Most research on refugee integration focuses on attitudes toward refugees among the members of the host society. Consequently, little is known on refugees' intentions to return home or migrate to another country. The present research investigates whether positive and negative contact with Turks are related to Syrian refugees' migration decisions via perceived discrimination, identification with the host society, and life satisfaction. Using a sample of Syrian adults (N = 285), we found that positive contact with Turks was associated with reduced return intentions via perceived discrimination and identification with the host society and with reduced intentions to migrate from Turkey to the Western countries via life satisfaction. Negative contact was only associated with increased return intentions via perceived discrimination. This study underscores the role of intergroup contact to better understand migration decisions of refugees and potential underlying mechanisms to explain this association. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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积极与消极的接触和难民的移民意图：在土耳其的叙利亚难民中感知到的歧视、生活满意度和对东道社会的认同的中介作用

大多数关于难民融合的研究都集中在收容社会成员对难民的态度上。因此，人们对难民返回家园或迁移到另一个国家的意图知之甚少。本研究通过感知歧视、对东道国社会的认同和生活满意度调查与土耳其人的积极和消极接触是否与叙利亚难民的移民决定有关。使用叙利亚成年人的样本 ( N = 285)，我们发现与土耳其人的积极接触与通过感知到的歧视和对东道国社会的认同而减少的返回意图以及通过生活满意度从土耳其迁移到西方国家的意图降低有关。消极接触仅与通过感知歧视增加的返回意图有关。这项研究强调了群体间接触在更好地理解难民的移民决定和解释这种关联的潜在潜在机制方面的作用。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。