%0 Journal Article %T An Experimental Research On The Role Of Social Support In Reducing The Traumatic Effects Of Immigration %A Dr. £¿£¿r. ¨¹yesi Zeynep £¿ZCAN %J - %D 2019 %X 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 ¨Cwho continue their education in different departments of Karab¨¹k University and in different high schools of Karab¨¹k 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 %K Din Psikolojisi %K Psiko-Sosyal Uyum %K Travma %K Sosyal Destek %K M¨¹lteci %U http://dergipark.org.tr/bilimname/issue/43606/518401