Survey on Reverse Culture Shock

[Menta]

Hello. I am currently a 4th year student of Japanese and I would like to request some help from kind Japanese people with a research project I am working on this semester. All you have to do is answer a few survey questions. Thank you for looking and a thousand thanks in advance for answering and helping me out.

Reverse culture shock = Culture shock experienced upon returning to one's home country

(Survey)

1. Have you lived abroad (as in, outside of Japan) before?
Yes / No

2. For how long?
1 year or less / 2 - 5 years / 6 - 10 years / 10+ years

3. Have you experienced reverse culture shock after returning to Japan?
Yes / No

4. If so, in which of the following categories did the strongest culture shock (if more than one) fall?
General culture / Politics / Customs / Manners and attitudes / Way of Thinking / Other (please specify)

5. How were your expectations prior to coming back different from your impressions after?
Expectations were better than impressions / Impressions were better than expectations / Too different to compare / No significant difference

6. Did you find it more difficult to deal with reverse culture shock than with culture shock experienced abroad?
Yes / No

7. What do you think is the reason for your answer to question 6?


Thank you again!

 

[diceke]

kind Japanese people

None of us here are KIND Japanese...☝

 

[Mars Man]

Well, jokes aside...while there are some Japanese nationals on the forum, and of course kindness is a part of their make-up...even if in some situations it may not be visible...most of us are from so many other parts of the world.

Please wait a while, and some may answer your survey. Also, I moved this here since it wasn't really a discussion on these cultural differences. Good luck on your research !! MM