DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AMONG PROTESTANT BELIEVERS IN A FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT

Abstract

This article presents the results of an empirical study addressing the harmonization of the psychological health of Protestant community members amidst contemporary challenges. The relevance of the work is driven by the urgent need for effective psychological support mechanisms where spiritual values and religious identity serve as fundamental resources for resilience. The final stage of the formative experiment involved a comparative analysis of the development levels of key psychological health components, assessed using N. Pavlyk’s «Individual Psychological Health» questionnaire. The author analyzed the dynamics of changes across four dimensions: spiritual-semantic, socio-personal, individual-psychological, and psychosomatic.Initial diagnostic results indicated that the control and experimental groups shared similar baseline metrics, confirming the absence of statistically significant differences prior to the intervention. The high initial health levels among respondents are interpreted as a result of the positive influence of the Protestant faith on their value systems. The study demonstrates that the implementation of a targeted Program led to qualitative positive shifts in the experimental group, while results in the control group remained static. Following the program’s completion, the overall level of psychological health in the experimental group showed a substantial increase compared to the control group, as confirmed by the Mann-Whitney U test (p < 0.01). These findings validate the systemic impact of the developed methodology on all levels of mental functioning in alignment with the VITAL model. This work holds practical significance for psychologists and specialists working with religious communities under martial law, as it substantiates the expediency of implementing value-oriented psychocorrectional measures.