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It also explores post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and means to overcome traumatizing psychological dejection caused by such mishaps.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n MATERIALS AND METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n \n Demoralization is the immediate effect caused on victims and survivors of such devastations. A comprehensive study of cataclysm and demoralization is concomitant with the suffering produced by various factors pertaining to mass annihilation. A deductive methodology is incorporated into the qualitative data to analyze the oral testimonies of war and disaster survivors in Svetlana Alexievich\u2019s works titled\n Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Second Hand Time<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n The Unwomanly Face of War<\/jats:italic>\n and\n Chernobyl Prayer<\/jats:italic>\n .\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n Interpretation of the polyphonic voices in the oral sagas of interviewees in Alexievich\u2019s works reveals an increased level of anxiety, stress, and trauma post-catastrophic events.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n The implementation of positive psychology has been identified as an appropriate psychological intervention to address the issues related to psychological devastation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jehp.jehp_754_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,26]],"date-time":"2024-03-26T09:01:56Z","timestamp":1711443716000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Implementation of positive psychology to surmount demoralization caused by a cataclysm in select works of Svetlana Alexievich"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Pinky S. 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