Intercultural psychological adaptation of Japanese expatriates living in Thailand.
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2007
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eng
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Mahidol University
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Fujiwara, Takayoshi (2007). Intercultural psychological adaptation of Japanese expatriates living in Thailand.. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/35028
Title
Intercultural psychological adaptation of Japanese expatriates living in Thailand.
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Abstract
Objective: This study investigated the relationships between their
psychological adaptation to the local cultures of Japanese expatriates living in
Thailand and other three variables: their self-perceived social support, personal
resources, and stress coping strategies.
Methods: Eighty Japanese language instructors of native speakers living and
teaching in Thailand completed a questionnaire, measuring various aspects of
their intercultural psychological adaptation: self-perceived adaptation, stressors
evaluation, local cultural understanding, self-perceived loneliness, and physical
and mental health. The questionnaire also measured the other three variables
and demographic variables.
Results: Through principal component analysis, three factors of
intercultural psychological adaptation were extracted. Three factors of stress
coping strategies were also identified. Multiple regression analyses indicated
all the three variables examined in this study were significant predictors of at
least one of the three factors of intercultural psychological adaptation.
Consultation support, leisure support, percentage of satisfied members, and
previous teaching period were significant for the general adaptation factor. Thai
language proficiency, previous teaching experience outside Japan and
replacement coping strategies were significant for the intercultural adaptation
factor.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that intercultural psychological adaptation is
likely to be facilitated by effective social support, relevant personal resources,
and appropriate stress coping strategies.
Description
The 7th Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP): Social Psychology: Global Issues and Challenges in a Changing World, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. July 25-28, 2007