Psychological Sense of Community and Related Concepts in Minority Communities: A Comparative Global Approach

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380851
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: SASAO Toshiaki 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (10296791)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SHIMIZU Yasuo 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 上級准教授 (00306515)
• Research Collaborator: Paul Toro ミシガン州ウェイン州立大学, 教授 ; Kyung Ja Oh 延世大学, 教授 ; Anna Bokcszczanin オポーレ国立大学, 教授 ; TAMAI Kota 北海商科大学, 准教授 ; LEE Chang-ho 精神医学研究所, 東京武蔵野病院精神科, 医長 ; Elizeu Coutinho de Macedo マッケンジー長老派大学, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: sense of community / minority communiti / Korean residents / Japanese Brazilians / rural and urban areas / immigrants / community psychology / adults and adolescents

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the project was to investigate the feasibility of a general purpose sense of community scale applicable to various ethnic and cultural minority groups in Japan, while searching for a theoretical framework for future interventions. Data collected from four sources (a survey with Brazilian children and family members, a focus group interview with Korean adults, a survey with Korean adults, and a school-wide survey of Korean middle and high school students in Tokyo. Both qualitative and quantitative results showed that sense of community is a viable concept to be used in future intervention programs in adults and adolescents in minority communities.

Free Research Field

コミュニティ心理学、社会心理学、異文化間心理学、予防科学