A Brief Introduction to the Multidimensional Intercultural Training Acculturation Model (MITA) for Middle Eastern Adolescent Refugees

Recognizes that crucial factors to describe adolescent refugee acculturation are missing. The article proposes that the two major concerns for adolescent refugees, socio-cultural adjustment and mental health, are predicted by intercultural and social–emotional competence, intentions to return to their homeland, and experiences of traumatic events and advocates for uses of a more robust MITA.