Contact and Distance with Syrian Asylum-seekers

Summary

This section explores participants' contact and distance from Syrian refugees, their emotional responses to refugees, and the impact of humanitarian values on perceptions of refugees. Additionally, Yasushi Hazama from JETRO examines the influence of individuals' emotions on their attitudes toward refugees by creating an emotional thermometer in his article titled "Personality, Location, and Feelings Toward the 'Other'."

• How often do you encounter Syrian refugees when you go outside?
• How often do you greet or speak with Syrians in your neighborhood or elsewhere in your daily life?
• Do you encounter Syrian refugees in your daily life? In what places or settings?
• Would you evaluate whether you have positive or negative feelings toward Syrian refugees living in Turkey? (on a scale of 0-100)
• Proximity to personality types in Turkish society.
• Proximity to values.
• What level of relationship might you have with Syrian refugees? Where might you encounter them?