Hikikomori, a severe form of social withdrawal, has long been observed in Japan mainly
among youth and adolescents since around the 1970s, and has been especially highlighted …

The cause of hikikomori has not been well understood, and the emergence of internet may
be one of the important contributing factors for the occurrence of hikikomori. Whether …

There have been few population studies of hikikomori (that is, prolonged social withdrawal
and isolation), and the basic correlating factors of hikikomori are yet to be identified …

Objective: This review, which was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021237988), aimed
to systematically extract common elements in the hikikomori definition or criteria applied by …

Background Existing literature that examines the Hikikomori-like idiom of distress (HLID)
initially labelled this phenomenon as a culture-bound syndrome. However, the increasing …

Objective A form of pathological social withdrawal which is also called hikikomori has been
proved its existence in China. But the prevalence and characteristics of hikikomori in China …

Hikikomori, which originated in Japan, refers to the condition where youths withdraw into the
home and do not participate in society for an extended period of time. Recent updates on …

A serious form of social withdrawal, initially described within Japan as hikikomori, has
received increasing attention from the international scientific community during the last …

Aim Hikikomori, a form of pathological social withdrawal, has been suggested to have
comorbidity with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aimed to clarify how …

The aim of this study is to review the available literature investigating the relationship
between hikikomori, a pathological condition characterized by severe social withdrawal or …