Valentyn Kerdyvar
Ph.D. in Psychology. National university of civil defence of Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0001-6560-6028
DOI https://doi.org/10.52363/dcpp-2021.2.2
Keywords: IDPs, internally displaced persons, displaced persons, refugees, aggression
In our difficult time, when military operations are underway in the east of Ukraine, when almost one and a half million people were forced to leave their homes to find salvation, when there is a constant threat, a large number of citizens of our state face the problem of staying in extreme situations, rethinking events that until recently were considered impossible. The scientific community faces the need for a comprehensive study of the psychological components of internal migration.
The article discusses the forms and levels of aggressiveness, for the study of which the following methods were used: the Bass-Darky questionnaire and the Wagner hand projective test and the direction of aggressiveness, for the study of which the interview and the Etkind relationship color test were used. The sample of subjects included 997 internally displaced persons from part of the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, who were forced to leave their homes due to military operations in the period 2014-2019, and who now permanently reside in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region.
Analysis of the results of the study of indicators of forms and levels of aggressiveness in the group of respondents showed that high rates in the majority of displaced persons are observed in such forms as: verbal aggression, resentment, irritability, indirect aggression and guilt. There are also generally high indicators of the level of aggression in this category of persons.
The levels of aggression directed by internally displaced persons to the following categories of persons are established: the president, the government, local authorities at the point of permanent residence, volunteers, social services and local communities of the new place of residence. Possible prerequisites and reasons for such indicators for the above categories of persons are given, as well as what negative reactions they may cause in the future.