The peculiarities of emotional state of internally displaced persons

Abstract

The article describes the peculiarities of emotional state of internally displaced persons (IDP). Today Ukraine takes the 9th place in the world by the quantity of IDP. Internal migrations have essentially influenced psychological state of the population`s health. The definition of emotional state of the mentioned above group of population is of great importance for strategies to prevent the psychopathology. The basis of the development of pathological conditions are the mechanisms of maladaptation, which have been studied in terms of stress theory. Stressogenic mechanisms develop according to the same rules, regardless of what stress factors affect — positive, negative, emotional or physical, its effect on the body has common nonspecific features of adaptive syndrome, which wins in three stages: primary anxiety, resistance period and ending. In order to prevent maladaptation, special attention should be paid to the first and second stages for persons in difficult situations. To achieve the aim of this research 155 IDPs were examined with the help of questionnaire, scale PANAS. Even if evaluated persons had not admitted their emotional problems, under detailed examination prevailing of negative affect was recognized. In the group of respondents with positive emotional characteristics increased anxiety and irritability were identified justifying unstable emotional state. In spite of the fact that persons of young and middle age prevailed among the questioned people, a lot of cases with somatic-neurological co-morbidities were identified, that in combination with organ pathology, perennial stressful circumstances — unexpected change in living conditions, the uncertainty of the present and future − is a significant source of development of mental disorders, as well as severe somatic pathologies.