Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century

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Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century, ISSN 2029-8587 Vol. 17-1, 2023 ISSN 2029-8587 (Print) ISSN 2538-7197 (Online)

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Authors: Sergii Boltivets

The military destruction of children and youth in Ukraine is foreseen both by the declared goals of Russia's war against the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people, in which the entire collective "West" is personified, and by the practice of its conduct. The named goals of denazification and demilitarization denote the Russian understanding of the destruction of any non-Russian people whose marker is the Russian language (denazification) by military suppression of its resistance (demilitarization). The Russian idea that Russia ends where the Russian language ends means, in practice, that the borders of Russia do not end anywhere, since the Russian invaders are nomads in all the spaces of Eurasia available to them, where they are occasionally lucky not to receive decisive military resistance.

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Authors: Elnur Rustamov, Matanat Aliyeva, Ulviyya Nahmatova, Narinj Rustamova

Bullying is a significant concern in the realm of psycho-social issues today. This study aimed to adapt the Illinois Bullying Scale for use with Azerbaijani adolescents and explore the relationships between bullying, psychological distress, and well-being. The study involved 3,320 Azerbaijani teenagers, comprising 1,882 females and 1,488 males. Various statistical techniques were applied during the adaptation process to assess the measurement's psychometric properties. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine its factor structure, concurrent validity was assessed, and reliability analyses were conducted. Mediation analysis was employed to investigate the links between bullying, psychological distress, and well-being. The results from confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the questionnaire, consisting of 18 questions, had a three-dimensional structure and demonstrated a good fit. Additionally, the study found positive relationships between bullying, victimization, fighting, and psychological distress, while these were negatively associated with well-being. Importantly, the findings highlighted that psychological distress acted as a mediator in the impact of bullying sub-dimensions on well-being. Collectively, these results suggest that the Azerbaijani adaptation of the Illinois Bullying Scale exhibits favorable psychometric qualities.

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Authors: Panagiota Tragantzopoulou, Vaitsa Giannouli

The increase in the number of ageing people living with HIV and the documented neurocognitive impairments have highlighted the need to illuminate the existing findings and evaluate the impact that HIV has on older individuals. A review of the evidence for neuropsychological declines in memory, executive functions, attention and language in people aged 60 years or more was conducted. The databases MEDLINE, PsychINFO and Pubmed were searched for eligible studies based on keywords. Eight studies of low to high quality that looked at HIV+ older adults (≥ 60) were identified. The majority of older HIV+ adults experienced severe declines in all the cognitive domains under study. There were mixed results regarding the association among advancing age, functioning decline and HIV. Comparisons between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected older adults showed that HIV+ subjects demonstrate higher scores of cognitive decline in memory, attention, language and executive functions. Further, comparisons among HIV+ adults, demographically matched individuals with mild cognitive impairment of the Alzheimer's type and healthy controls demonstrated that both disease groups perform worse, but the Alzheimer’s type group reports a greater decline in memory and language. Neuropsychological functioning in HIV+ adults presents great decline but studies on this population are limited. As individuals with HIV are increasingly living longer, studies should pay attention to these individuals and examine predictors of neuropsychological decline in the face of well-controlled interventions and treatments.

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Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century, ISSN 2029-8587 Vol. 17-1, 2023 ISSN 2029-8587 (Print) ISSN 2538-7197 (Online)