Syrian Refugees Minors in Turkey. Why and how are they Discriminated Against and Ostracized?

Psychological and social adjustment in refugee adolescents: The role of parents’ and adolescents’ friendships

“…Overall, by integrating theories of family intergenerational transmission (Degner & Dalege, 2013), intergroup contact (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006), and social cure (Jetten et al., 2017), this study provides novel insights on the crucial importance of adolescents’ and parents’ friendships vis‐à‐vis enhancing psychological and social adjustment among refugee adolescents. Considering that refugee youths in Turkey have experienced a range of migration‐related difficulties (Demir & Ozgul, 2019) and that they are more vulnerable to additional risk factors (e.g., child labor, Sahin et al., 2020), such findings provide further evidence regarding the protective role of friendships (Motti‐Stefanidi, 2019) in enhancing the psychological and social adjustment of Syrian refugee adolescents. Thus, the present study can inspire further work in this direction.…”

“…In addition, Çelebi, Verkuyten, and Bagci (2017) found that high perceived ethnic discrimination is associated with poor physical and mental health among refugee adults who do not experience a sense of control, distinctiveness, and meaningfulness derived from their ethnic identity. Notably, Demir and Ozgul (2019) also found that refugee adolescents experience ethnic discrimination and ostracism in different societal contexts such as schools, hospitals, parks, and public transportation. Considering that almost half (47.6%) of Syrian refugees in Turkey are children and adolescents below 18 years of age (Republic of Turkey Directorate General of Migration Management, 2017), and they are more vulnerable than adults because of additional threats to their physical health, psychological and social adjustment (e.g., child labor; Sahin, Dagli, Acarturk, & Dagli, 2020), it is extremely important to identify protective factors vis‐à‐vis the psychological and social adjustment.…”

Hope for the future: A qualitative analysis of the resettlement experience of Syrian refugee adolescents and parents

“…Although not the intention, the adolescent group was all male; no participants, parents, nor cultural broker mentioned a reason for the uniformity of the sample. In another qualitative study with Syrian adolescents, researchers noted similar difficulty recruiting female participants and suggested possible cultural factors that prevented data collection with female participants (Demir & Ozgul, 2019).…”

“…School psychologists have the ability to implement universal or group social-emotional programs that help adolescents to develop proper coping and social-emotional skills including: self-awareness, relationship skills, social-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making skills (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2018), which may reach adolescents who are less inclined to seek individual mental health services. Social-emotional programs targeting the development of these skills have been widely found to improve academic performance, decrease conduct problems, and decrease emotional distress (Durlak et al., 2011). Finally, as consultants, school psychologists have the opportunity to provide psychoeducation and trauma-informed training to teachers.…”

Problems Encountered by Mathematics and Science Teachers in Classrooms where Syrian Students under Temporary Protection Status are Educated and Suggestions for Solution

“…When the studies in the literature are examined in general, it is seen that Syrian students under temporary protection status have more encountered with native language-based problems in their teaching (Başar et al, 2018;Bulut et al, 2018;Demir and Ozgul, 2019;Emin, 2018;Ergen and Şahin, 2019;Erol-Emiroğlu, 2018;Güngör and Şenel, 2018;Kiremit et al, 2018;Taskin and Erdemli, 2018). In addition to this, the existence of problems such as; self-isolation of these students from the class environment (Başar et al, 2018), communication problems (Güngör and Şenol, 2018;Jafari et al, 2018), a social-cultural difference (Dağdeviren, 2018;Şahin and Doğan, 2018), lack of material (Şahin and Doğan, 2018), lack of interest of Syrian parents (Erol-Emiroğlu, 2018) are noteworthy.…”