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War is a type of trauma that humans have experienced for centuries. Today, the civil war in Syria affects millions of people’s lives deeply and is forcing civilians to migrate to other countries. The aim of the current study is to reveal how Syrian refugees cope with war trauma, what kinds of social support they get, and what posttraumatic growth experiences they have shown. Fifteen Syrian refugees who migrated from Syria to Turkey due to the war and witnessed the war participated in this study. Data were collected through interviews. In analyzing the data, a content analysis was used by creating themes and categories. Themes created include coping strategies, social support, learned pain experiences, relating to others, new possibilities, spiritual change, and changed priorities. These results show that after a traumatic experience, great changes can occur in people’s life. Findings are discussed and recommendations are given in line with the literature.

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The aim of this research is to reveal predictive relationships between posttraumatic growth, values, and perceived social support levels of Syrian refugees who have had a war experience. The sample of the research consists of the Syrians who migrated from Syria to Turkey due to the war and who have witnessed the war. According to the results of the research, in the model based on the variables of posttraumatic growth, perceived social support, and owned values, related paths of all the models have been found in good levels of concordance. According to the findings obtained from the analysis of the results, the values that the refugees who had a war experience have and the level of perceived social support directly predicted posttraumatic growth and also the values directly predicted the level of perceived social support.