Study of the cognitive aspects of subjective well-being and Mental Health stability among internally displaced schoolchildren
 
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LESYA UKRAINKA VOLYN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, LUTSK, UKRAINE
 
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TERNOPIL VOLODYMYR HNATIUK NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY, TERNOPIL, UKRAINE
 
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I. HORBACHEVSKY TERNOPIL NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, TERNOPIL, UKRAINE
 
 
Publication date: 2026-09-30
 
 
Wiadomości Lekarskie 2026;(9):2164-2172
 
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Aim: A study of cognitive indicators of subjective well-being and mental health stability among internally displaced children in general secondary education institutions, including those with hearing-related disabilities. Materials and Methods: To measure the cognitive aspects of subjective well-being in internally displaced children, the “Cognitive Features of Subjective Well-Being (CFSWB-3)” technique (O. Kalyuk, O. Savchenko) was used as a diagnostic tool. To assess mental health levels, the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form questionnaire (C.L.M. Keyes, adapted by E. Nosenko and A. Chetveryk-Burchak) was applied. Statistical processing and data analysis were conducted using the R programming environment, version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28 UCRT), in the RStudio IDE 2026.05.1 (Posit Software, PBC). Data processing and visualization were performed using the tidyverse, ggplot2, tibble, gt, and other packages. Results: The relevance of studying the cognitive aspects of subjective well-being and mental health stability in internally displaced children is driven by the fact that under wartime conditions, they constantly experience emergencies that impact psychological health and increase vulnerability. Their traumatic experience has a significant long-term negative impact on their subjective well-being. The total sample comprised 30 individuals aged 15–16 years. Group 1 included 16 pupils from general secondary education institutions who held internally displaced status (9 male and 7 female respondents). Group 2 consisted of 14 pupils from a special school (6 male and 8 female respondents) who, alongside the vulnerability factor of internal displacement, also had hearing-related disabilities. The study results revealed a predominance of low and average levels of overall life satisfaction in both groups. Overall life satisfaction scores in Group 2 were found to be significantly lower (p=0.0195). A significant difference was identified between the groups across hedonic, psychological, and social well-being indicators (ranging from r=0.5502 to r=0.7629). The “languishing” (depression) level was absent in both groups. A distinctive feature of Group 2 was that all children exhibited a moderate level of mental health stability. In Group 1, a “flourishing” level was observed in 62% of respondents, with 38% demonstrating a moderate level. Several correlations were identified between the CFSWB-3 and MHC-SF indicators: 1) Between satisfaction with relationships with others and psychological well-being (r=0.41, p<0.05); 2) Between the overall CFSWB-3 scale and psychological well-being (MHCSF) (r=0.49, p<0.01); 3) Group-level correlations: a negative (inverse) correlation in Group 2 between satisfaction with one’s own life and social well-being (r=-0.59, p<0.01). Conclusions: Regarding subjective well-being indicators, both groups demonstrated a predominance of low satisfaction with one’s own life and relationships with others, a complete absence of high satisfaction levels, and low overall life satisfaction in more than half of the respondents. The absence of “languishing” indicators was also established. Children in Group 2 exhibited lower overall life satisfaction, moderate mental health stability, and lower mental health stability scores across general characteristics as well as their hedonic, psychological, and social components. The absence of stable and systemic correlations between the cognitive aspects of children’s subjective well-being and their mental health stability level may indicate the autonomy of various aspects of mental health, manifested more vividly by a specific dissociation between the cognitive component of well-being and the emotional, social, and functional aspects of mental health under stress factors.
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