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Coping and Resilience Strategies among Ukraine War Refugees

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  • Lluis Oviedo

    (Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University Antonianum, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Berenika Seryczyńska

    (Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland)

  • Josefa Torralba

    (Theological Institute Murcia, 30003 Murcia, Spain)

  • Piotr Roszak

    (Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland)

  • Javier Del Angel

    (Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University Antonianum, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Olena Vyshynska

    (Independent Scholar, Ukraine)

  • Iryna Muzychuk

    (Independent Scholar, Ukraine)

  • Slava Churpita

    (Independent Scholar, Ukraine)

Abstract

(1) Background: The war in Ukraine has triggered a huge humanitarian crisis: millions of refugees have escaped from their homes looking for shelter beyond Ukraine’s borders. This emergency offers a unique opportunity to investigate and to document those characteristics of the human condition that emerge in exceptional circumstances provoked by war. Based on considerations derived from recent studies on resilience, the research at the base of this paper was conducted to better understand the circumstances, states of mind, and coping mechanisms of the refugees leaving their homes looking for security. (2) Methods: A qualitative approach was applied, resorting to semi-structured interviews (n = 94) to closely explore the traumatic experiences lived by refugees and to identify their coping strategies. (3) Results: The data obtained pointed to a plurality of coping and resilience strategies. Maintaining communication with separated loved ones as well as experiencing accompaniment by helpers and hosts emerged as principal elements for coping and resilience. It was found that a prior development of interior life or practice of prayer served as psychological “capital” that increased their resilience. (4) Conclusion: The results point to the need to care for social networking, attention by hosts, and cultivating interior life as keys for resilience.

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  • Lluis Oviedo & Berenika Seryczyńska & Josefa Torralba & Piotr Roszak & Javier Del Angel & Olena Vyshynska & Iryna Muzychuk & Slava Churpita, 2022. "Coping and Resilience Strategies among Ukraine War Refugees," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13094-:d:939844
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    1. Mervyn Ian Sim Peng Chow & Aili Hanim Hashim & Ng Chong Guan, 2021. "Resilience in adolescent refugees living in Malaysia: The association with religiosity and religious coping," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 67(4), pages 376-385, June.
    2. José Renkens & Els Rommes & Maria van den Muijsenbergh, 2022. "Refugees' Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-16, January.
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    1. Magdalena Nowicka & Ewa Jarczewska-Gerc & Magdalena Marszal-Wisniewska, 2022. "Response of Polish Psychiatric Patients to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in February 2022―Predictive Role of Risk Perception and Temperamental Traits," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-11, December.

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