Bosozoku (hot rodders' clan) and car-oriented youth

The bosozoku pattern in western Japan was investigated from the perspective of differences in social or cultural structure as well as in main characteristics of human nature between East and West. We also inquired into the problems of bosozoku in connection with car-orientedness of a young people and revealed what aspects of individual psychological structure have strong influence on this nature. Based on this result, we examined the possibility of making an estimate of the excessive degree of car-orientedness in its early stage.