Internationalization of Japanese university students by the education program through sports: Comparative Analysis of Educational Outcomes

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to clarify how the internationalization program through sports influences the personality change of college students.

In the research method, in order to examine the influence of personality change, a questionnaire sheet by the Ten Item Personality Inventory in Japanese (TIPI-J) was conducted before and after the program for the program participants.

As a result, the personality changes of each program did not have the same tendency. However, regarding “neurosis tendency,” a relaxation tendency was observed with all programs.

From the results of this study, we considered that we can contribute to personality change of university students by linking extracurricular activities through sports with internationalization as part of university education reform.