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Journal of Social Service Research, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus)
Child-adolescent forced migrants face numerous life challenges, which in turn give rise to various factors that negatively affect their mental health. Among these, one of the most prominent is internalizing symptoms, that significantly affects negatively both mental health and subjective well-being. This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceived family social support, satisfaction with life, perceived neighborhood solidarity on internalizing symptoms among Syrian children and adolescents aged 7–18 years under temporary protection in Turkey, using an inter-factorial analysis model. This study used a quantitative method and convenience sampling. The sample consisted of 485 Syrian children and adolescents aged 7–18 years residing in Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Istanbul, and Sakarya (M = 13.96 SD = 2.86). A p-value of <.05 and a 95% confidence interval were deemed reliable in this study. According to the results obtained in this study, perceived family social support had a preventive relationship on internalizing symptoms, and satisfaction with life played a partial mediating role in this relationship. Additionally, it has been observed that perceived neighborhood solidarity had a preventive relationship on internalizing symptoms and positive relationship on satisfaction with life. To establish causal relationships in the obtained results, future research should be conducted using a longitudinal design.