Social Psychology of Japanese Americans in the Concentration Camp beteween 1942 and 1945

通过对联邦政府在犹他州中部安置中心（黄玉集中营）发行的两份报纸《黄玉时报》和《Tanforan Totalizer》的内容分析，考察了二战期间被关押在集中营的日裔美国人的社会心理。研究结果发现：（1）第一代与第二代日本移民在收容期间，都有族群认同的问题。2)第二代日裔美国人发展了他们的“日裔美国人”身份，强调他们是具有日本血统的“美国人”。3)一成发展了他们的“日经济人”身份，这是一个融合一成和二成的想法。4)在有8000人的黄玉营地观察到的出生率和死亡率与黄玉居民所经历的集体压力有关。无论是在发病率下降和死亡率的增加，发现在这些事件，使黄玉居民感到很大的焦虑，为他们的未来。

The social psychology of Japanese Americans who were interned in the concentration camp during WWII were examined by means of content analyses of both of the "Topaz Times" and the "Tanforan Totalizer", which were the newspaper published in the Central Utah Relocation Center(the Topaz camp)run by the Federal government. The following findings were obtained :1)Both the first generation(Issei)and the second generation(Nisei)of Japanese Immigrants were concerned with their ethnic identity during the internment period. 2)Nisei has developed their "Japanese American" identity with emphasis on being "American" with Japanese heritage. 3)Issei has developed their "Nikkeijin" identity, which is an idea to integrate both Issei and Nisei. 4)The birth rate and the death rate observed in the Topaz camps with a population of 8, 000 people were related to the collective stresses experienced by the Topaz residents. Both the decrease in the inception rate and the increase in the death rate were found at those incidents which made the Topaz resident to feel a great amount of anxiety for their future.