Horbunova V. V. Support for persons exposed to trauma: the role of social environment.

(2016) Science and education, 5, 40-45. Odessa.

Victoriia Horbunova,
Doctor of Psychology, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology,
Ukrainian Catholic University,
17, Ilariona Sventsitskoho Str., Lviv, Ukraine


SUPPORT FOR PERSONS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT


SUMMARY:

The article deals with the issue of recovery and personal growth of people exposed to trauma events and who have post-traumatic disorders. This issue is considered to be relevant because there is the increase of traumatic events in current war situation in Ukraine. In addition, Ukrainians, especially those who live in war territory, have no opportunity to get professional assistance. In this situation, the main role in supporting the natural mental recovery processes belongs to people from the nearest social environment. A traumatic event causes a number of changes in the nervous system functioning, which can be manifested in nightmares, negative self-attitude, depression, aggression, or on the contrary, indifference. One should remember that none of these manifestations means abnormality or deviation. All of them are a normal psychological reaction to traumatic events. One of the significant factors of recovery after traumatic events is the support of relatives and close friends, their calm and encouraging attitude. A person who has experienced trauma becomes sensitive to different triggers (reminders about the event). Everything associated with a traumatic event can cause tension, anxiety, aggression, etc. People, their actions, words or phrases, concrete situations or just things, sounds, scents can act like triggers. Thus, the following peculiarities of behaviour are the signals meaning that one should consult a psychologist: if a person avoids communication and prefers to spend all the time in his/her “safe place (at home)”; if he/she refuses to think about the traumatic event, denies the facts which have taken place in his/her life in reality; loses his/her interests and hobbies, becomes indifferent to everything; manifests no interest in his/her relatives’ or friends’ life; misuses alcohol or drugs, etc. In such situations, close people should understand the symptoms and neurophysiological mechanisms of posttraumatic reactions. They should master the skills of socio-psychological support, which include psychological recovery, creating emotionally calm conditions for safe memories, refocusing on a certain kind of activity (finding new hobby, etc.).


KEYWORDS:

posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic events, intrusions, avoidance, posttraumatic growth, nearest social environment.


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Klymchuk V. О. Posttraumatic Growth and how to Facilitate it in Psychotherapy.

(2016) Science and education, 5, 46-52. Odessa.

Vitalii Klymchuk,
Doctor of Psychology, senior lecturer, executive director of the
Institute of Mental Health, Ukrainian Catholic University,
17, Ilariona Sventsitskoho Str., Lviv, Ukraine


POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AND WAYS OF FACILITATING IT IN PSYCHOTHERAPY


SUMMARY:

The relevance of the study is determined by the current situation in Ukraine and the special attention of experts to the field of mental health and posttraumatic stress disorders. Special focus on the disorder, together with the achievement of the important goal (to find the ways of treating it) can lead to stigmatisation and discrimination of people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD). To avoid this, the other phenomenon – the posttraumatic growth (PTG) should be put in focus. The current understanding of the PTG as a situation in which personal development, at least in some areas, has exceeded its previous level, the one a person had had before the crisis. The following tools for measuring the posttraumatic growth are used: The Changes in Outlook Questionnaire, The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, The Stress-Related Growth Scale, The Thriving Scale, The Perceived Benefit Scales. Besides, the attention is paid to its relations with socio-demographic characteristics, personality changes, cognitive processes, the level of PTSD, the impact of posttraumatic growth on overcoming posttraumatic stress. The model of psychotherapeutic intervention facilitating posttraumatic growth and affecting the intensity of the treatment of PTSD (model by L. Calhoun, R. Tedeschi and THRIVE-model by S. Joseph) has been described. It includes the following components: taking stock (making sure a client is safe and helping him/her to overcome PTSD, for example, by means of exposure techniques); harvesting hope (to learn to have plans for the future, for example, by means of inspiring stories of people, who have experienced the same situations); re-authoring (rewriting one’s experience by means of creating stories, expressive writing technique); identifying change (observing one’s PTG with the help of the questioning or surveys); valuing change (development of confidence in new priorities); expressing change in action (searching for ways of transferring PTG in real world, for example, by means of writing week schedules).


KEYWORDS:

posttraumatic stress disorder, posttraumatic growth, stress, trauma, psychotherapy.


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Snihur L. A., Sarafanyuk E. I., Luhanin V. V., Vorona V. V. Psychological Bases of Implementing a Task of Higher Military Educational Institutions for Forming Future Officers as Leaders.

(2016) Science and education, 5, 53-60. Odessa.

Liudmyla Snihur,
Doctor of Psychology, professor, Odessa military academy,
Eduard Sarafaniuk,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences), professor, Odessa military academy,
Volodymyr Luhanin,
lecturer, Odessa military academy, st. Fontanskaya road,
10, Odessa, Ukraine,
Valentin Vorona,
lecturer, National University “Odessa Maritime Academy”,
8, Didrikhsona Str., Odessa, Ukraine


PSYCHOLOGICAL BASES OF IMPLEMENTING A TASK OF HIGHER MILITARY
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSFOR FORMING FUTURE OFFICERS AS LEADERS


SUMMARY:

The article presents the results of studying the opportunities for promoting the development of cadets as leaders at higher military educational institutions. The following methods were used: analysis of teaching experience in the field of military leadership of cadets studying at higher military educational institutions of western style; the technique of examining communicative and organisational skills for identifying their manifestation in students using the questionnaire by B. Fedorishin, test by J. Kelly, sample surveys and expert assessment, psychological drawing “Me”, “I in a Family”, “Other People and I”. The review of the scientific literature has shown that the process of the development and formation of a leader consists of three components: informational component (acquiring knowledge about leadership qualities in the ideal of a man, an officer and a citizen), formational component (the analysis and selfanalysis of one’s ascension) and experience component. The promotion of leadership qualities is possible due to the organisation of a concrete style of cadet’s life, the joint efforts of the teaching staff with the active involvement of senior cadets into discussion of current experiences in a specially formed microgroup aimed at the active formation of officers’ leadership. The analysis and self-examination of leadership qualities development with the help of the military community, knowledge about leadership and competent implementation of the obtained knowledge into practice are very important aspects in the process of the formation of cadets as leaders. Leadership is manifested in the character of an individual. Prudence, justice and courage as well as the ability to set oneself a mission are the basic qualities of a leader.


KEYWORDS:

formation, person, cadet, leader, protector, virtue.


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Bulgakova O. Yu. Theoretical and Methodological Basis for Defining the Meaning of the Concept “Psychological Readiness”.

(2016) Science and education, 5, 60-66. Odessa.

Olena Bulgakova,
PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Social work and HR-management,
Odessa National Polytechnic University,
1, Shevchenko avenue, Odesa, Ukraine


THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL BASIS FOR DEFINING
THE MEANING OF THE CONCEPT “PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS”


SUMMARY:

The article deals with the issue of recovery and personal growth of people exposed to trauma events and who have post-traumatic disorders. This issue is considered to be relevant because there is the increase of traumatic events in current war situation in Ukraine. In addition, Ukrainians, especially those who live in war territory, have no opportunity to get professional assistance. In this situation, the main role in supporting the natural mental recovery processes belongs to people from the nearest social environment. A traumatic event causes a number of changes in the nervous system functioning, which can be manifested in nightmares, negative self-attitude, depression, aggression, or on the contrary, indifference. One should remember that none of these manifestations means abnormality or deviation. All of them are a normal psychological reaction to traumatic events. One of the significant factors of recovery after traumatic events is the support of relatives and close friends, their calm and encouraging attitude. A person who has experienced trauma becomes sensitive to different triggers (reminders about the event). Everything associated with a traumatic event can cause tension, anxiety, aggression, etc. People, their actions, words or phrases, concrete situations or just things, sounds, scents can act like triggers. Thus, the following peculiarities of behaviour are the signals meaning that one should consult a psychologist: if a person avoids communication and prefers to spend all the time in his/her “safe place (at home)”; if he/she refuses to think about the traumatic event, denies the facts which have taken place in his/her life in reality; loses his/her interests and hobbies, becomes indifferent to everything; manifests no interest in his/her relatives’ or friends’ life; misuses alcohol or drugs, etc. In such situations, close people should understand the symptoms and neurophysiological mechanisms of posttraumatic reactions. They should master the skills of socio-psychological support, which include psychological recovery, creating emotionally calm conditions for safe memories, refocusing on a certain kind of activity (finding new hobby, etc.).


KEYWORDS:

psychological readiness, social interaction, a system of relations, subjectivity.


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Veselska A. L. Psychological model of understanding a musical composition: structure and components.

(2016) Science and education, 5, 66-72. Odessa.

Alla Veselska,
аssistant of the Department of Social and Applied Psychology,
Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko,
40, Velyka Berdychivska Str., Zhytomyr, Ukraine


PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL OF UNDERSTANDING
A MUSICAL COMPOSITION: STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS


SUMMARY:

The article is aimed at analysing the structure and content of the general model of musical compositions understanding. The increasing amount of musical information perceived by people in everyday life determines the relevance of researching the processes of perception and understanding of music. Music is reproduced in daily life by the media, it is used as the background for the presentation of information, for example, in advertising; it is a means of communication for youth subcultures. The understanding of a musical composition is a complex process, where the emotional and intellectual aspects are combined along with the content of musical material and personality traits. This unity complicates the understanding and necessitates structuring and refining the components of a common model of understanding, which determines the specificity and efficiency of art perception. In general, the issue of perception and understanding of a musical composition is revealed in studies of various fields of psychology: neuroscience, music psychology, psychology of art etc. The existing models of music perception are based on comparable structure of perceptual act that reflects multidimensionality and multilevel character of a music composition. Listening is considered both as auditory analysis of a composition, where the unit is a sound object, and as a process of schematisation and simplification of the information contained in a musical composition. The model of music understanding, including cognitive, operational and regulatory-personal components, has been offered. The cognitive component includes knowledge accumulated by a subject (awareness in the field of music): the nature and functions of music art; contents of means of musical expression that mediates the process of understanding (form, genre); history of the emergence of a musical composition; personality traits of a composer; previous experience: auditory and life experience; subjective systems of meanings (stereotypes, attitudes): superficial stereotype perception; focusing on aesthetic pleasure from a musical composition. The operational component of the structure of music understanding includes those subject properties that make it possible to successfully perform the procedure of understanding a musical composition. The regulatory and personal component includes properties of thinking: flexibility, the prevalence of verbal or figurative way of information processing; individuallytypological features; the level of general and emotional intelligence.


KEYWORDS:

music understanding, understanding structure, cognitive, operational and regulatory-personal understanding.


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