Intercultural discomfort and maladjustment of interpersonal Nonverbal Communication

• Project/Area Number: 26380848
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Fukushima College
• Principal Investigator: Naito Tetsuo 福島学院大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (20172249)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: nonverbal communication / scheme / cultural difference / PAC analysis / qualitative anlysis / intersubjective / free association / single case / 非言語コミュニケーション / 対人コミュニケーション / スキーマ / 異文化間葛藤 / PAC分析 / 留学生 / Mixed Method / 個人別分析 / 異文化間コミュニケーション / コミュニケーション・スキーマ / 違和感 / 不適応感 / コミニュケーション･スキーマ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to confirm the existence of cultural scheme of interpersonal nonverbal communication. Participants in this research were international students at Japanese university who were living in Japan. We made use of PAC (personal attitude construct) analysis. The subject was asked to associate and tell the characteristics of nonverbal communication in Japan. Also, the behaviors of making discomfort feeling. The subject was required to estimate the degree of similarity of all pairs among association items. Same procedure was done in their country. We used cluster analysis (Ward method). And we asked the subject to tell the image of each cluster. Comparisons of results among various countries revealed there are cultural schemes in interpersonal nonverbal communication as well as interpersonal relationship and verbal communication.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct for Diagnosing Single Cases Operationally, Qualitatively and Quantitatively. (2017)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Journal Title: PAC分析研究第1巻第1号, 2-12. (2017年3月) Volume: 1-1 Pages: 2-12
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Discomfort against Japanese Nonverbal-communication Which was Perceived by an Iraqi Student. (2019)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: Australian Psychological Society, 2016 APS Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne
  • Year and Date: 2019-09-13
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the Difference of Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style between Japanese and Chinese. (2017)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: The 12th Biennial Conference of Asian Social Psychology,
  • Place of Presentation: AUCKLAND
  • Year and Date: 2017-08-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on Similarities and Differences of NVC between Japanese and Vietnamese. (2017)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations) The 15th European Congress of Psychology.
  • Place of Presentation: AMSTERDAM
  • Year and Date: 2017-07-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Discomfort against Japanese Nonverbal Communication which was Perceived by an Iraqi Student (2016)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: The Australian Psychological Society
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-13
• [Presentation] スリランカ人の非言語コミュニケーションのPAC分析 (2016)
  • Author(s): 内藤 哲雄
  • Organizer: 日本応用心理学会第83回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市立看護大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-01
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Characteristics of Japanese Nonverbal Communication Which were Perceived by an International Student. (2016)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: American Psychological Association 2016 Annual Convention
  • Place of Presentation: Denver
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-04
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Characteristics of Japanese Nonverbal Communication which were Perceived by an International Student (2016)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: American Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-04
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on the Nonverbal Communication Style of Japanese Which was Perceived by a Polish Exchange Student. (2016)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 23rd International Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on the Nonverbal Communication Style of Japanese which was Perceived by a Polish Exchange Student (2016)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on the Scheme of Mexican Which was Perceived by Japanese Exchange Student. (2016)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: The 31st International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct for Diagnosing Single Cases Operationally, Qualitatively and Quantitatively. (2016)
  • Author(s): Naito, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: The 31st International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on the Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style of Mexican Which was Perceived by a Japanese Exchange Student (2016)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct for Diagnosing Single Cases Operationally, Qualitatively and Quantitatively (2016)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: International Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] PAC分析の理論と具体的な実施技術（チュートリアル・ワークショップ） (2015)
  • Author(s): 内藤 哲雄
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場（名古屋大学）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-23
• [Presentation] Personal Attitude Construct (PAC) 分析（ワークショップ4） (2015)
  • Author(s): 内藤 哲雄
  • Organizer: 日本混合研究法学会
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学（大阪いばらきキャンパス）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-19
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the Difference of Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style between Japanese and Chinese (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: Asian Association of Social Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, Philippine
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the Difference of Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style between Japanese and Chinese (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: Asian Association of Social Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: University of San Carlos, Philippines
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-19 – 2015-08-22
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Characteristics of Japanese Nonverbal Communication: Scheme Acquired by the Korean International Student (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: American Association of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Tronto, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-07
• [Presentation] Analysis of Personal Attitude Construct on Characteristics of Japanese Nonverbal Communication (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: American Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Toront, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-06 – 2015-08-09
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the difference of Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style between Japanese and Korean (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: The European Federation of Psychologist’ Association
  • Place of Presentation: Milan、Italy
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the Difference of Scheme of Nonverbal Communication Style between Japanese and Korean (2015)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: European Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Milan, Italia
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-07 – 2015-07-10
• [Presentation] Analyses of Personal Attitude Construct on the Difference of Scheme of Communication Style between Japanese and Chinese (2014)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Naito
  • Organizer: Mixed Methods International Research Association
  • Place of Presentation: Boston College, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-27 – 2014-07-29