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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2016. Vol. 9, no. 3, 81–90
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2016090307
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Psychological characteristics of Syrian adolescents’ adaptation to extreme situations of sociogenic character

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N.B. Karabuschenko, A.V. Ivashchenko, N.L. Sungurova, I. Al Masri

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Abstract

This article describes psychological characteristics of adaptation of Syrian adolescents in refugee camps to the extreme sociogenic situation. The overview of research on adaptation as a psychological phenomenon; the analysis of the contemporary Arab psychological literature on this issue; the definition of the concept “extreme situation”; the results of studies of the Syrian teenagers’ adaptation in the conditions of military crisis; perspective areas of psychological counselling of those teenagers, who experienced this crisis, are presented in this article.

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Keywords: adaptation, anxiety, coping strategies, post-traumatic stress disorder, violence, extreme situations

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2016090307

For citation: Karabuschenko N.B., Ivashchenko A.V., Sungurova N.L., Al Masri I. Psychological characteristics of Syrian adolescents’ adaptation to extreme situations of sociogenic character. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2016. Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 81–90. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2016090307. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

N. B. Karabuschenko, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogics, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, e-mail: n_karabushenko@inbox.ru

A. V. Ivashchenko, Doctor of Education, Professor Department of Psychology and Pedagogics, Peoples’Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: ivashchenko1937@mail.ru

N. L. Sungurova, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Pedagogics, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, e-mail: sungurovanl@mail.ru

I. Al Masri, Graduate student, Department of Psychology and Pedagogics, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, e-mail: ismaeel.almassri@mail.ru

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