Sarı Arzu Çalışkan, Alkar Özden Yalçınkaya
Psychology Department, Çankırı Karatekin University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Feb 21:1-14. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-02848-y.
The current study investigated the effectiveness of an online-based, empathy-focused intervention program that is developed for Turkish local society to increase their positive attitudes towards refugees. The sample of the four-week intervention program consisted of 52 participants that were randomly assigned to experimental ( = 26) and control groups ( = 26). Participants completed the Attitudes towards Syrians Scale in both groups before and after the intervention program. In the control group, no implementation was provided, only the individuals filled the pre-test and post-test questionnaires within the same periods as the experimental group. Participants in the experimental group also filled a sentence completion activity at the end of the program. The results of the study showed that Empathy Focused Intercultural Communication Program for Turkish Local Society showed a positive promissory approach for increasing positive attitudes towards Syrian refugees, increasing emphatic and altruistic approach. Lastly, these results, limitations, and suggestions for future research were discussed and the possible implications were shared.
本研究调查了一个为土耳其当地社会开发的、以同理心为重点的在线干预项目的有效性，该项目旨在增强他们对难民的积极态度。这个为期四周的干预项目的样本包括52名参与者，他们被随机分配到实验组（n = 26）和对照组（n = 26）。两组参与者在干预项目前后都完成了对叙利亚人态度量表。在对照组中，没有进行任何干预，只是让个体在与实验组相同的时间段内填写了前测和后测问卷。实验组的参与者在项目结束时还完成了一项句子完成活动。研究结果表明，针对土耳其当地社会的以同理心为重点的跨文化交流项目，在增强对叙利亚难民的积极态度、增加同理心和利他主义方法方面显示出一种积极且有前景的方法。最后，讨论了这些结果、局限性以及对未来研究的建议，并分享了可能的影响。
