Serhii Barinov
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Serhii A. Barinov

PhD candidate in Psychology · G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAES of Ukraine · Kyiv.

Research interests

  • Personal resilience in crisis and traumatic conditions — conceptual model of formation, psychological predictors, applied programmes
  • Psychology of volunteering — motivation, altruistic orientation, secondary traumatisation, burnout
  • Coping strategies — diagnostics, typology, formation of constructive coping under chronic stress
  • Existential analysis (A. Längle's school) — fundamental motivations, existentiality as a resilience resource
  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy — CBT under wartime conditions, thematic trends in client requests
  • Client-centred psychotherapy (C. Rogers's approach) — growth points in work with the war-affected
  • Psychological support for IDPs — emotional sphere of internally displaced persons in the first and second waves
  • Psychometrics — design and validation of psychodiagnostic instruments (author's altruistic-orientation methodology)

The dissertation

"Psychological features of resilience formation in volunteers"

Qualifying scientific work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy · 053 Psychology · Kyiv, 2026.

The topic was approved by the Academic Council of the G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAES of Ukraine (Minutes No. 7 of 24 May 2023) and endorsed by the Interdepartmental Council for the Coordination of Research in Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences in Ukraine (Minutes No. 2 of 22 June 2023).

The research was carried out within the planned scientific work of the P. R. Chamata Laboratory of Personality Psychology, theme "Psychological technologies for promoting positive mental health of personality" (2022–2024; state registration 0122U000305).

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Publications

10 peer-reviewed articles in specialist journals approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, plus a chapter in a collective monograph (11 publications in total). All publications verified in ORCID.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

  1. Barinov S. Resilience as a Resource for Overcoming Negative Impacts of Volunteering. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2025. Issue 24. P. 59–66.
  2. Barinov S., Shandruk S. Psychodiagnosis of Altruistic Orientation of a Volunteer. Bulletin of H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. Psychology, 2025. Issue 73. P. 465–474. doi: 10.34142/23129387.2025.73.30
  3. Kharchenko A., Fedoseev V., Lisena A., Liseny Ye., Barinov S. Thematic Trends in Client Requests during Martial Law and the Specifics of CBT Work with Them. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2025. Issue 23. P. 13–17.
  4. Kocharian O., Barinova N., Barinov S. Growth Points of Client-Centred Psychotherapy. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2024. Issue 22. P. 15–21.
  5. Fedoseev V., Kharchenko A., Lisena A., Liseny Ye., Kabarhina V., Barinov S. Psychological Features of the Emotional Sphere of Internally Displaced Persons of the First and Second Waves. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2024. Issue 21. P. 35–45.
  6. Kocharian O. S., Barinov S. The Possibilities of Modern Client-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2023. Issue 20. P. 6–13.
  7. Kharchenko A., Barinov S. The Technique of Schematic Visualisation of the Emotional Sphere in Group Work with Clients of Low Reflectivity. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2023. Issue 19. P. 33–37.
  8. Antonovych M., Aralova O., Barinov S. Psychological Stability (Resilience) of Female Volunteers at the Call-Centre of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Information Bureau. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2022. Issue 18. P. 6–14.
  9. Kocharian O., Barinova N., Giacomuzzi S., Barinov S. The Technique of Metaphor: Psychotherapeutic Casuistry. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2022. Issue 17. P. 6–11.
  10. Giacomuzzi S., Kocharian O., Barinova N., Barinov S. Experiencing and Coping with Trauma in Warfare and Military Conflicts. Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2021. Issue 16. P. 12–29.

Chapter in a collective monograph

  1. Kocharian O. S., Barinova N. V., Barinov S. A. Section 2.1.7 // Medical Psychology / ed. by Acad. S. D. Maksymenko. Vol. 1. — Kyiv: Liudmyla Publishing, 2023. — 512 p. ISBN 978-617-555-097.

Conferences

  • Athens, Greece · 11–13 February 2026
    "Science and Information Technologies in the Modern World" — 5th International Scientific and Practical Conference
    Paper: "Psychological Determinants of the Formation of Volunteers' Resilience"
  • Birmingham · 5 February 2026
    "Science, Technology, and Society under Global Uncertainty" — International Scientific Conference
    Paper: "The Structural-Content Model of Volunteers' Resilience under Conditions of Prolonged Stress"
  • Warsaw, Poland · 16–17 May 2025
    "Client-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy Today: Theory and Practice" — International Conference
  • Lutsk, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University · 26–29 March 2025
    XVII International Scientific-Practical Conference "Psychological Foundations of Health, Education, Science and Self-Actualisation of the Personality: A Client-Centred Approach"
  • Vinnytsia · 2025
    "Mental Health in Times of Challenge: Personality and Environment"
    Paper: "Personal Resilience under Conditions of Crisis Social Challenges" (co-authors Barladin V. M., Ostapchuk N. B.)
  • Lutsk, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University · 22–29 March 2024
    International Scientific-Practical Conference "Psychological Foundations of Health, Education, Science and Self-Actualisation of the Personality"

Collaborations and teams

Nine of the published articles are co-authored with colleagues from the G. S. Kostiuk Institute, H. S. Skovoroda KhNPU and international partners.

  • Prof. Oleksandr Kocharian — client-centred psychotherapy, experiential approach
  • Natalia Barinova — metaphor technique, medical psychology
  • Prof. Serhii Shandruk (H. S. Skovoroda KhNPU) — psychodiagnostics, instrument validation
  • Antonovych M., Aralova O. — resilience study of female call-centre volunteers
  • Kharchenko A., Fedoseev V., Lisena A., Liseny Ye., Kabarhina V. — group work, CBT in wartime
  • Prof. Salvatore Giacomuzzi (Austria) — trauma in military and armed conflicts
  • Acad. Serhii Maksymenko (NAES of Ukraine) — medical psychology monograph

Contact

ORCID
0009-0002-4811-9476
Institutional address
G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAES of Ukraine, Kyiv
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