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Adjustment of adolescent refugees in Croatia

The cultural similarity of Bosnian refugees in Croatian society and their fluency in the Croatian language make it difficult to grasp the reality of complex social relations integral to the community of Bosnians in Croatia. The study focuses on adolescent refugees, a particularly vulnerable population, who face a double challenge in integrating past traumas and defining a new identity within and between the two cultures. School as an educational institution stimulates and directs socialization, while all the processes present in a wider sociocultural context, including the problems of immigrants and the host society, affect in a special way the school life. The analysis attempts to define the nature of relational outcomes resulting from the interaction of refugee and host acculturation orientations in terms of intercultural communication and/or intergroup discrimination, and social distance among pupils attending elementary and secondary schools (aged 13-18). The evaluation of the quality of the existing contacts and communication between the refugee children and their host peers will be discussed in relation to potential acculturative stress and its consequences on the psychological well-being.

adolescents; refugees; acculturation; social distance; anthropology

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