High context societies tend to rely on their history; their status, their relationships, and a plethora of other information, including religion, to assign meaning to an event. In a low context society, explanation comes more through words or verbalization instead of context. Both cultures cultivate different views on expression of self-image, which brings up an intriguing question: Is one societal context more or less detrimental to one's self-image? Varying studies on self-image, awareness and personality development in high context societies come to differing conclusions depending on an individual's personal upbringing, which only proves the interchangeability of the self as a whole. Through Psychological Journals and first hand accounts from Japanese natives who have emigrated to the United States, this SOAR Project topic will study the differences between high and low context societies, and may come to a more conclusive answer to the question proposed.