中国人留学生における日本人への信頼感と適応の関連

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The relationship between trust in Japanese people and the degree of adjustment in Chinese students in Japan was investigated. Chinese students (N=160) responded to a packet of questionnaires that included the following scales: Trust in the Japanese Scale, Trust in Chinese Students in Japan Scale, Autonomous Motivation to Study Abroad Scale, Japanese Language Proficiency Scale, and the Psychological Adjustment Scale. Results indicated that trusting Japanese people was positively related to psychological adjustment. Moreover, covariance structure analysis indicated that the effect of high autonomous motivation and Japanese language proficiency on the feeling of adjustment was significantly mediated by trust in Japanese people. Furthermore, the influences of low autonomous motivation and low Japanese language proficiency on the feeling of maladjustment were significantly mediated by distrust of Japanese people.