A Pilot Study of Resilience, Stress, and Well-Being in Adults With and Without Children in the Home in Ukraine

The purpose of this pilot, quantitative study was to investigate resilience and stress when predicting well-being in a sample of Ukrainian adults after accounting for the presence of children in the home during the coronavirus pandemic and six years into the Anti-Terrorism Operation. The total sample (N = 80) showed that the mostly female sample (93.8%, n = 75) reported scores on stress that fell in the average range, M = 18.8 (SD = 6.3), and resilience scores in the low resilience range, M = 2.8 (SD = .70). Results of the standard multiple regression found that perceived stress and resilience accounted for 48% of the variance of the well-being measure after controlling for children in the home. The implications of the study support stress management and resilience promoting resources and programs to improve Ukrainians’ well-being.