Author/Authors
özüdoğru, hülya yiğit ankara hacı bayram veli university - continuing education application and research center, Ankara, TURKEY , kan, adnan gazi university - departman of guidance and psychological counseling, Ankara, TURKEY
Title Of Article
EXAMINING THE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SYRIANS ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP
شماره ركورد
43876
Abstract
Attitudes of people living in Turkey towards Syrians continue to shape as a result of coexistence and discourses and practices of governments as well as many different factors. In this context, effects of levels of communication and relationship, which are considered to influence public attitudes towards Syrians, were examined in the study. In this study, which was conducted with 633 people, a semi-structured survey form and the “Local People’s Attitude Towards Syrians Scale” were used. The dependent variable of the study was attitude and the independent variables were the frequency of encounter with Syrians, familiarity (acquaintance), an individual’s and/or one of his or her relatives’ having trouble with Syrians, and the source of information about Syrians. Descriptive statistics, t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were carried out for the data analysis using the SPSS software, and then post-hoc test was conducted in order to reveal the inter-group variance. The study analyzed whether the variables that were determined to be encounter, interaction, source of information, and having trouble caused a significant differences on attitude. The findings showed that the people’s attitudes towards Syrians changed from negative to positive as the interaction occurred. The average scores of attitude were found to decrease when familiarity diminished or a problem with Syrians was experienced. The research revealed “personal experiences play an important role on the attitude.” It is suggested that interactive activities that will bring two societies together be prioritized in social adaptation works to carry out the acceptance of the guests by the host community without any problems and create the culture of coexistence.
From Page
244
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Migration , Syrian , Attitude Scale , Interaction , Trouble
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
To Page
262
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
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