METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCHING PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTHENTICITY OF PERSONALITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF FORCED EMIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN IDENTITY

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https://doi.org/10.34142/23129387.2026.74.03

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authenticity, forced emigration, urban identity, crisis, internal resources, psychological changes, responsibility, value orientations, adaptation, existential uncertainty, organization of scientific research

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Relevance of the study. The article provides a theoretical and psychological analysis of the phenomenon of personal authenticity through the prism of existential challenges caused by the experience of forced emigration. The relevance of the study is driven by the massive displacement of the Ukrainian population due to the full-scale war, which has led to the destabilization of habitual life worlds and an urgent need to find new internal pillars.

The Aim of the article is a comprehensive theoretical study of the impact of migration processes on the transformation of personal authenticity, as well as the substantiation of the role of urban identity as a fundamental resource for maintaining the psychological integrity of an individual in the conditions of an existential crisis.

Within the framework of the study, a systemic-structural approach and a comparative analysis of scientific sources (works of A. Maslow, V. Frankl, J. Bugental, and contemporary Ukrainian researchers) were applied. It was revealed that authenticity in emigration develops in stages: from the acceptance of ontological limitations to the mobilization of internal resources and making a conscious choice in favor of self-actualization.

Particular attention is paid to the concept of urban identity. It is substantiated that for a forced emigrant, the native city acts not only as a geographical location but as a "cognitive anchor" that ensures the continuity of the self. It is proved that the rupture with the territorial determinants of identity provokes a state of "spatial alienation" and "homelessness," which directly threatens personal authenticity. The study shows that successful adaptation and remaining true to oneself depend on the individual's ability to transform the emotional connection with the city into an internal resource of resilience.

It is concluded that an authentic personality in migration conditions is capable of withstanding a state of existential vacuum by relying on the integrated experience of past identity. The scientific novelty of the work lies in clarifying the relationship between the level of urban identity and the dynamics of forming authentic life strategies during a crisis period.

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2026-03-30

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Zaitseva, O., Piskova, K., & Semenov, A. (2026). METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCHING PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTHENTICITY OF PERSONALITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF FORCED EMIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN IDENTITY. Vìsnik Harkìvsʹkogo Nacìonalʹnogo Pedagogìčnogo Unìversitetu ìmenì G.S. Skovorodi. Psihologìâ, 74, 46-57. https://doi.org/10.34142/23129387.2026.74.03

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