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Adaptation and Identity of Japanese Latin Americans - Through the Research on Students

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10610143
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionTOKAI UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

TSUNOKAWA Masaki  Forein Language Center Tokai University, Professor, 外国語教育センター, 教授 (90188607)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsJapanese Latin Americans / Latin America Immigration / Immigration / Foreign Students / Mental Health / Identity / Spanish / Shinkeishitsu Questionnaire / MMPI / 神経質調査票
Research Abstract

The investigator interviewed during these four years 45 male Japanese Latin American students and 39 females students applying the MMPI Spanish and Portuguese versions and also shinkeishitsu Questionnaire Spanish version. Through the interviews the students told about their experiences in each Latin American country ; Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and Brazil. They also expressed various opinions and sentiments toward Japan and Japanese people.
The results of the above-mentioned psychological tests indicate that the Japanese Latin Americans' data are similar to those of Japanese people related to their personality. Some students even said that they had a kind of Taijin-Kyofu(Anthropophobic) tendency.
Japanese Latin American students are more or less stable from the viewpoint of mental health compared with Japanese Latin American workers. Nevertheless, they have conflicts related to their national identity. Some students say ; "I have been considered as a Japanese in my country, but I am now considered as a foreigner in Japan. " This comment expresses clearly the psychological status of Japanese Latin Americans. We should continue researches of this area. Because this is "our" problem.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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