Prolonged Social Withdrawal During Adolescence: Transdiagnostic Syndrome or a New Psychiatric Entity?
Hikikomori
Primary hikikomori
Prolonged social withdrawal
Youth social withdrawal
Journal
Child psychiatry and human development
ISSN: 1573-3327
Titre abrégé: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1275332
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Mar 2023
08 Mar 2023
Historique:
accepted:
18
02
2023
entrez:
8
3
2023
pubmed:
9
3
2023
medline:
9
3
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The Japanese term Hikikomori is used to describe a clinical condition in which young people present a prolonged social withdrawal and isolation. Hikikomori syndrome represents an emergent worldwide phenomenon but is still poorly reported and often misdiagnosed. This study investigates and describes an Italian hikikomori adolescent group. Socio-demographic and psychopathological profiles and the relationship between hikikomori and psychopathological conditions were analyzed. No gender difference, a medium-high intellectual level, and no correlation with socioeconomic status were highlighted among the clinical group. The relationship between social withdrawal and social anxiety was significant while no correlation was found with depressive symptoms. The presence of Hikikomori syndrome was also significant in Italian adolescents, suggesting that hikikomori is not a culture-bound syndrome related to the Japanese cultural context, but rather a syndrome occurring in the upper-medium class.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36884181
doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01513-0
pii: 10.1007/s10578-023-01513-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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