Barinov S. A.
Psychology · Resilience · Volunteering

Psychological features of resilience formation in volunteers

A doctoral dissertation and a body of scientific work on psychological factors, predictors and intervention programs for forming resilience in volunteers in the context of war and post-war recovery of Ukraine.

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01 / Dissertation

Qualifying scientific work

Psychological Features of the Formation of Resilience in Volunteers

Kyiv · 2026 Doctor of Philosophy 053 Psychology

The dissertation theoretically substantiates and experimentally studies the problem of forming resilience in volunteers. A conceptual model of phased resilience formation is developed across personal, motivational, regulatory and behavioural levels. The leading role of social-support coping among the psychological predictors of resilience is demonstrated. Age and gender specificity of resilience and its linear dependence on volunteering experience are clarified. An author-developed program of psychological support and a validated methodology for diagnosing volunteers' altruistic orientation are proposed and evaluated.

Keywords: volunteering, resilience, coping strategies, personal maturity, altruistic orientation, existentiality, fundamental existential motivations, neuroticism, anxiety, psychological support program.

Structure

  • Chapter 1. Theoretical and methodological foundations
  • Chapter 2. Empirical analysis of psychological factors of resilience
  • Chapter 3. Psychological program of resilience formation and its evaluation
  • Conclusions and references
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02 / Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Ten peer-reviewed articles in Category B Ukrainian academic journals on resilience, coping strategies, client-centred and experiential psychotherapy, and psychological support of internally displaced persons.

  1. Giacomuzzi S., Kocharian O. S., Barinova N. V., Barinov S. A.

    Experiencing and Coping with Trauma in Warfare and Military Conflicts

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2021 · Issue 16
    pp. 12–29 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2021-16-06
  2. Kocharian O. S., Barinova N. V., Giacomuzzi S., Barinov S. A.

    The Metaphor Technique: Psychotherapeutic Casuistry

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2022 · Issue 17
    pp. 6–11 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2022-17-01
  3. Antonovych M., Aralova O., Barinov S.

    Psychological Resilience of Female Volunteers at the Call-Centre of the Territorial Defence Forces of the AFU and the National Information Bureau

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2022 · Issue 18
    pp. 6–14 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2022-18-01
  4. Kocharian O. S., Barinov S.

    The Possibilities of Modern Client-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2023 · Issue 20
    pp. 6–13 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2023-20-01
  5. Kharchenko A., Barinov S.

    Schematic Visualisation of the Emotional Sphere in Group Work with Clients of Low Reflective Capacity

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2023 · Issue 19
    pp. 33–37 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2023-19-05
  6. Fedoseev V., Kharchenko A., Lisenaya A., Liseny Ye., Kabarhina V., Barinov S.

    Psychological Features of the Emotional Sphere of Internally Displaced Persons of the First and Second Waves

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2024 · Issue 21
    pp. 35–45 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2024-21
  7. Kocharian O., Barinova N., Barinov S.

    Growth Points of Client-Centred Psychotherapy

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2024 · Issue 22
    pp. 15–21 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2024-22
  8. Kharchenko A., Fedoseev V., Lisenaya A., Liseny Ye., Barinov S.

    Thematic Trends in Client Requests during Martial Law and CBT Specifics

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2025 · Issue 23
    pp. 13–17 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2025-23-02
  9. Barinov S., Shandruk S.

    Psychodiagnosis of Altruistic Orientation of a Volunteer

    Bulletin of H. S. Skovoroda KhNPU. Psychology · 2025 · Issue 73
    pp. 465–474 DOI 10.34142/23129387.2025.73.30
  10. Barinov S.

    Resilience as a Resource for Overcoming Negative Impacts of Volunteering

    Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy · 2025 · Issue 24
    pp. 59–66 DOI 10.26565/2410-1249-2025-24-08
03 / Monographs

Chapters in collective monographs

  1. Kocharian O. S., Barinova N. V., Barinov S. A. — section 2.1.7

    Medical Psychology

    Edited by Acad. S. D. Maksymenko · Vol. 1 · Kyiv: Liudmyla Publishing, 2023 · 512 pp.
    ISBN 978-617-555-097