외국인에 대한 한국 대학생의 인식:6개 외국인 집단을 대상으로

초록

The present research aimed to investigate cognition of Korean college students for six foreigner groups(American, Southeast Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Ethnic Koreans in China, and North Korean Defector). To pursue this aim, 82 college students were asked to response to several open-ended questions. The content of their responses were analysed. it indicated that cognition of Korean undergraduates for foreigners consisted of 6 categories such as appearance and physical attractiveness, character, lifestyle, relations with Koreans, competence, country background and environmental conditions. Given these findings, 158 items were constructed and administered to 300 undergraduates to rate the six foreigner groups. Factor analyses showed that factor structure of appearance and physical attractiveness consists of charming appearance, neat appearance and negative appearance. Factor structure of character consists of fluid trait, fixed trait, selfishness and braveness. Factor structure of lifestyle consists of secular attitude, honest attitude, passive attitude and collectivism. Factor structure of relations with Koreans consists of superiority, sense of distance, inferiority and sense of friendship. Factor structure of competence consists of speciality & ability and economic capacity. Factor structure of country background and environmental conditions consists of country condition and social problem. So we found 19 cognition factors for foreigner groups. Firnally, it was found that differences between groups were significant for each factor score. These findings were discussed in historial and cultural contexts.

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