Objective: The present study investigated the level of anxiety among Ukrainian and Romanian civilians brought about by the war that started in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, using a model for the impact of traumatic experiences. We aimed to test the mediating effect of daily stressors on the relationships between trauma centrality and anxiety. Method: The research was conducted on a sample of 720 people (24.3% males and 75.7% females, M age = 35.61, SD = 12.59). Participants were civilians who lived either in Ukraine or outside Ukraine but at a maximum distance of 100 km from the border when the conflict started. They filled out questionnaires that measure anxiety, trauma centrality-indicating how central an event is to an individual's identity and life story, and daily stressors-predisposing factor for negative mental health outcomes. Results: The outcomes highlighted the direct relationship between trauma centrality and anxiety, but also the mediating effect of daily stressors on the aforementioned relationships (in the overall sample, Ukrainian sample, and Romanian sample). Our research also underlined that there are significant differences in anxiety levels between people who have children and those who do not (in the overall sample and the Ukrainian sample, but not among Romanian civilians). Conclusions: The present work contributes by enhancing knowledge about the relationships between trauma centrality, daily stressors, and anxiety within a war context, and the particularization of Carlson and Dalenberg's model (2000) in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Clinical Impact StatementThe Ukraine-Russia war has significant psychological implications for the population, necessitating concentrated efforts through public policies and beyond to provide support. Specifically, targeted programs should be implemented to address the mental health needs of individuals directly or indirectly affected by this conflict.

Our study aimed to examine whether the relationship between emotional intimacy and collaborative behaviors (i.e., helping behaviors and counterproductive behaviors) is mediated by organizational identification (cognitive and affective). These relationships were investigated both among public and private sector employees. The research was conducted on a sample of 269 employees (Mean age = 32.60), 128 participants from the public sector, and 141 from the private sector, average seniority at work = 64.87 months. A set of questionnaires was completed online and all participation was voluntary. The study used the convenience sampling method, and participants were recruited through the snowballing technique. The results indicated the mediating role of organizational identification on the relationship between emotional intimacy and collaborative, helping and counterproductive behaviors. Thus, the more people feel comfortable sharing their emotions at work and identify with the organization on a cognitive and/or affective level, the more they engage in helping behaviors directed toward colleagues and the organization, and at the same time, engagement decreases deviant behaviors. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the study.

In this study, we want to point out the negative psychological impact on the population brought about by the war that started in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In this research, we aimed to test for the mediating effect of daily stressors on the relationships between the centrality of the event and anxiety, respectively between the impact of the event and anxiety. The study was conducted on a sample of 738 people, the participants being individuals who lived either in Ukraine or outside Ukraine, but at a maximum distance of 100 km from the border (in Romania) when the conflict started. The results highlighted the mediating effect of daily stressors on the aforementioned relationships. At the end of the paper, we will list a number of limitations of the present study, as well as offer suggestions for future research.