Att？tude of Public Administration Students In Turkey Towards Syrian Refugees

In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes towards Syrian refugees of students educated in Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Public Administration Department in 2017-2018 academic years. In this cross-sectional study, the "The Attitudes towards Syrian Refugees Scale” was used. In the scale, the total score is calculated on the negative attitude. As the score increases, the attitude becomes negative. A total of 467 Public Administration students participated in my work (level of participation= 55.5%). The average of the attitude scores of the students is 89.7 ± 20.9 (min.33-max.135 points). We used t-test and ANOVA to determine the variables that affect the attitude scores of the students. As a result of the analysis, we found that the presence of Syrian friends (p <0.001), feeling themselves safe (p = 0.025) and the attitude towards the Syrians of their family (p <0.001) affected the attitude scores of the students. According to this, students having Syrian friends and feeling themselves too much /much safe are more positive attitudes towards Syrian refugees. At the same time, as the attitudes towards the Syrians of their families become negative, the attitudes of the students also become negative