The use of social media storytelling for help-seeking and help-receiving among Nigerian refugees of the Ukraine–Russia war

Talabi, Felix Olajide; Aiyesimoju, Ayodeji Boluwatife; Lamidi, Ishola Kamorudeen; Bello, Samson Adepoju; Okunade, Joshua Kayode; Joel, Ugwuoke Chinedu; Gever, Verlumun Celestine

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2022.101836

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“…Taking into account the data obtained from this study and the recently published evidence on the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression among Ukrainian adults soon after the Russian invasion [38], mental health professionals reasonably insisted that it was crucial to provide warexposed people with relevant rapid and easily accessible crisis interventions [40][41][42] and psychological first-aid self-care courses [39] in early months of the war. In our research, more than half of inclusion providers reported that they already supported themselves using psychological self-care skills, which was positively associated with higher resilience and satisfaction with school administrators.…”

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confidence: 88%

Providing Inclusive Primary School Education for Children with Special Educational Needs in Wartime Ukraine: Challenges and Current Solutions

Великодна

Deputatov

Horbachova

et al. 2023

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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Since 2011 primary school students with special educational needs (SEN) in Ukraine have been allowed to study alongside mainstream students in the inclusive education program established by the Ministry of Education and Science. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged the possibility of maintaining inclusive education for children with SEN, which required providers to find new solutions. This paper focuses on the first response of inclusion providers in the Ukrainian primary school education system to the challenges of working in wartime from February to May 2022, using teachers in the city of Kryvyi Rih as a case study. A quasi-experimental study (n=495) involved a group of inclusion providers (n=92) in comparison to mainstream primary school teachers (n=403). The research included: collecting data on the professional qualifications and experience of the teachers; questions on changes in the educational process and the number of students; the Psychological Stress Measure; Oldenburg Burnout Inventory; Brief Resilience Scale; and Miroshnyk Teacher’s Roles Self-Assessment Scale (MiTeRoSA), designed as an online survey. The inclusion providers faced numerous challenges due to the war, namely, (a) the enormous workload of preparing for classes (φ*=8.7, p<.01), the extended non-educational work assignments (φ*=5.5, p<.01), working with students (φ*=2.9, p<.01) and their parents (φ*=3.5, p<.01), (b) volunteering at school, and (c) the changed composition of student groups, i.e., students who left school and fled the area (in 64.1% of responses) and incoming students displaced from combat zones (27.2%). Struggling with stress and burnout (self-reported by 48.91% of inclusion providers), using psychological self-care skills and social resilience capacity through the support of the student's parents and colleagues, primary school teachers invented and implemented seven ways to maintain education for the students with SEN, the kind of which depended on the teacher's professional role structure and available social support.

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Providing Inclusive Primary School Education for Children with Special Educational Needs in Wartime Ukraine: Challenges and Current Solutions

Великодна

Deputatov

Horbachova

et al. 2023

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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“…Most of the studies ( n = 10) were cross-sectional studies ( Hamama-Raz et al, 2022 ; Kokun, 2022 ; Rizzi et al, 2022 ; Długosz, 2023 ; Karatzias et al, 2023 ; Kurapov et al, 2023 ; Miliutina et al, 2023 ; Xu et al, 2023 ; Chudzicka-Czupała et al, 2023a , b ), two of them were qualitative studies ( Khraban, 2022 ; Oviedo et al, 2022 ) and one had a descriptive survey research design ( Talabi et al, 2022 ). Four of the included studies ( Khraban, 2022 ; Xu et al, 2023 ; Chudzicka-Czupała et al, 2023a , b ) investigated the first stages of the war, most of them ( n = 7) were conducted between 1 and 5 months after Russian invasion ( Hamama-Raz et al, 2022 ; Kokun, 2022 ; Oviedo et al, 2022 ; Rizzi et al, 2022 ; Długosz, 2023 ; Kurapov et al, 2023 ; Miliutina et al, 2023 ), only one study ( Karatzias et al, 2023 ) was conducted 6 months after Russia’s invasion and in one study ( Talabi et al, 2022 ), the timeframe was not specified.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychological and environmental factors influencing resilience among Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons: a systematic review of coping strategies and risk and protective factors

Rizzi,

Ciuffo,

Landoni

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundThere is much discussion in the literature about the link between traumatic events related to war and mental illness. However, in comparison, mental health has been more researched than protective factors such as coping methods, which are the primary factors to build resilience in these circumstances. This review examines the psychological and environmental elements that influence the resilience of Ukrainian refugees and IDPs by analyzing coping strategies and risk and protective factors.MethodsA literature search was conducted on PsycINFO, Pubmed, Scopus, and Science Direct, with 259 articles screened and 13 determined as eligible for inclusion. Inclusion criteria were: (1) studies on adult Ukrainian refugees and/or IDPs; (2) original, peer-reviewed studies; and (3) studies written in English or Italian language. Single-case reports and qualitative studies were excluded, as well as those studies written in any other language, and any studies for which the full-text version could not be obtained (i.e., conference abstracts). Two reviewers independently reviewed titles and abstracts, reviewed relevant articles’ full text, and extracted the data.ResultsA diverse range of individual and socio-environmental risk and protective factors were identified, influencing the resilience of Ukrainian refugees and IDPs, as well as five main categories of coping strategies: emotion-focused strategies, problem-focused strategies, avoidance, faith-based strategies, and the ones based on sense of belonging.DiscussionWar trauma and associated stressors can lead to distressing physical and psychological reactions, which persist even after leaving the war zone. Many individual and socio-environmental risk factors, such as mental disorders, financial security, having relatives wounded or displaced, and an unfamiliar environment could influence the risk and severity of psychological difficulties, emphasizing the importance of coping strategies, social connections, faith, and cultural resilience.ConclusionThis systematic review underscores the complex range of coping strategies and factors influencing the resilience of Ukrainian refugees and IDPs. Social connections and inclusive community interventions play vital roles in improving their psychological well-being, while longitudinal studies and culturally sensitive support are needed to address their unique challenges and strengths. Implementing collaborative care models can provide comprehensive support by integrating mental health services with primary healthcare and community-based organizations.

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“…Events, like data, cannot be understood a priori. They become representational through imagination, experience sensitive, and in the time and space of human communication (Talabi, Aiyesimoju, Lamidi, Bello, Okunade, Ugwuoke, & Gever, 2022). The war in Ukraine is a crisis, a global event because it is classified and covered in human discourse -in the mass media.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Status of the Ukrainian Language in the Context of Global Challenges and Military Aggression (Based on the Material of the Modern English-Language Press)

Hlazova

Vusyk

Lipych

et al. 2023

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Russia's military aggression against Ukraine has globally transformed the media landscape. Facing global challenges, the world's media began to continuously publicize the unacceptable violations and catastrophic Russian armed aggression consequences. On February 24, 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine, and these events prompted both Ukrainian and global journalists to refocus on wartime conditions. This work is a compilation of theoretical and methodological approaches that may be useful for the study of the discourse transformations within media discourse. The work is time-limited, but it is during the period in question that the “language issue” roared throughout the pages. The idea of combining the concept of discourse, sociolinguistics, and lexico-semantics to understand the discursive and linguistic event was proposed. These methodologies were grouped around ideas that recognize the relevance of English-language mass media. To study a linguistic event such as the Ukrainian war, the empirical part aimed to illustrate how proceedings such as guilt, linguistic conflict, can be investigated by methods of discourse analysis and other linguistic phenomena. Such a constructivist approach develops the working hypothesis that nomination (as a discursive record) varies according to the work and sociopolitical stakes of the speaker.

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The use of social media storytelling for help-seeking and help-receiving among Nigerian refugees of the Ukraine–Russia war

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Providing Inclusive Primary School Education for Children with Special Educational Needs in Wartime Ukraine: Challenges and Current Solutions

Providing Inclusive Primary School Education for Children with Special Educational Needs in Wartime Ukraine: Challenges and Current Solutions

Psychological and environmental factors influencing resilience among Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons: a systematic review of coping strategies and risk and protective factors

Status of the Ukrainian Language in the Context of Global Challenges and Military Aggression (Based on the Material of the Modern English-Language Press)

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