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Psychological Well-Being in Europe After the Outbreak of War in Ukraine Publisher Pubmed



Scharbert J1 ; Humberg S1 ; Kroencke L1 ; Reiter T2 ; Sakel S2 ; Ter Horst J3 ; Utesch K1 ; Gosling SD4, 5 ; Harari G6 ; Matz SC7 ; Schoedel R2 ; Stachl C8 ; Aguilar NMA9 ; Amante D10 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Scharbert J1
  2. Humberg S1
  3. Kroencke L1
  4. Reiter T2
  5. Sakel S2
  6. Ter Horst J3
  7. Utesch K1
  8. Gosling SD4, 5
  9. Harari G6
  10. Matz SC7
  11. Schoedel R2
  12. Stachl C8
  13. Aguilar NMA9
  14. Amante D10
  15. Aquino SD11
  16. Bastias F12
  17. Bornamanesh A13
  18. Bracegirdle C14
  19. Campos LAM11, 15
  20. Chauvin B16
  21. Coetzee N17
  22. Dorfman A18
  23. Dos Santos M19
  24. Elhaddad RW20
  25. Fajkowska M21
  26. Goncukose A22
  27. Gnisci A23
  28. Hadjisolomou S20
  29. Katzir M25
  30. Khechuashvili L26
  31. Kirchnerhausler A27
  32. Kotzur PF28
  33. Kritzler S29
  34. Lu JG30
  35. Machado GDS31
  36. Martskvishvili K26
  37. Mottola F23
  38. Obschonka M32
  39. Paolini S28
  40. Perugini M33
  41. Rohmer O16
  42. Saeedian Y34
  43. Sergi I23
  44. Shani M3
  45. Skimina E35
  46. Smillie LD5
  47. Talaifar S36
  48. Talhelm T38
  49. Tokat T39
  50. Torres A40
  51. Torres CV41
  52. Van Assche J42, 43
  53. Wei L44
  54. Yalcin A22
  55. Van Zalk M3
  56. Buhner M2
  57. Back MD1, 45
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Department of Psychology, University of Munster, Munster, Germany
  2. 2. Department of Psychology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  3. 3. Department of Psychology, Osnabruck University, Osnabruck, Germany
  4. 4. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
  5. 5. School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  6. 6. Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
  7. 7. Business School, Columbia University, New York, United States
  8. 8. Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
  9. 9. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of the Northeast, Corrientes, Argentina
  10. 10. Research Institute in Basic and Applied Psychology, Catholic University of Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina
  11. 11. Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  12. 12. Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  13. 13. Psychiatry Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  14. 14. Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  15. 15. Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Petropolis, Petropolis, Brazil
  16. 16. Department of Psychology, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  17. 17. Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  18. 18. Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
  19. 19. Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
  20. 20. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, American University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait
  21. 21. Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
  22. 22. Department of Psychology, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey
  23. 23. Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy
  24. 24. Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  25. 25. Conflict Resolution, Management, and Negotiation Graduate Program, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
  26. 26. Department of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
  27. 27. School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
  28. 28. Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
  29. 29. Department of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
  30. 30. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
  31. 31. Department of Psychology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
  32. 32. Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  33. 33. Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  34. 34. Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
  35. 35. Institute of Psychology, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland
  36. 36. Department of Management & amp
  37. 37. Entrepreneurship, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  38. 38. Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
  39. 39. Human Sciences Department, Verona University, Verona, Italy
  40. 40. Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
  41. 41. Department of Basic Psychological Processes, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
  42. 42. Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  43. 43. Center for Social and Cultural Psychology (CESCUP), Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  44. 44. Department of Psychology, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
  45. 45. Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (JICE), University of Munster and Bielefeld University, Munster, Germany

Source: Nature Communications Published:2024


Abstract

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has had devastating effects on the Ukrainian population and the global economy, environment, and political order. However, little is known about the psychological states surrounding the outbreak of war, particularly the mental well-being of individuals outside Ukraine. Here, we present a longitudinal experience-sampling study of a convenience sample from 17 European countries (total participants = 1,341, total assessments = 44,894, countries with >100 participants = 5) that allows us to track well-being levels across countries during the weeks surrounding the outbreak of war. Our data show a significant decline in well-being on the day of the Russian invasion. Recovery over the following weeks was associated with an individual’s personality but was not statistically significantly associated with their age, gender, subjective social status, and political orientation. In general, well-being was lower on days when the war was more salient on social media. Our results demonstrate the need to consider the psychological implications of the Russo-Ukrainian war next to its humanitarian, economic, and ecological consequences. © The Author(s) 2024.
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