The Impact of War on Social Behaviors of Resettled Children and Adolescents in Refugee Camps
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https://doi.org/10.24086/cuejhss.v10n1y2026.pp40-47Keywords:
Adolescents, Children, Resettled, Social behaviors, War.quality assessmentAbstract
The research sought to determine the effect of war on the social control behavior of children and adolescents who survived the war in displacement camps in Erbil and to measure the differences between the average scores of children in displacement camps in Erbil on the social control behavior scale according to the variable of age stage (childhood, adolescence), and the variable of gender (males, females). The current research adopted the descriptive analytical method and applied the social control behavior scale. The sample included (216) male and female students. Among the most important results of the research: the level of social control behavior among children and adolescents who survived the war in the displacement camps in Erbil was low to the degree that reached ( 2.27), and there is no statistically significant difference between the average scores of children in displacement camps in Erbil on the social control behavior scale according to the gender variable (males, females), and there is a significant difference in the age stage variable in favour of adolescent students.
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