Problems of Interpersonal Style among the Nisei

This paper overviews people's sense of trust as it is reflected in the response data of questionnaire surveys. I will study the variability of people's trust systems in order to explore the stability over time and the change due to the short-term changes of economic and political conditions. To begin with, I will explain briefly the history of our longitudinal and cross-national survey on national character. Secondly, I will summarize some aspects of people's sense of trust in our longitudinal survey of Japanese national character. Thirdly, I will present cross-national comparative analysis of trust in our seven-country survey and our East Asia survey. Fourthly, I will consider the acculturation of the Japanese immigrants in Brazil, Hawaii, and the West Coast of USA. Finally, I will provide some comments on cross-national scaling of trust for our future research.

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“…Our theory was less developed at the time of our research planning than it now is, but the basic scheme had been outlined earlier in an article by Miyamoto (Miyamoto, 1987). The theory is based on the social psychology of George Her bert Mead, presented in the early twentieth century (Mead.…”

Section: A Theory Of Interpersonal Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In an earlier study of the interpersonal style of second-generation Japanese Americans, Miyamoto summarized the studies of several American researchers who concluded that the most distinctive personal characteristics of the Nisei were their acute sensitivity to the attitudes of others, and their consequent tenden cies toward self-restraint, deference toward others, lack of spontaneity, and low self-assertiveness (Miyamoto, 1987). These researchers saw the Nisei as notably different from other Americans in these behaviors.…”

Section: Variable 2: Taking the Attitude Of The Othermentioning

confidence: 99%