secure attachment style (Attachment Style Questionnaire). The subjects were 178 people (including 147 women and 31 men), citizens of Ukraine, who arrived in Poland after the outbreak of war on February 24, 2022, and at the time of the study were living in and around Krakow, Wroclaw, Lublin, or Warsaw. The mean age of the subjects was 38 years (SD = 12.57). Results The results of the study indicate that non-secure attachment styles (anxious-avoidant and anxious-ambivalent), along with frustration of the need for competence and intensity of threats, are predictors of PTSD and non-constructive defenses. In contrast, a secure attachment style, along with frustration of the need for competence and intensity of threats, is a predictor of constructive defenses, while a secure attachment style is a predictor of PTG. Statistical analyses show that closeness to the mother is not significantly associated with any of the explained variables. Conclusions The accumulation of risks associated with war trauma and the necessity to cope with them are strongly associated with the ongoing war. Attachment styles support or hinder the process of adaptation. The absence of closeness to the mother among the predictors in the models tested represents the most intriguing result, to be confirmed in further research.https://hpr.termedia.pl/Do-relationships-with-parents-determine-citizens-reactions-to-war-trauma-,182931,0,2.htmlptsdptgukrainian immigrantsthreat intensity |
| spellingShingle | Alicja Senejko Ewa Gurba Piotr Oleś Mateusz Marek Tomasz Franc Krzysztof Gurba Do relationships with parents determine citizens’ reactions to war trauma? Health Psychology Report ptsd ptg ukrainian immigrants threat intensity |
| title | Do relationships with parents determine citizens’ reactions to war trauma? |
| title_full | Do relationships with parents determine citizens’ reactions to war trauma? |
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| title_sort | do relationships with parents determine citizens reactions to war trauma |
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