Application of Interactive Psychological Exercises for Psychological Rehabilitation of Combatants

Authors

  • Lina Perelygina Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine
  • Liubov Balabanova Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, 99, Klochkivska vul., Kharkiv, 61058, Ukraine
  • Yanina Ovsiannikova Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine
  • Diana Pokhilko Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine
  • Valentyn Kerdyvar Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.2.67.82

Keywords:

psychological safety , negative emotional states, resocialization , psychological simulator, psychological recovery

Abstract

Aim. Military operations in Ukraine have caused signs of mental trauma in the combatants. Such individuals need active psychological rehabilitation involving effective methods. One of them is the use of interactive psychological simulators that help to rethink one’s perception of reality and oneself in it, learn new types of behaviour. The aim is to identify the effectiveness of using interactive psychological simulators in improving the psycho-emotional state of combatants.

Methods. The following methods were employed during the diagnostics: Diagnosis of Psychological Safety of a Person (DPSP-88), Lemur-Tessier-Fillion Psychological Stress Measure (PSM25), Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI), Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS). Descriptive statistics and Student’s t-test were applied for statistical processing.

Results. The study proved that the use of an interactive psychological simulator by combatants increased their Psychological Safety Index (t = 8.42; p≤0.001), reduced stress (t = 4.39; p≤0.001), depression (t = 5, 14; p≤0.001), and anxiety (t = 5.43; p≤0.001). This makes it possible to expand the range of psychological rehabilitation of combatants through the introduction of psychological simulators.

Conclusion. The obtained results are important for psychologists and rehabilitators, as they prove the effectiveness of the use of psychological simulators in the psychological rehabilitation of combatants. This can improve the process of psychological recovery of the military, contribute to their social and psychological adaptation, resocialisation. Based on the obtained results, it is planned to expand the possibilities of using psychological simulators in the rehabilitation of combatants. Their introduction into the mandatory system of providing assistance to victims of hostilities will reduce the time of their psychological recovery.

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Author Biographies

  • Lina Perelygina, Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

    Doctor of Sciences in Biological, Professor, Leading Researcher, Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre of the National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine

  • Liubov Balabanova, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, 99, Klochkivska vul., Kharkiv, 61058, Ukraine

    Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Professor, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture

  • Yanina Ovsiannikova, Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

    Сandidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre of the National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine

  • Diana Pokhilko, Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, 94 Chernyshevska vul., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

    Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Researcher Officer, Leading Researcher, Educational and Scientific Laboratory of Extreme and Crisis Psychology of the Research Centre of the National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine

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2024-09-25

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Perelygina, L. ., Balabanova, L. ., Ovsiannikova, Y. ., Pokhilko, D. ., & Kerdyvar, V. . (2024). Application of Interactive Psychological Exercises for Psychological Rehabilitation of Combatants. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 15(2), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.2.67.82