Psychological Manifestations of Stress and Aggression, as One of the Warehouse Reactions of the Psyche to Military Actions in Ukraine

Destructive aggression should be understood as purposeful destructive behavior that contradicts the norms and rules of human existence in society. Such behavior entails damage to animate or inanimate objects of attack, causes physical harm to people or causes them negative experiences, a state of tension, fear, depression. Some psychologists tend to see aggression in any human behavior that contains a threat or causes harm to others; others believe that aggression must include the intention to offend or insult, and not just lead to such consequences; according to others, aggression should be considered as an attempt to cause bodily or physical harm to other people. Psychologists pay special attention to the consideration of social determinants of aggression, the manifestation of destructive aggression. Considering aggression to be an exclusively behavioral reaction, psychologists Baron R., Richardson D., suggest considering it as a behavioral model, and not as an emotion, motive or attitude. Psychologists explain this approach to defining the term aggression by the fact that such factors as negative emotions, the desire to insult or harm, and even negative attitudes undoubtedly play an important role in behavior that results in causing harm and damage to another person, but their presence is not a necessary condition for such actions. Indeed, anger is not always a condition for attacking others; aggression can manifest itself in a state of complete cold- bloodedness, and emotional excitement, and it is not at all necessary to experience hatred and hostility towards those at whom the aggressor's actions are directed. Thus, despite considerable disagreement regarding the definitions of aggression, most social and psychological scientists tend to accept the definition that aggression is any form of behavior aimed at insulting or causing harm to another living being who does not wish such treatment. It is obvious that aggressiveness is the result of behavior that contradicts the generally accepted moral, legal and emotional norms of society.