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Examining the integration and inclusion of Syrian refugees through the lens of personal construct psychology

Naffi, N., Davidson, A.-L.

Keywords:
Personal Construct Psychology, inclusion, integration, Syrian refugees, host society, transnational online environments.

Abstract:
In this article, we discuss the usefulness of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) to examine the integration and inclusion of Syrian refugees, who are facing an urgent humanitarian crisis. As Syrians are fleeing their country and seeking asylum in Europe and North America, online transnational conversations are bursting with debates between people who wish to accept them and people who reject them. We discuss how Kelly’s (1955) PCP theory sheds light on the issues, through the lens of people’s constructs. We consider the postulate and eleven corollaries and identify their applicability to possible constructs regarding the crisis.