Oleg KOKUN
Doctor of Psychological Sciences (2005), Professor (2006), Full Member (Academician) of the NAES of Ukraine (2025) Е-mail: kokun@ukr.net
Born on October 2, 1968, in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1990, Oleg Kokun graduated with honors from the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1994, he entered the PhD program at the G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (NAPS) of Ukraine and received his PhD in 1997, specializing in 19.00.02 – Psychophysiology. His dissertation was titled “Monitoring and Correction of Psychophysiological Adaptation of Top-Level Athletes.” In 2002, he began doctoral studies at the same institute and earned the degree of Doctor of Psychological Sciences in 2005, also in Psychophysiology. His doctoral thesis was titled “Optimization of Human Adaptive Capacity in Psychophysiological Support for Activities.” From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Physical Education at the Kyiv State Arts Institute. Since October 1996, he has been affiliated with the G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, where he has held positions as researcher, senior researcher (since 1997), head of the Laboratory of Developmental Psychophysiology (since 2006), Deputy Director for Research and Innovation (2013-2025), and Director (since 2025). His research interests include psychology in high-stress environments, health psychology and psychophysiology, work and organizational psychology, psychodiagnostics, and professional development. Dr. Kokun served as a member of the Psychological Sciences Expert Council of the Highest Attestation Commission (VAK) of Ukraine (2006–2011), and as a member of the Doctoral Theses Expert Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2011–2013). Since 2007, he has served on the Specialized Academic Council for Doctoral Theses at the G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Journal of Loss and Trauma, Psychologia Wychowawcza, Technologies of Intellect Development, Organizational Psychology. Economic Psychology, Psychological Journal, and Disaster and Crisis Psychology Problems. Dr. Kokun has supervised 15 PhD students and 3 doctoral students. He is the author of more than 420 publications, including 14 monographs and over 30 course books and manuals. Author profiles: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57202812209 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/205733 https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=mkCMnvAAAAAJ&hl=uk&oi=ao Major works: Monographs • Optimization of human adaptive capacity: psychophysiological aspect of ensuring activity, 2004. http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/1713/ • Psychophysiological support of students' readiness for pedagogical activity, 2008 (Ed.). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/1607/ • Psychology of professional development of a modern specialist, 2012. http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/1651/ • Psychophysiological support for becoming a specialist in socionomic professions, 2013 (Ed.). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/1646/ • Psychophysiological patterns of personality's professional self-fulfilment, 2015 (Ed.). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/10038/ • Psychophysiological support of specialists’ professional self-fulfilment under the conditions of socio-economic transformations, 2018 (Ed.). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/712848 • Psychophysiological patterns of specialists’ hardiness in socio-economic professions, 2021 (Ed.). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/728307 • Resilience and human hardiness in the modern world: Theory, research, practice, 2025. https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/744751
Course books and manuals • Psychophysiology, 2006. http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/1608/ • Assessment of social and psychological fitness of sergeants and non-commissioned officers, 2013 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/11184/ • Psychological support for the development of future leadership officers, 2014 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/11085/ • Fundamentals of psychological assistance to servicemen in combat, 2015 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/11222/ • Psychological work with servicemen - participants of the anti-terrorist operation at the stage of recovery, 2017 (co-author). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/706440/ • Fundamentals of psychological knowledge about mental disorders for a military psychologist, 2018 (co-author). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/710955/ • Experience in the U.S. Army and the armies of other countries in preventing the loss of personnel for reasons unrelated to the tasks assigned to them, 2018 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/710972/ • Psychological study of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 2019 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/716471/ • Psychological assessment of suicide risk in servicemen, 2019 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/714971/ • Workshop on the formation of stress resistance of servicemen to sudden changes in the combat situation, 2020 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/722874/ • Psychological prevention of psychotraumatization of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 2021 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/723954/ http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/726799/ • Theory and practice of fear management in the conditions of hostilities, 2022 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/730971 • Ensuring the psychological stability of military personnel in the conditions of hostilities, 2022 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/731412/ • Peculiarities of psychological assistance to military personnel, veterans and members of their families by civilian psychologists, 2023 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/734391 • Resilience handbook, 2023 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/734632 • Theoretical foundations of post-traumatic growth of military personnel - participants in hostilities, 2023 (co-author). http://lib.iitta.gov.ua/738702/ • Ensuring the psychophysiological stability of different strata of the Ukrainian population in the conditions of martial law and post-war recovery, (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/742066 • Psychophysiological maintenance of the hardiness of specialists in socio-economic professions in the conditions of martial law and post-war recovery, 2024 (co-author). https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/742487
Articles (Q1-Q2 Scopus and WoS databases) Kokun, O., Pischko, I., & Lozinska N. (2026) Challenge acceptance as a key psychological characteristic of Ukrainian sergeants during the war: A research note. Armed Forces & Society, 52(1), 350–369, https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X241301039 Kokun, O. (2025). The stability of mental health during war: Survey data from Ukraine. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 30(2), 242–263. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2024.2328649 Kokun, O., Pischko, I., Lozinska, N., & Oliinyk, V. (2025). Personal resources associated with stress resistance and posttraumatic growth in Ukrainian prisoners of war. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 34(3), 422–440. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2024.2433061 Kokun, O., Serdiuk, L., & Vus, V. (2025). Personality characteristics in schoolteachers’ occupational motivation. European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 17(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.24818/ejis.2025.05 Kokun, O. & Bakhmutova, L. (2024). Salutogenic outcomes and their personality predictors in participants of year-long Antarctic expeditions. Polish Polar Research, 45(2), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2024.150026 Kokun, O., & Bezverkhyi, O. (2024). Ukrainian students’ personal resources and resistance to war stress: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 29(8), 976–993. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2024.2325084 Kokun, O., Pischko, I., Lozinska, N., Stasiuk, V., & Oliinyk, V. (2024). Mental health of servicemen, POWS, and civilians in Ukraine: A comparative study. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2024.2411694 Korobeynikova, I., Raab, M., Laborde, S., Kokun, O., Korobeynikova, L., Korobeynikov, G., Romanchuk, S., Cynarski, W., Shtanagey, D., & Yehorenkov, A. (2024). Post-traumatic stress disorder among elite athletes af-fected by war. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 24(5), 1118–1123. URL: https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2024.05128 Kokun, O. (2023). The personal growth resources of the adult population following the first months of the war in Ukraine. International Journal of Psychology, 58(5), 407–414. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12915 Kokun, O., Pischko, I., & Lozinska, N. (2023). Military personnel’s stress reactivity during pre-deployment in a war zone. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 28(8), 2341–2352. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2104882 Kokun O., Pischko I., & Lozinska N. (2023). Differences in military personnel’s hardiness depending on their leadership levels and combat experience: An exploratory pilot study. Military Psychology, 35(6) 603–610. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2022.2147360 Kokun, O. (2023). The Ukrainian population’s war losses and their psychological and physical health. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 28(5), 434–447. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2136612 Zasiekina, L., Kokun, O., Hlova, I., & Bojko, M. (2023). Defining conceptual boundaries of moral injury and post-traumatic stress disorder in military population: A systematic review. East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 10(1), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.29038/eejpl.2023.10.1.zas Zasiekina, L., Kokun, O., Kozihora, M., Fedotova, T, Zhuravlova, O., & Bojko, M. (2022). A concept analysis of moral injury in Ukrainian National Guard service members’ narratives: A clinical case study. East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 9(1), 296–314. https://doi.org/10.29038/eejpl.2022.9.1.zas Kokun, O., & Bakhmutova, L. (2022). Changes in expeditioners' personality measures during 1 year Antarctic expeditions. Antarctic Science, 34(2), 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102022000104 Kokun, O., Pischko, I., & Lozinska, N. (2022). Examination of military personnel’s changed psychological states during long-term deployment in a war zone. Anales de Psicología, 38(1), 191–200. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.475041 Kokun, O. & Bakhmutova, L. (2021). The impact of expeditioners’ personality traits on their interpersonal interactions during long-term Antarctic expeditions. Polish Polar Research, 42(1), 59–76. https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2021.136512 Kokun, O., Korobeynikov, G., Mytskan, B., Cynarski, W.J., & Korobeynikova, L. (2019). Applied aspects of improving pupils’ and students’ adaptive capacity. Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology, 19(3), 38–45. https://doi.org/10.14589/ido.19.3.5 Kokun O., Imas Y., Vovkohon A., Potop A., Korobeynikov G., Korobeynikova L., Gorashchenco A., & Polevaya-Secaryanu A. (2018). Physical education and sports as a tool for formation of students’ psychophysiological readiness to their professional work. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 18(2), 966–971. https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2018.02143
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