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- Title
The Roots of Stress-death and Juvenile Delinquency in Japan: Disciplinary Ambivalence and Perceived Locus of Control.
- Authors
Tubbs, Walter
- Abstract
Japan is ordinarily thought of as a country noted for its lack of violent crime and the general safety of its citizens. But there is now widespread incidence, almost an epidemic, of bullying (ijime), student violence against other students, and against teachers, juvenile delinquency, violence in the home, and a growing rate of absenteeism and youth suicide for reasons related to the larger problem. Another issue, which has heretofore not been connected to the antisocial behavior of Japanese youth, is karoushi, usually translated as "sudden death from overwork," and it is my contention that they share the same roots: the failure to learn self-control, and the perception that the locus of control is external. It is the tentative thesis of this essay that, on the one hand, Japanese society in general places too much emphasis on external locus of control (rules, regulations, authority figures), and that, on the other hand, individual parents -- through such things as over-indulgence -- do not teach their children sufficient self-(internal) control. In this essay I present the concept of perceived locus of control as it relates to various aspects of personality and development, and therefore to the problems of anti-social behavior and the meaning of work.
- Subjects
JAPAN; JAPANESE social conditions; SELF-control in children; BULLYING -- Social aspects; CRIMES against students; SUICIDAL behavior in youth; SCHOOL attendance; JAPAN. National Police Agency; SOCIAL problems; JUVENILE delinquency -- Social aspects; HELPLESSNESS (Psychology) in children; PSYCHOLOGICAL child abuse
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1994, Vol 13, Issue 7, p507
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00881296