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This research, based on a social harmony project supported by the Ministry of Data, was carried out with the aim of revealing the contribution of social support provided through social interaction to the psychosocial harmony of the refugees individual. The compulsory migration, which is known to bring with material and spiritual losses, is a life with traumatic effects. This research is based on the assumption that a person created as a social being needs support from close and remote surroundings to overcome a traumatic life like migration. The experimental method used in the research, the 'pre-test-final test control group research scheme' was used, and 15 students in the experiment and control groups were selected in accordance with the principle of volunteering among refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan who continued their studies in the various departments of the University of Karabuk in the 2017-2018 academic year and in the various schools at the high school level of the National Education Directorate of Karabuk. The study, in which the average age of the respondents is 18 years, used the Rosenberg Self-Respect Measure, the CES-Depression Measure and the Cultural Adaptation Measure to measure the effects of social support activities on psycho-social sleep. Compared with the data obtained before and after the practice of social, cultural and sports events, the study group’s self-esteem has increased significantly, compared to the control group’s students, and the depression points have also declined significantly. The level of cultural harmony of the experimental group has not made a significant difference, but it has been found to rise according to the control group. As a result, it is believed that all kinds of aid to be extended to individuals who are in need of assistance in many ways after a traumatic life such as migration will contribute to their mental and physical health as well as serve to ensure cultural harmony and social peace.

Özet:

This study, based on a social adaptation project supported by the ministry, was carried out to reveal the contribution of social support through social interaction to the psycho-social adaptation of the refugee individual. As is known, forced migration is a life with traumatic effects that causes material and spiritual losses. This research is based on the assumption that the human being, created as a social being, needs support from his close and distant environment to overcome a traumatic experience such as migration. In the study, experimental method and 'pre-test/post-test control-group research design' has been used, and 15 students in the experimental and the control groups have been selected on the basis of volunteering among the refugee students from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan –who continue their education in different departments of Karabük University and in different high schools of Karabük National Education Directorate in 2017-2018 academic year. In the study in which average age of the sample group is 18, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Ces-Depression Scale and the Cultural Adaptation Scale have been used in order to measure the effect of social support activities on psychosocial adaptation. In this study, the Mann-Witney U Test which is used in less-subject researches to make comparisons in-group and inter-groups and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test were used. Mann-Witney U Test was used to determine whether the pre and posttest scores of the experimental and control groups were significantly different. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was used to determine whether the p and post-test scores of the two groups differed significantly in itself. SPPS 25 package program was used to analyze the data and Arabic and Persian interpreter support was provided when the scales were filled. Findings and Conclusion According to the Mann-Witney U Test results depending on self-esteem score distributions of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice, there is no significant difference between pre-test scores of the group who participated in the social support and interaction activities (p> .05). However, it is seen that there is a difference in favor of the experimental group in the last test and this difference has reached the level of significance (p <.05). According to the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test results depending on the self-esteem scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice, there is a significant difference between average scores of both tests (p <.05), but it is seen that pre-test and post-test average scores of the control group cannot reach the same significance level (p> .05). According to the Mann-Witney U Test results depending on the distribution of depression scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice, there is a significant difference between average scores of the two groups on the depression scale according to both the pre-test and post-test results (p <.05). According to the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test results depending on the depression scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice, there is no significant difference between the average scores of the two tests (p> .05), but it is seen that the pre-test and post-test average scores of the control group have reached a significance level (p> .05). When the Mann-Witney U Test results depending on the distribution of cultural adaptation scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice have been examined there is seen a significant difference in favor of the control group in the pre-test (p <.05); in the last test, this tendency has disappeared even if it does not reach the statistical significance level (p> .05). When the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test results depending on the distribution of cultural adaptation scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice have been examined, it has been observed that there is no significant difference between the average scores of both tests (p> .05). The quantitative findings obtained from this experimental study show that social support and interaction activities have an effect on increasing the psycho-social adaptation of the refugee individual. In this context, the following conclusions are obtained: 1- Social support and interaction activities have increased self-esteem of the refugee students in the experimental group. As a matter of fact, both in-group and inter-groups pre-test/ post-test results have showed that the self-esteem scores of the experimental group have increased significantly compared to the control group. 2- When the average scores of the sample obtained from the depression scale and the in-group and inter-groups test results have been taken into consideration, the significant difference in favor of the control group in the pre-test has turned out to be in favor of the experimental group. This result shows that the practice has significantly reduced the depression scores of the refugee students in the experimental group. This also means that the depressive tendencies of the control group have increased over time. 3- There is a significant difference in favor of the control group in the pre-test according to the Mann-Witney U Test results depending on the distributions of cultural adaptation scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the practice, but the superiority of the scores turned to be in favor of the experimental group in the post-test and in the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test.     As a result, it is thought that every kind of help, to be extended to individuals needing help in every aspect especially after a traumatic experience such as migration, will contribute to their mental and physical health, as well as providing cultural harmony and social peace.

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