The mental health toll of the Russian-Ukraine war across 11 countries: Cross-sectional data on war-related stressors, PTSD and CPTSD symptoms
Kalaitzaki A. Goodwin R. Kurapov A. Vintila M. Lazarescu G. Lytvyn S. Tsouvelas G. Tamiolaki A. Danyliuk I. Ramos-Diaz J. Gnisci A. Sergi I. Mottola F. Stulnikova L. Lopez-Calle C. Salas G. Helmy M. Chen Y.-L. Yen C.-F. Czepczor-Bernat K. Samekin A. Topanova G. Zhamuldinov V.N.
December 2024Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Psychiatry Research
2024#342
Exposure to war is a severe traumatic experience with disastrous mental health effects. This study examined the mental health among 5,560 residents in 11 countries worldwide at different geographic distances from the epicenter of the Russian-Ukrainian War (RUW). An online questionnaire assessed war-related variables (e.g., personal experiences with RUW, perceived concern and threat), previous life stress experiences, and mental health (i.e., resilience, anxiety, depression, perceived stress, ICD-11 PTSD, and CPTSD). Results showed regional differences. Ukrainians had the worst mental health indices, followed by participants in the bordering countries, and then by those in the distal ones. War-related variables were associated with worse mental health. The common predictors for PTSD and CPTSD were previous mental disorder, anxiety, and perceived stress, whereas unique predictors were also found (PTSD: female gender and impact of news on mental health; CPTSD: being single, overall impact of war on mental health, sum of lifetime traumatic experiences, resilience (inversely), and depression). Given the continuing uncertainty about the threat of war for many of the nations in this study, findings suggest the need for practitioners to support concerned populations.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder , Post-traumatic stress disorder , Psychopathology , Trauma-related disorders , Ukraine , War-related trauma, war
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Department of Psychology, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Enhancement of Quality of Life, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Social Work Department, School of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Enhancement of Quality of Life, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Kazakh National Women‘s Teacher Training University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Social Work Department
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Psychology Department
Department of Psychology
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Research Fellow
Social Work Department
Doctor of Psychological Science
Head of Research
Department of Psychology
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Psychology department
Psychology department
Department of Healthcare Administration
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
College of Professional Studies
Department of Pediatrics
M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University
Kazakh National Women‘s Teacher Training University
Toraighyrov University
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