Korean Returnee Students' Stress in their School lives Classified by the Countries Where They Stayed Abroad : Focusing on the Korean returnee students from the U.S.A., Japan, and China

This research aims to clarify the stress structure of Korean returnee students from the United States, Japan and China and also aims to examine how the characters of stresses vary according to the returnee students’ host countries and attribute factors (duration of stay and gender). I have conducted questionnaires of 165 returnee students from the United States, Japan and China who attend Korean junior and senior high schools, thereafter coming up with a statistical analysis. As a result of having examined the differences in stresses according to returnee students’ host countries and attribute factors, it was known that those who had stayed overseas more than 36 months were more prone to stress in the categories such as ‘dissatisfaction with teachers’ and ‘negative reaction to the experience in one’s home country’ than those who had stayed less than 36 months. As in the category ‘difficulty in dealing with the class culture enforcements’, it became clear that the returnee students from the United States get more stress than those from Japan. In addition, it was known that the returnee students from the United Sta tes were more likely to get stress from ‘discord with friends ’ compared to those from China, and the female students were more likely to get stress from ‘negative reaction to the experience in one’s home country’ compared to male students