INFLUENCES OF SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND PERSONALITY ON ADJUSTMENT OF CHINESE STUDENTS IN JAPAN

The present study longitudinally examined the effects of personality a nd social support on adjustment. Questionnaires were responded to over 4 periods of stay: just before arrival in Japan and three months, 9 m onths, and 21 months after arrival in Japan. Extraversion and neurotic ism were measured in the Ist period; and needed, actual support, and a djustment in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th periods. Thirty-three participants' completed data were analyzed. Three multiple regression analyses indi cated that (a) needed support was a negative predictor and (b) actual support was a positive predictor of adjustment over all periods, while (c) extraversion was a positive predictor of the 4th period adjustmen t, and (d) there was no association between neuroticism and adjustment . The effects of support and personality on adjustment, which varied a ccording to the period of stay, were discussed.