The Japanese Hikikomori Phenomenon: Acute Social Withdrawal among Young People

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Evidence for Another Response to Ostracism (2016, background): “A phenomenon called Hikikomori in Japan describes a recent epidemic among marginalized, bullied, or excluded youth who lock themselves in their rooms for months and years, even to the point of illness and social dysfunction (Furlong, 2008; Kaneko, 2006).”