The Psychological Impact of Global Conflicts and Political Instability on Students’ Learning, Mental Health, and Educational Outcomes: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Abstract

Today's world is characterized by many wars and power struggles between countries that affects many people worldwide. The impact of wars, armed conflicts, political crises, forced displacement and economic crisis and social disruptions is particularly brutal on students. These factors not only impact the mental health of students, but they also have a profound impact on their learning experiences and results. The objective of this study is to examine global conflicts and political instability on the learning process, psychological comfort of the students, and achievement of learning by taking a multi-facet perspective including educational psychology, sociology, political science and public health. It adopts a qualitative research design based on literature review that includes analysing existing literature, reports, and empirical data in the field of conflict-affected educational environments. The findings indicated conflict and political instability are associated with students' anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and emotional insecurity. Psychological problems adversely affect concentration, motivation, involvement in classes, school attendance, performance in school and school dropout rate. The role of education, families, policy makers, and mental health practitioners in mitigating the effects of adverse outcomes is also outlined and explained. The research concludes that safeguarding the mental health and education courses for students should be viewed as a priority in humanitarian, education and policy responses to global instability. The study makes a contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship by emphasizing the interrelatedness of psychological well-being, educational development and the sociopolitical environment.