A Comparative Study on Family Image of Uigur and Japan: I

―the differencies in parental image―

Abstract

　　This thesis aimed to examine the characteristics of family image of second year of junior high school students in Uigur and Japan. In this survey, Family image method is taken to a sample of 411 students in Uigur and of 203 students in Japan.

　　The main results obtained were as follows :

　　(1) The parental images of Uigur were quite different from those of Japan. In Uigur, a ninty percent of them imaged their parental relation as the most intimate relationship within their family. In Japan, only half of them imaged the parents were most intimate relationship within their families.

　　(2) In Uigur, the topographical placement of the parents were differential from the placement of themselves, and their generation boundaries were clear. Conpared to that, in Japan, the placement of their parents were similar to the placement of themselves, and their generation boundaries were not clear.

　　From these results, we found that when we think of our family image, the most important point was what kind of image children had of their parents.