number of scientific workers under martial law,
which is caused, on the one hand, by the
influence of chronic stress phenomena. A large
number of scientists experienced this influence
during the beginning of the war and its aftermath,
so they are quite fresh in the memory and have a
direct impact on the present day (Rajab, 2018).
Under conditions of open Russian aggression, the
positive direction of mental health among
members of the scientific community has
naturally decreased. The reasons for this are quite
concrete: direct or indirect threats to the lives and
health of workers of scientific institutions,
material losses and physical destruction of many
scientific institutions and premises, forced
abandonment of habitual way of life, loss of quite
a few professional contacts, crises in everyday
communication caused by family members
abroad, relocation to another part of the country,
being under occupation, loss of loved ones in
war, etc.
At the same time, every crisis also presents
certain opportunities. The war has posed an acute
question about social elites. Scientists should
belong to these elites, and not only
representatives of technological specialties, but
also humanists and representatives of worldview
branches. The popularization of science
undoubtedly depends on scientists as well as on
financing their activities. For a long time,
Ukrainian science as a whole could not boast of
achieving systemic results at the highest
international level. Martial law is a time of
mobilization and moral strength. As practice has
shown, the developments of Ukrainian scientists
and designers working in the military industry
are quite broad. Obviously, the situation is better
in other areas: Ukrainian historical works and
scientific YouTube channels have become
popular, popular science books are published,
etc. If stable financing continues, the status of
scientists in society will increase, and this can be
considered the beginning of psychological
stabilization. The growth of prestige will become
a fundamental basis of the popularization of
scientific activity. Separately, in order to
overcome burnout, a powerful motivation is
participation in professional conferences,
trainings, special seminars, etc. We believe that
against the background of Russian aggression
deployment scientific workers experienced a
tangible stress effect. The work of appropriate
psychological services will allow timely
informing scientists about mental threats and the
possibility of overcoming them.
Conclusions
Russian aggression against Ukraine has a very
negative impact on the psycho-emotional state of
the whole Ukrainian society, including
employees of the pedagogical and scientific
branches. Based on the analysis of stress
manifestations in the environment of teachers of
higher educational institutions certain
mechanisms of protection against stress are
highlighted. In particular, it is proved that among
the effective means of increasing stress
resistance are training and self-training. In
particular, among the preventive means of
preventing the occurrence of stress, there are
opportunities to improve the professional self-
realization of teachers through the use of
psychological training. This will make it possible
to counteract professional burnout with all its
negative consequences. Training should be
aimed at the improvement of constructive
behavior, the actualization of social skills, and
personal resources. Additional factors of
psychological condition improvement are self-
development, participation in projects and
conferences, improvement of mental and
managerial culture skills. War, military
destruction, and constant tension have also had a
negative impact on scientists. Financial
constraints, the formalization of scientific
processes, the restriction of professional contacts
(also international), and the difficulty of adapting
to change (due to the high average age) are
current challenges facing the psychological
health of the academic community. Among the
effective mechanisms of counteraction, it is
proposed to use moral factors of influence
(popularization of science in society) and the
financial situation.
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