Intracultural and Intercultural Contact Orientation of International Students in Japan: Uncertainty Management by Cultural Identification

Autor/inn/en	Taniguchi, Norihito; Takai, Jiro; Skowronski, Dariusz
Titel	Intracultural and Intercultural Contact Orientation of International Students in Japan: Uncertainty Management by Cultural Identification
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 12 (2022) 4, S.843-866 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Foreign Students; Second Language Learning; Japanese; Well Being; Student Adjustment; Grounded Theory; Foreign Countries; Intergroup Relations; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Anxiety; Cultural Background; Stranger Reactions; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Student Characteristics; Language Proficiency; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Behavior Standards; Study Abroad; Exchange Programs; Cultural Differences; Coping; China; United States; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Japaner; Japanisch; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Ausland; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Angst; Fremdenprüfung; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Kultureller Unterschied; Bewältigung; USA; Großbritannien
Abstract	The lack of exchange between international students and host nationals in Japan has long been a pressing issue, yet very little progress has been made to rectify this situation. In this study, we examined this issue by focusing on how international students in Japan perceive cultural contact with their host and home culture members during their sojourn. The study applied a qualitative approach based on grounded theory, collecting data through semi-structured interviews with 41 international students from China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. According to the social identity and anxiety/uncertainty management approach, we interpreted the findings on how international students manage uncertainty in the Japanese environment by identifying with the host and their own home cultures for their psychological well-being, which we distinguished as intercultural or intracultural contact orientation. International students demonstrated an intracultural rather than intercultural contact orientation due to the host nationals reacting to them as "foreigners." (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01