Being More Okinawan in Hawai'i: Socio-Psychological Processes of Okinawan Identity Development among Okinawan International University and College Students in Hawai'i

Autor/in	Taira, Kazufumi
Titel	Being More Okinawan in Hawai'i: Socio-Psychological Processes of Okinawan Identity Development among Okinawan International University and College Students in Hawai'i
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 43 (2023) 2, S.497-513 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Taira, Kazufumi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2021.1967726
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Self Concept; Individual Development; College Students; Foreign Students; Social Influences; Psychological Patterns; Cultural Awareness; History; Cultural Differences; Hawaii; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Individuelle Entwicklung; Collegestudent; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	The study aims to investigate Okinawan identity development among individuals who grew up in Okinawa and came to Hawai'i to study at a university or community college. The grounded theory approach was used for the qualitative inquiry. Nineteen participants were interviewed about their self-descriptions, spaces where their Okinawan consciousness was provoked and influences of activities and learning regarding Okinawa and Hawai'i on their Okinawan identities. The results pointed to three dimensions of socio-psychological processes of Okinawan identity development in Hawai'i, namely: (1) self-identification as Okinawan in Hawai'i; (2) Okinawan consciousness and identity salience; and (3) a strengthened sense of Okinawan identity. The results were used to construct and discuss the core category of "being more Okinawan in Hawai'i", subsuming all the concepts regarding self-identification, consciousness and identity as Okinawan. The study demonstrated the probability that the more frequently Okinawan international university and college students self-identified as Okinawan and the more intense their Okinawan consciousness and identity salience became, the more likely it was that their Okinawan identities became stronger. The study elucidated the socio-psychological processes of Okinawan identity development in Hawai'i by examining the history and society in Hawai'i to contextualize the empirical results. (As Provided).
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