SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY ABOUT THE MIGRANT WORKERS FROM JAPANESE COLONY IN BOLIVIA

1.族群研究：我们在日本在玻利维亚的殖民地移民工人居住的横滨进行了调查。本研究的目的在于分析族群社群的形成过程与互助网络。我们还在群马县的大泉进行了调查。最近，来自拉丁美洲的移民工人正在成为永久居民。现在他们不是临时工。我们分析了永久居留权和跨文化适应之间的关系。此外，我们对一个来自拉丁美洲的家庭进行了为期一年多的案例研究。这家人住在宫城县。分析了他们的生活策略，特别是对教育和劳动的态度.关于移徙者相互联系的研究：少数群体通常被剥夺社会资源。为了在这样恶劣的环境中生存，他们经常组织互助会。作为这种协会的一个例子，对移徙者轮流信贷协会进行了调查。30名日本移民接受了采访。结论如下：经济适应的有效性取决于经济环境。这些机构使成员有可能为了自己的利益与他人合作。利他主义动机并不一定是必需的。加入该协会的资格不是由种族而是由个人关系决定的。

1. Research about the Ethnic Community : We investigated at YOKOHAMA where reside may migrant workers form Japanese colony in Bolivia. The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the formation process of ethnic community and the mutual aid networks. We also investigated at OHIZUMI, GUNMA prefecture. Recently migrant workers form Latin America are becoming permanent residents. Now they are not temporary workers. We analyzed the relationship between permanent residence and cross-cultural adaptation. Further, we did case study of a family from Latin America for more than 1 year. This family resides at Miyagi prefecture. We analyzed their life strategy, especially attitude toward the education and the labor.2. Research about the mutual association of migrants : Minorities are typically deprived of social resources. To survive in such a harsh environment, they often organize mutual aid associations. As an example of one such association, the rotating credit association of migrants was investigated. 30 Jpanese migrants were interviewed. The conclusions were as follows : the effectiveness to advance the economic adaptation was contingent on economic circumstances. The institutions make it possible for members to cooperate with others for their own self-interest. Altruistric motives are not necessarily required. The qualification for affiliation with the association was determined not by ethnicity but by personal relationships.