# Achievement emotion in war victim children: A study on Syrian primary and secondary school students in Turkey

## TL;DR

This study examines the achievement emotions of Syrian students in Turkey, finding that boys and longer displacement periods are linked to more negative emotions.

## Contribution

The study provides new insights into how displacement and gender affect achievement emotions in war-affected children.

## Key findings

- Boy students experienced more negative achievement emotions than girl students.
- Longer time in temporary protection was associated with decreased positive achievement emotions.

## Abstract

The Syrian government’s violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in March 2011 sparked a civil war that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions. This study focuses on the emotional achievement of 357 Syrian primary and secondary school students who have moved to Türkiye and are under temporary protection. The researchers used the achievement emotion scale to collect data. They conducted a t-test, analysis of variance, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression to examine the sociodemographic factors affecting students’ achievement emotions. The results revealed that boy students experienced more negative achievement emotions than girl students, and that the longer the students have been in temporary protection, the more their positive achievement emotions have decreased. The ongoing war in Syria has dire consequences for school-age children who have been forced to flee their homes.