Abstract
This study aimed to examine how and to what extent future anxiety contributes to the level of professional decision-making skills among Syrian refugee students in the tenth grade in public schools in Jordan for the year 2018/2019. Using a quantitative approach, 227 tenth-grade Syrian refugee students in public schools in the University Brigade Institute of the Ministry of Education in Jordan were measured on scales of future anxiety and professional decision-making. The results showed that the level of future anxiety was high, while the level of professional decision-making was moderate. In addition, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the future anxiety depending on gender (i.e., male/female) and achievement level (i.e., high achievement/low achievement), whereas for professional decision-making, there were differences depending on gender but not achievement level. Finally, it showed that future anxiety is predictive of professional decision-making skills.
Highlights
War represents the most severe crisis and disaster that people experience, and its effects on families within conflict zones can last for many years
The high level of future anxiety can be attributed to the harsh and difficult conditions experienced by refugees, such as violence, murder and loss of family and friends, being forced to migrate from the homeland, and living in refugee camps
This study found a moderate level of professional decisionmaking skills among tenth-grade refugee students at the University Brigade Institute of the Ministry of Education in Jordan
Summary
War represents the most severe crisis and disaster that people experience, and its effects on families within conflict zones can last for many years. Adolescents who have experienced aggression, war, immigration, asylum, and other threatening situations may develop behavioural and psychological problems because of physical and psychological injury. These problems include, but are not limited to, symptoms of anxiety, fear, intolerance, inability, social isolation, depression, behavioural problems, and social problems [1, 2]. The crisis of Syrian refugees is spreading, and many asylum seekers remain in Jordan. It is common for Syrian adolescents who fled conflict in their country to have faced exposure to psychological pressure because of the war. That calls for further research on the impact of asylum on mental health, life control, and decision-making, which are central to determining one’s career in the fear of unknown and anxiety, confusion, and ambiguity from making decisions among adolescence
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