學生青少年이 知覺한 外國人像에 關한 硏究

The Image of the Foreigners Perceived by Adolescent Students in Korea

The purpose of this study was to investigate the image of the foreigners perceived by Korean adolescents. The data were collected from 485 junior and senior high school students of 243 males, 242 females from 8 schools in Seoul and Kyungbuk area. The subjects were asked to write down 5 words associated with foreigners. The survey was conducted through face to face interviews and by questionnaires. The statistical methods employed were the Chi Square test and rank order correlation analysis. The results are as follows； 1. The total number of words for which the adolescent students associated with ‘foreigners，was 1, 939. The mean number of responses per subject was 4.0. The academically superior students responded well to the survey. 2. The total number of association words were categorized into 395 types. Among these, the highest association word was ‘nose’ by 26. 8%, followed by ‘tali’, ‘height，, ‘English’, ‘blond hair’, ‘eyes’ and others, in order of frequency. The male students of the high school associated frequently for the words ‘Yankee’ (whites), ‘blacks’ and ‘large and high-bridged nose，. On the other hand, the female students of the junior high school had a high rate of word association for ‘eyes’ and ‘height,. 3. The total of 395 types associated could be di-vided into 7 categories. The most frequent category was “body responses” by 55.896, followed by “language responses” and “racial and national reeponses” by 11.9% respectively, “personality and thought responses” by 6. 7961 “socioeconomic responses” by 6.3% ；“lifestyle responses” by 5. 996 and “others” by 1. 5%, in order of frequency. 4. W ith the promotion of grades, the male students showed a decreasing tendency of the “body responses” while their “racial and national responses” increased. Whereas, in the female students, there was an increasing tendency for “fcody resporses” while their “racial and national responses” decreased. 5. There was a tendency on the part of both the males and females to Icok upon ‘foreigners’ as being superior. The males had a tendency to view such a superiority through the “body responses”; whereas, the females had such views in the “personality and thought responses. 6. Viewing their positive and negative attitudes, toward the foreigners, males showed attitudes of rejection, in the “racial and national responsss” and attitudes of acceptance to the 44personality and thought responses” while the females had attitudes of acceptance in the areas of “body responses” and “personality and thought responses. ”