GRANTEE
This project documents how people predict their affective response to existential threats related to war. It examines the impact of three factors: 1) the degree of existential threat; 2) the temporal mode and distance from a traumatic event; and 3) personality traits. These factors predefine the forecast of affective reaction to a traumatic event like a missile and drone attack. Formally, this is expressed as the function: future affective reaction = f (current affective state; level of danger; temporal mode and distance; personality). Each variable will be scaled for specifying the function. The results provide: 1) documentation of war-related affective experiences among civilians in Kyiv and their ability to predict affective reaction to existential threats; 2) new insights into the role of these factors in predicting emotional reactions. This knowledge contributes to an improved understanding of the tasks in psychodiagnostics, therapy, and affect regulation regarding negative thoughts.