Adaptation and Identity of Japanese Latin Americans - Through the Research on Students

在这四年中，调查员采访了45名男性日本拉丁美洲学生和39名女性学生，应用MMPI西班牙语和葡萄牙语版本，也shinkeishitsu问卷西班牙语版本。通过访谈，学生们讲述了他们在每个拉丁美洲国家的经历：阿根廷、墨西哥、秘鲁、巴拉圭和巴西。上述心理测试结果表明，拉美裔日本人的数据与日本人相似，这与他们的性格有关。有些学生甚至说他们有一种恐惧人类的倾向。从心理健康的角度来看，日本拉丁美洲学生与日本拉丁美洲工人相比或多或少稳定。然而，他们在民族认同方面存在冲突。有些学生说：“我在我的国家被认为是日本人，但我现在在日本被认为是外国人。“这句话清楚地表达了日裔拉美人的心理状态。我们应该继续这方面的研究。因为这是“我们”的问题。

The investigator interviewed during these four years 45 male Japanese Latin American students and 39 females students applying the MMPI Spanish and Portuguese versions and also shinkeishitsu Questionnaire Spanish version. Through the interviews the students told about their experiences in each Latin American country ; Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and Brazil. They also expressed various opinions and sentiments toward Japan and Japanese people.The results of the above-mentioned psychological tests indicate that the Japanese Latin Americans' data are similar to those of Japanese people related to their personality. Some students even said that they had a kind of Taijin-Kyofu(Anthropophobic) tendency.Japanese Latin American students are more or less stable from the viewpoint of mental health compared with Japanese Latin American workers. Nevertheless, they have conflicts related to their national identity. Some students say ; "I have been considered as a Japanese in my country, but I am now considered as a foreigner in Japan. " This comment expresses clearly the psychological status of Japanese Latin Americans. We should continue researches of this area. Because this is "our" problem.