국제사회 ; 재일코리안 청소년의 민족정체성 형성요인과 효과 분석 = International Society ; Factors of Korean Japanese youth`s ethnic identity formation and its effect analysis

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Currently, about 58 million Korean Japanese reside in Japan. To overcome the discrimination of the Japanese government and society, the previous generation of Korean Japanese had been maintaining a strong ethnic identity in Japan. But some of Korean Japanese adolescents were naturalized by the Japanese government`s assimilation policy. As a result, Korean nationality disclaimer has been increasing. In this context, this study examines what is the determining factors of ethnic identity of Korean Japanese youth, and explores the effect of ethnic identity. The main results of this study are as follows. First, age, name, nationality, school, parental influence, and Korean language skills were confirmed as the determining factors of ethnic identity. Second, Strong ethnic identity of adolescents prevents from naturalization, increases lots of interests about Korea, and makes them positive participation in the Korean network.