People in the Face of Modern Warfare - Relationships between Resource Distribution and Behaviour of Participants in the Hostilities in Ukraine

This monograph presents issues related to the armed conflict in Ukraine, which began in 2014 and is still ongoing. It shows the socio-historical background of warfare; the factors determining the distribution of adaptive resources (assigning them meaning, as well as experienced gains and losses of a subjective, state, material and energy nature). It also portrays the relationships between the distribution of adaptive resources and: 1) active, emotional and avoidant strategies for coping with war stress; 2) multidimensional consequences of long-term participation in war circumstances - including use of psychoactive substances, somatic disorders, mental difficulties, symptoms of depression, PTSD syndrome, post-traumatic growth.

About the author

Stanis¿aw Fel is a sociology professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His research interests focus mostly on migration studies, and ethical aspects of social problems.

Product details

• Authors: Stanislaw Fel, Lenart-Klos, Ka Lenart-Klos, Katarzyna Lenart-Klos, Iwona Niewiadomska
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2022
• EAN: 9783847115069
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-1506-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 374 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology