A cross‐cultural comparison of ethnocentrism among Japanese and United States college students

This study is a cross‐cultural comparison of ethnocentrism among Japanese and American college students. Both Japanese (N=372) and American (N=173) college students completed a measure of ethnocentrism and responded to several questions about their travel experiences, interaction with foreigners, and other similar kinds of questions. Results revealed that Japanese students scored significantly higher in ethnocentrism than the American students. Further results indicate that in both samples, men scored higher in ethnocentrism than women. The within group differences across both cultures were remarkably similar. In both Japanese and American samples, class rank, travel abroad experiences, interaction with foreigners, and hometown populations did not affect ethnocentrism scores.