「帰国子女的心性」について : 文化差体験が人格形成に及ぼす影響に関する一考察

Abstract

This study examines the personality of people who experienced cultural differences and internalized foreign culture by moving to another area or a country. In Study I, the questionnaire consists of 38 items for measuring the personality named "Returnee Student Tendency", and SCT (Sentence Completion Test) consisted of 20 items. The author composed both. They were given to 3 groups of Japanese university students and workers in their twenties: Returnee Students who had lived abroad for more than one year in their childhood resulting from their parents' overseas job assignments (N = 56); School Transfer Students, who had experienced school transfers in Japan because of their parents' job-related moves (N = 30); Traditional Students (N = 102). The results of the factor analysis on 188 items of data totaled 6: insecurity, multiplicity, isolation, dissatisfaction, sense of incongruity with Japan, and self-respect. The results of multiple comparison showed some similarities between the personality peculiar to Returnee Students and to School Transfer Students. In Study II, 13 Returnee Students and 7 School Transfer Students were interviewed. From the results of Study I and Study II, it was considered that the key factor influencing the formation of personalities was the personal meaning of the experience of cultural differences.