Intervention Research of Clinical-Social Psychology by Cross-Cultural Social Skills Learning

对人际关系在跨文化适应中的作用进行了基础研究，并开发了跨文化人际关系形成的实验干预课程。问卷调查表明，客人的社交技能促进了跨文化关系的形成，主人期望客人表现出跨文化社交技能，并认识到自己的跨文化社交技能不足，客人和主人都认为社交技能不足是他们关系难以形成的最重要原因。对主人和客人的访谈调查揭示了他们获得和练习社交技能的过程。他们的社交技能学习需求得到了证实。通过学习显示了关系形成或改善的可能性。本研究以行为学习理论为依据，编制了结构化的学习任务和原始录像带作为实验教学材料。培训对象为：1)国立大学研究生院留学生，每4天5小时，分2个系列；2)NGO实习生，每2个月5小时，分2次；3)国立大学日本本科生和国际学生，每周1次，每3周，分2个系列。与前后评价相比，学生的跨文化理解和积极应对的动机有所提高，对自身表现的认识有所提高。最后，讨论了临床社会心理学的理论背景及其在跨文化适应心理教育中的应用

Basic researches about roles of interpersonal relationship for cross-cultural adjustment were done and experimental intervention sessions for cross-cultural interpersonal relationship formation were developed. Questionnaires survey suggested that guests' social skills enhanced cross-cultural relationship formation, hosts expects guests' performance of cross-cultural social skills and recognized cross-cultural social skills deficiencies of their own, and both guests and hosts regarded social skills deficiencies as the most important reason of the difficulty of their relationship formation. The interview survey to both hosts and guests revealed processes of getting and practicing of their social skills. Their social skills learning needs were confirmed. Possibility of relationships formations or improvement by the learning was shown. Depend on behavior learning theories, structured learning tasks and original videotapes as teaching materials for experimental sessions were prepared. Trainees were 1) international students of graduate schools of a national university for 5 hours by 4 days by 2 series, 2) trainee of NGO for 5 hours by 2 times in 2 months, and 3) undergraduate Japanese and international students of a national university for once a week in 3 weeks by 2series. Compared to pre-post evaluation of the sessions showed improving of cross-cultural understanding and motivation of active coping, and recognition of improvement of their own performance. Finally, theoretical background of clinical-social psychology and the application to the psycho-education for cross-cultural adjustment were discus