Journal article
War-Related Life-Making Landscapes: Ukrainian Context
Year:
2023Published in:
Journal of Loss and TraumaUkrainian residents
war-related narratives
landscapes of life-making
trauma
experiences of losses
The full-scale military invasion has changed the lives of all Ukrainians forever. The necessity to understand how the traumatic experiences of the first months of the war affected people’s ability of life-making, how it changed this ability was the reason for conducting this study. In April–May 2022, 169 respondents wrote essays based on 4 questions about their experience. The sample consisted of 78% women, 22% men (age