A Study using "Cultural Anthropological - Clinical Psychological approach": Cultural identity formation in Japanese-Indonesian children

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the research methods of cultural identity formation, namely "Why were the methods for the research topic chosen?", "How effective are the methods for such a topic?" and "What results can be expected?" "Cultural identity formation in Japanese-Indonesian children" is a longitudinal study started in 1991 and the purpose is to clarify the process and factors of cultural identity formation. The subjects are Japanese-Indonesian families living in Bali (Indonesia). The employed methods for the research are an approach like a combination of methods used often in Cultural Anthropological researches and Clinical Psychological methods: On the one hand, a researcher herself (himself) stays in a field, grasps the whole situation of the field and the background of the subjects, on the other hand, she (he) makes a good relations with the subjects, follows them longitudinally and analyzes each cases qualitatively as time progresses. These comprehensive methods was regarded as very useful and efficient, to clarify the process and factors of cultural identity formation in children born to parents from differing cultural backgrounds.

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