Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research.

ABSTRACT: 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 hikiko

SUBMITTER: Neoh MJY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature