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Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research
The Japanese term hikikomori was first used to describe prolonged social withdrawal in the 1990s. Since then, research across the world have reported similar prolonged social withdrawal in many countries outside Japan. This study systematically analyses the evolution of literature on hikikomori in t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10177810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095657 |
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author | Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Carollo, Alessandro Lim, Mengyu Esposito, Gianluca |
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description | The Japanese term hikikomori was first used to describe prolonged social withdrawal in the 1990s. Since then, research across the world have reported similar prolonged social withdrawal in many countries outside Japan. This study systematically analyses the evolution of literature on hikikomori in the past 20 years to gain a better understanding of the development of the knowledge base on hikikomori since it garnered attention in Japan. Findings from the scientometric review indicate many perspectives on the etiology of hikikomori including cultural, attachment, family systems and sociological approaches. However, similarities with modern type depression, a novel psychiatric syndrome, have been proposed and there are signs of a recent paradigm shift of hikikomori as a society-bound syndrome rather than a cultural-bound syndrome unique to Japan. As research into hikikomori continues to grow, results from the review also highlight the need for a more universally shared definition of hikikomori in order to better consolidate cross-cultural research for meaningful and valid cross-cultural comparisons which can help to promote evidence-based therapeutic interventions for hikikomori. |
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spelling | pubmed-101778102023-05-13 Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Carollo, Alessandro Lim, Mengyu Esposito, Gianluca Int J Environ Res Public Health Systematic Review The Japanese term hikikomori was first used to describe prolonged social withdrawal in the 1990s. Since then, research across the world have reported similar prolonged social withdrawal in many countries outside Japan. This study systematically analyses the evolution of literature on hikikomori in the past 20 years to gain a better understanding of the development of the knowledge base on hikikomori since it garnered attention in Japan. Findings from the scientometric review indicate many perspectives on the etiology of hikikomori including cultural, attachment, family systems and sociological approaches. However, similarities with modern type depression, a novel psychiatric syndrome, have been proposed and there are signs of a recent paradigm shift of hikikomori as a society-bound syndrome rather than a cultural-bound syndrome unique to Japan. As research into hikikomori continues to grow, results from the review also highlight the need for a more universally shared definition of hikikomori in order to better consolidate cross-cultural research for meaningful and valid cross-cultural comparisons which can help to promote evidence-based therapeutic interventions for hikikomori. MDPI 2023-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10177810/ /pubmed/37174175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095657 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Carollo, Alessandro Lim, Mengyu Esposito, Gianluca Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title | Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title_full | Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title_fullStr | Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title_full_unstemmed | Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title_short | Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research |
title_sort | hikikomori: a scientometric review of 20 years of research |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10177810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174175 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095657 |
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