EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF RESILIENCE ON STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN WARTIME

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the impact of resilience on students’ psychological wellbeing under wartime conditions. The study was conducted on a sample of 32 students of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University using the following instruments: the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF-UA), the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), the Questionnaire on Positive and Negative Affects (OPANA), and the Modified BBC Subjective Well-being Scale (BBC-SWB).The results indicated that the majority of students demonstrated a satisfactory level of mental health, while one third of the respondents showed a low level of subjective well-being. Correlation analysis revealed significant relationships between mental health stability and resilience (CD-RISC-10), indicating students’ ability to adapt to difficult life circumstances and maintain internal balance under stress. A positive association was also found between mental health stability and subjective well-being (BBC-SWB), suggesting an interrelation between life satisfaction and emotional balance. Furthermore, a significant relationship was identified between resilience and psychological well-being: the higher the level of subjective well-being, the higher the level of resilience. Positive correlations between positive affect (OPANA) and subjective well-being (BBC-SWB) indicate that an increase in positive emotions is associated with higher self-assessed psychological well-being. Overall, the BBC-SWB demonstrated significant positive correlations with both mental health stability and resilience, confirming the close relationship between subjective well-being and personal resources for coping with stress and maintaining mental health. The generalization of the findings suggests that students with higher levels of resilience demonstrate higher psychological well-being. Thus, resilience appears not only as a mechanism for coping with stress and the traumatic impact of war, but also as an important condition for maintaining mental health and fostering personal development.