A Meta-Analysis of Ukrainian and other European Women’s Psychological Well-Being Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 (Published)
The meta-analysis described in this paper examined the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 on Ukrainian and other European women’s psychological well-being because the largest number of Ukrainians who were internally or externally displaced from their homes and communities as a result of the Russian invasion are women. The World Health Organization-Five Item Well-Being Index was the psychological health measure in all the studies in the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis included 7 samples of Ukrainian and other European women (N = 111,438), 36 samples of non-European women residing in world regions not directly affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine (N = 7,852), and six samples of non-European refugees and asylum seekers residing in different European countries (N = 1,857). The main focus of analysis was the psychological well-being of internally and externally displaced Ukrainian women compared to (a) nondisplaced Ukrainian women, (b) non-European refugee women displaced in different European countries, (c) European women in different regions of Europe, and (d) women residing in other world regions (Latin America and Caribbean, Oceania and South Pacific, and North America). Results showed that the Ukrainian women displaced from their homes and communities had the lowest WHO-5 well-being scores compared to all other European women, including nondisplaced Ukrainian women, and women in other world regions. Results also showed that the WHO-5 well-being scores of non-European refugee women displaced in different European countries were more attenuated compared to all other samples except the displaced Ukrainian women. Secondary analyses yielded inconclusive evidence that European women’s psychological well-being was negatively affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Keywords: Internally Displaced Persons, Psychological well-being, Russian invasion, Ukrainian refugees, Women, meta-analysis, war
Age, Income, and Medico-Obstetric History as Predictors of Anxiety and Psychological Well-Being among Pregnant Women in Ibadan (Published)
The objective of the study is to examined age, income, and medico-obstetric history as predictors of anxiety and psychological well-being among pregnant women in the third trimester. The participants involved 92 pregnant women with the mean age of 29.61 years (S.D. = 4.42, range = 19.42 years). The study employed one-way factorial design. The state anxiety inventory (STAI), and the general psychological well-being questionnaire were the instruments used. The result of the analysis using anova, and independent t-test showed that the older pregnant women would experience lesser anxiety than the younger women (t = 3.68, df = 90; P <. 05). The psychological well-being of older pregnant women will be higher than younger pregnant women (t =2.06; df = 74; P <.05). Higher income earners exhibited lesser anxiety than lower income earners (F-test = 4.951; df = 91; P <.0091). Higher income earners showed more psychological stable than the lower income earners (F- test = 5.867, df = 75, P<.0043). And that the psychological wellbeing of pregnant women with poorer medico-obstetric history was lesser than those without medico-obstetric history (t = 2.636, df = 80; p <.05). Further studies could investigate women from an entire different culture.
Keywords: Age, Anxiety, Income, Psychological well-being, medico-obstetric, pregnancy