Psychological distress, resilience, and coping among Ukrainian war refugees: cross-national differences across seven European host countries and Ukraine
The mental health, resilience, and coping strategies of Ukrainian refugees vary substantially across host-country contexts. These findings underscore the importance of institutional, social, and policy environments in shaping psychological adaptation during forced displacement. Public health responses to refugee crises should address not only individual-level coping and resilience but also structural factors such as access to services, stability of reception systems, and integration support to reduce psychological distress and promote mental wellbeing.
Authors
- Sanja Stanisavljević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3268-3830)
- Rita de Cássia Pereira Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-5365)
- Marta Kożybska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9261-0548)
- Tânia Lourenço (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1469-7086)
- Marzena Mikla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-2112)
- Małgorzata Szkup
- Sabina Krsnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-7623)
- Emilia Burbela
- Elena Rousou
- Panagiota Ellina
- Olha Fedortsiv
- Agnieszka Kleszcz
- Linda Czeponis
- Karmen Erjavec
Institutions
- Cyprus University of Technology (CY)
- Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences (RS)
- Ministry of Health (UA)
- Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (DE)
- Healthwise (US)
- Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (ES)
- I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (UA)
- Pomeranian Medical University (PL)
- Universidad de Murcia (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1771440
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidade do Porto
- Erasmus+