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Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 vocational and language teachers (Mage = 34.27, SDage = 4.94), averaging 9.58 years of teaching and at least one year supporting Syrian forcibly displaced people and refugees. Content analysis identified three themes: autonomy, competence, and relatedness support resettlement adjustment; trauma disrupts adjustment; and refugee work fosters more tolerant, resilient, patriotic, diversity-sensitive, and grateful teachers. 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Data were collected through semi-structured interviews from 12 vocational and language teachers (Mage = 34.27, SDage = 4.94) who had an average of 9.58-year teaching experience and at least one year of teaching Syrian forcibly displaced people and refugees. The content analysis revealed three overarching themes: i) the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness facilitate refugees’ adjustment in dealing with resettlement stressors; ii) trauma experience interferes with refugees’ adjustment; iii) working with refugees transforms teachers to become more tolerant, resilient, patriotic, sensitive to diversity, and grateful for their relationships. The findings may stimulate psychosocial interventions and policies that would mitigate contextual barriers as well as create an inclusive psychosocial environment. Refugees are likely to benefıt from a nurturing environment and teachers are likely to benefit from trainings focusing on trauma informed teaching skills.  \nKeywords: Syrian refugees, teachers, psychological adjustment, self-determination, trauma  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2022.248.1  \n1 Ph.D., Faculty of Educational Sciences, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0003-3623-1567, [Correspondence:](Correspondence: numan.turan@medeniyet.edu.tr)[ numan.turan@medeniyet.edu.tr](Correspondence: numan.turan@medeniyet.edu.tr)  \n2 Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA, ORCID: 0000-0001-6792-9285, [Email: bediha.ipekci001@umb.edu](Email: bediha.ipekci001@umb.edu)  \n3 M. Sc., Faculty of Educational Sciences, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0001-7200-7832,  \nEmail: [ezgialabucak@gmail.com](ezgialabucak@gmail.com)  \n4 Ph.D., The Research Institute of Turkology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0002-4070-9116, Email: [myyilmaz@istanbul.edu.tr](myyilmaz@istanbul.edu.tr)  \nIntroduction  \nOut of the Arab Spring a resistance erupted against Asad and his Syrian regime in March 2011 (Sharara & Kanj, 2014), which created one of the biggest refugee crises of our day. Since then, the Syrian civil war has ravaged the country without a foreseeable peace in the near future. Approximately 6 million people fled the country, more than 6 million Syrians internally displaced, and 3 million are in besieged areas (UNCHR, 2020) . According to the UNCHR report, Turkey is hosting the largest number of Syrians: Nearly 4 million Syrian children, adolescents and adults fled to Turkey, a majority of them live in urban areas while a small number of Syrian refugees live in camps. The crisis continues to be a substantial concern with a potential threat to uproot more Syrians. However, the Syrian refugee crisis is not an isolated event. Worldwide, over 70 million people fled their country of origin and millions of people do not have access to basic human rights in their country of origin (UNCHR, 2020) . Statistics show that approximately 85% of displaced people 1 live in a developing country just across the border of their country of origin (UNCHR 2019, 2020) . Drawing from the experience of teachers working with refugees in Turkey, this present study explores the motivational dynamics in Syrian refugees and their psychological adjustment within the context of a self-determination theory as well as teachers’ experience working with refugees. The findings may assist in developing more inclusive policies and interventions to help refugees with their postmigration ad","cbCaiauiCoCA7qAG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiauiCoCA7qAG","pdf",411788,"English","# Introduction\n## Self-Determination Theory","[{\"question\":\"What does the study investigate about Syrian refugees in Turkey?\",\"answer\":\"It explores refugees’ self-determination and psychological/psychosocial adjustment, and how teachers experience working with refugees in that context.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data collected and who participated?\",\"answer\":\"Data came from semi-structured interviews with 12 vocational and language teachers who had average teaching experience of 9.58 years and at least one year teaching Syrian forcibly displaced people and refugees.\"},{\"question\":\"What key themes emerged from the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The analysis highlighted needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness; the disruptive role of trauma experience; and how working with refugees changes teachers toward greater tolerance, resilience, patriotism, diversity sensitivity, and gratitude.\"}]","A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Determination and Psychological Adjustment of Syrian Refugees in Turkey - Teachers’ Perspective | PDF",1792095495]