Diskuze v psychologii 2022, 4(1):17-23 | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2023.002

An insight into emotional experience and coping strategies of ukrainian students at UMB during russian invasion

Kristína Slovíková, Zuzana Šípková, Mercedes Nehilová, Ľubor Pilárik

The main goal of this qualitative research was to understand emotions of ukrainian students in Slovakia during Russian invasion and identify strategies of coping with their emotions. The research group consisted of 6 respondents, of which were 2 men and 4 women of average age 20. We used individual semi-structured interviews to obtain the data. The bunching method was used for data analysis. The results of the research showed that huge palette of their negative emotions started to gradually soften. Helpful strategies such as attentional deployment and searching for social support were found to be the most important for ukrainian students. Regarding their relationships, ukrainian students don't feel negative emotions towards russian students, their relationships have been deepened.

Keywords: emotions, Ukraine, war, strategies, emotional coping

Received: July 27, 2022; Revised: February 10, 2023; Accepted: February 14, 2023; Published: September 7, 2023  Show citation

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Slovíková K, Šípková Z, Nehilová M, Pilárik Ľ. An insight into emotional experience and coping strategies of ukrainian students at UMB during russian invasion. Diskuze v psychologii. 2022;4(1):17-23. doi: 10.5507/dvp.2023.002.
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