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Culture Shock And Adaptation Among Student Missionaries To Japan, Sheryl J. Craig Aug 1979

Culture Shock And Adaptation Among Student Missionaries To Japan, Sheryl J. Craig

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to delineate certain parameters of the experience of student missionaries to Japan. This study was a longitudinal, descriptive study which identified background characteristics, aspects of the adaptation process, and stages and intensity of culture shock.

A group of twenty-seven student missionaries were followed from their arrival in Japan, which occurred over a three-month summer period, through the following May, just prior to their expected departure. Data were gathered using interviews, questionnaires, a semantic differential (to measure attitudes), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

The time when subjects were most at risk for high anxiety, poorer …


The Frequency Of Self-Disclosure Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Anthony Zamudio Jan 1979

The Frequency Of Self-Disclosure Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Anthony Zamudio

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Black Women, Sex-Roles And Psychological Well Being..., M. Jean Peacock Jan 1979

Black Women, Sex-Roles And Psychological Well Being..., M. Jean Peacock

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.