INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION AS RESOURCES FOR OVERCOMING STRESS IN MILITARY FAMILIES

Abstract

Modern military conflicts significantly affect not only the military personnel themselves, but also their families, creating significant psychological and emotional difficulties. Wives, children, parents and other relatives of military personnel often face feelings of anxiety, fear, social isolation and financial instability. In particular, the return of a military person home after a long stay in a combat zone can lead to disruptions in intra-family communication; contribute to conflict, the emergence of depressive states and even secondary traumatic stress. The aim of the article is to examine the role of interaction and communication as key psychological resources for coping with stress in military families and to identify ways to provide them with psychological support. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: to analyze the main factors of stress in families of military personnel; to identify coping strategies that members of military families use to overcome stressful situations; to investigate the effectiveness of various forms of psychological support for families of military personnel and to develop recommendations for improving psychological adaptation in conditions of military challenges.

The results of a study conducted among military families showed that the most effective strategies for coping with stress are: cognitive strategies - positive rethinking of the situation, rationalization, focusing on future goals; emotionally focused strategies - support and care for loved ones, expression of emotions through communication, development of psychological resilience; behavioral strategies - participation in social groups, volunteering, seeking psychological help from specialists. Thus, the results of the study confirm the importance of comprehensive psychological support for military families and emphasize the need to develop state assistance programs that include individual and group psychotherapy, social support and integration into public initiatives.