Trauma and Trust: How War Exposure Shapes Social and Institutional Trust Among Refugees.

ABSTRACT: The brutal wars in Iraq, Syria and now Ukraine have caused a massive influx of refugees to Europe. Turkey alone has received more than 4.8 million refugees. An important precondition for their economic and social incorporation is trust: refugees need to trust the citizens as well as the state and the justice system to find their place in the host country. Yet refugees' propensity to trust may be affected by cultural differences between their home and host countries, their personal conflict exposure and the experiences they had on the run. This study investigates how individual differences in exposure to armed conflict and institutional breakdown shape two types of trust among refugees: Generalized social trust and trust in the institutions of the settlement country. We survey a large and d

SUBMITTER: Hall J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426640 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature