SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE SOCIALIZATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE PLACE OF THEIR NEW RESIDENCE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62664/cpa.2025.02.15Keywords:
Russian-Ukrainian war, legal regime of martial law, internally displaced persons (IDPs), new place of residence of IDPs, socialization of IDPs, state authorities and local governments, host community, civil society, socio-psychological features of IDP socialization.Abstract
The article, based on an analysis of the current state and the relevant regulatory and legal framework, scientific literature on the research problem, shows that the socio-psychological socialization of internally displaced persons (IDPs) requires new research, given the almost four-year-long Russian-Ukrainian war, which continues to create new problems in the context of the socio-psychological socialization of IDPs. The scale of the IDP problem (including children, people of working age, people with special needs, etc.) stimulates the study of the socialization of IDPs in the context of armed aggression and mass population displacement in Ukraine. In this regard, psychological consequences are of particular importance, primarily traumatic experiences, loss of familiar surroundings, impact on identity and mental health, etc. Special emphasis is needed on social integration, i.e. the importance of successful socialization for the sustainability of host communities and national unity. Of particular note is the research into the socio-psychological problems of IDPs: psychological distress (PTSD, anxiety, depressive states, feelings of guilt), identity problems (loss of the «small homeland», formation of a new «self-concept» and group identity), intergroup relations (stereotypes and prejudices between IDPs and the host community, risks of social tension). Legislative protection of the rights and freedoms of IDPs is also of paramount importance, primarily the proper implementation of the Law of Ukraine «On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons», systematic work of state authorities and local self-government bodies (LSGs), practice of work of public and international organizations, First of all, the application of cases of successful psychosocial support, educational and economic programs (UNICEF, UNHCR, Red Cross, etc.), the application of advanced European experience in the socialization of IDPs.
References
Bohucharova O. I. & Danyliuk I. V. (2021). Osobystisni chynnyky, psykholohichna akulturatsiia ta mizhkulturna adaptatsiia studentiv-mihrantiv skhodu Ukrainy [Personal factors, psychological acculturation and intercultural adaptation of migrant students in eastern Ukraine]. Journal of Psychology Research, 27 (10), 4–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15421/102101. [in Ukrainian]
Kaskov I. V. (2015). Sotsialno-psykholohichni osoblyvosti sotsializatsii osobystosti v suchasnykh umovakh [Social and psychological characteristics of personality socialisation in modern conditions]. Visnyk Natsionalnoho universytetu oborony Ukrainy – Bulletin of the National University of Defence of Ukraine, 3, 118–122. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Vnaou_2015_3_22. [in Ukrainian]
Kravchenko, O. O., & Chupina, K. O. (2022). Sotsialno-psykholohichna reabilitatsiia VPO : z dosvidu Umanskoho derzhavnoho pedahohichnoho universytetu imeni Pavla Tychyny [Social and psychological rehabilitation of internally displaced persons : from the experience of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University]. Habitus – Habitus, 41, 251–254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32843/2663-5208.2022.41.44. [in Ukrainian]
Mazokha I. S. Sotsialno-psykholohichna reabilitatsiia vnutrishno peremishchenykh osib [Social and psychological rehabilitation of internally displaced persons]. Repository of Izmail State University of Humanities. URL: http://dspace.idgu.edu.ua/xmlui/handle/123456789/2311. [in Ukrainian]
Moskalenko V. V. (2015). Sotsialno-psykholohichni osoblyvosti ekonomichnoi sotsializatsii ta ekonomichnoi kultury osobystosti [Social and psychological characteristics of economic socialisation and economic culture of the individual]. Visnyk Kyivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Tarasa Shevchenka. Psykholohiia – Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Psychology, 1, 84–87. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/vknup_2015_1_26. [in Ukrainian]
Nekipiolova A. (2014). Sotsialno-psykholohichni osoblyvosti ekonomichnoi sotsializatsii osobystosti v pubertatnyi period [Social and psychological characteristics of economic socialisation of individuals during puberty]. Visnyk Kyivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Tarasa Shevchenka. Psykholohiia – Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Psychology, 2, 65–68. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/vknup_2014_2_22. [in Ukrainian]
Pedko K. V. (2014). Psykholohichni osoblyvosti sotsialnoho kapitalu yak osnovy protsesu sotsializatsii nepovnolitnikh delinkventiv [Psychological characteristics of social capital as the basis for the socialisation process of juvenile delinquents]. Problemy politychnoi psykholohii – Problems of political psychology, 1, 375–382. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/pppr_2014_1_40. [in Ukrainian]
Piletska L. (2014). Psykholohichni osoblyvosti sotsializatsii pidlitkiv v umovakh sotsialnoi depryvatsii [Psychological characteristics of adolescent socialisation in conditions of social deprivation]. Zbirnyk naukovykh prats : filosofiia, sotsiolohiia, psykholohiia – Collection of scientific works : philosophy, sociology, psychology, 19 (1), 77–84. URL: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/znpfsp_2014_19(1)__13. [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy. (2014). Pro zabezpechennia prav i svobod vnutrishno peremishchenykh osib : Zakon Ukrainy vid 20.10.2014 № 1706–VII [On ensuring the rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons: Law of Ukraine № 1706–VII of 20 October 2014 (as amended).]. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1706-18. [in Ukrainian]
Chernukha N., Pietkov S. & Zakharina T. (Eds.). (2025). Sotsialna robota : Terminolohichnyi slovnyk [Social work. Terminological dictionary]. Kyiv : Yurinkom Inter. [in Ukrainian]
Fedorenko A. F. (2014). Psykholohichni osoblyvosti vzaiemozviazku adaptatsii ta sotsializatsii osobystosti v konteksti doslidzhen sotsialnoi psykholohii ta psykhoterapii [Psychological characteristics of the relationship between adaptation and socialisation of the individual in the context of social psychology and psychotherapy research]. Naukovyi chasopys NPU imeni M. P. Drahomanova. Seriia 12 : Psykholohichni nauky – Scientific journal of the M. P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University. Series 12 : Psychological Sciences, 43, 130–135. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Nchnpu_012_2014_43_20. [in Ukrainian]
Fera S. (2016). Sotsialno-psykholohichni osoblyvosti ta suchasnyi stan realizatsii ekonomichnoi sotsializatsii ditei v doshkilnomu navchalnomu zakladi [Social and psychological characteristics and the current state of economic socialisation of children in preschool educational institutions]. Naukovyi visnyk Mykolaivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni V. O. Sukhomlynskoho. Psykholohichni nauky – Scientific Bulletin of Mykolaiv National University named after V. O. Sukhomlynsky. Psychological Sciences, 1, 219–224. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Nvmdups_2016_1_40. [in Ukrainian]
Charitable Foundation «Posmishka UA». Official website. https://www.posmishka.org.ua/en. [in English]
