在日外国人留学生の適応に関する研究(2) : 新渡日留学生の一学期間におけるソーシャル・ネットワーク形成と適応

A study on the adjustment of international students in Japan(2) : Implications of social network formation on newly arrived students

Tanaka Tomoko

Takai Jiro

Minami Hirofumi

Fujihara Takehiro

広島大学総合科学部紀要. III, 情報行動科学研究

Memoirs of the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences. III, Studies in information and behavior sciences

Research on cross-cultural abjustment has recently taken on a turn toward focusing on the implications of social networks. This report deals with a study which investigated the roles of social support networks on newly arrived international students in Japan. Eighteen subjects were surveyed at the end of their first academic semester, concerning the structure of their social networks and their abjustment. Cluster analysis and correlations were conducted to determine the relationship between the two variables. It was discovered that in the three month period, subjects had developed relationships in which they could attain mainly practical support, such as information receiving. The amount of support, although relating to subjective judgements on academic progress and their stress coping strategies, was independent of the indices for maladjustment. It can be interpreted that the three month duration was insufficient toward the development of a network that was extensive enough to show any psycological effectiveness in reducing signs of maladjustment, and that these students must rely on themselves toward solution of such problems.

Psychology [ 140 ]

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広島大学総合科学部

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[ISSN] 0385-1478

[NCID] AN00116614