ArticleScientific reports2023
Association between mental health, psychological characteristics, and motivational functions of volunteerism among Polish and Ukrainian volunteers during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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- Volunteering and resilience in wartime: evidence from two population-based studies in Israel.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A virtual intervention to support educator well-being and students' mental health in conflict-affected Ukraine: A non-randomized controlled trial.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Meaning and resilience in war-affected populations during crisis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Kidnapping-Induced Trauma and secondary stress in armed conflicts: a comparative study among women in hostage families, volunteers, and the General Population.Israel journal of health policy research · 2024Article
- Personality and Situational Determinants of Sustained Helping Towards Ukrainian War Refugees in 2022.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
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Abstract
The Russo-Ukrainian War has led to a humanitarian crisis, and many people volunteered to help affected refugees. This cross-sectional survey study investigates the relationships between the psychological impact of participation, coping mechanisms, and motivational functions of volunteering during the Russo-Ukrainian War among 285 Ukrainian and 435 Polish volunteers (N = 720). Multivariate linear regression was used to examine relationships between motivational functions and psychosocial and demographic characteristics. Ukrainian volunteers reported significantly higher Hyperarousal and Avoidance, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress, Problem-focused, Emotion-focused, and Avoidant coping, as well as total scores of Hardiness and Psychological Capital than Polish counterparts. Linear regression analysis found that Impact of the Event Scale results, Coping with Stress, being a female, unemployed, and religious were significantly associated with higher motivational functions. Ukrainian volunteers could significantly reduce negative feelings and strengthen social networks and religious faith by volunteering, while Polish volunteers were significantly more likely to gain skills and psychosocial development from helping others.
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