Published on in Vol 5, No 2 (2018): Apr-Jun

Harnessing Social Media to Explore Youth Social Withdrawal in Three Major Cities in China: Cross-Sectional Web Survey

Harnessing Social Media to Explore Youth Social Withdrawal in Three Major Cities in China: Cross-Sectional Web Survey

Harnessing Social Media to Explore Youth Social Withdrawal in Three Major Cities in China: Cross-Sectional Web Survey

Journals

  1. Tan M, Lee W, Kato T. International experience of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal) and its relevance to psychiatric research. BJPsych International 2021;18(2):34 View
  2. Yong R, Nomura K. Hikikomori Is Most Associated With Interpersonal Relationships, Followed by Suicide Risks: A Secondary Analysis of a National Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2019;10 View
  3. Pereira-Sanchez V, Alvarez-Mon M, Asunsolo del Barco A, Alvarez-Mon M, Teo A. Exploring the Extent of the Hikikomori Phenomenon on Twitter: Mixed Methods Study of Western Language Tweets. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019;21(5):e14167 View
  4. Wong J, Wan M, Kroneman L, Kato T, Lo T, Wong P, Chan G. Hikikomori Phenomenon in East Asia: Regional Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for Social Health Agencies. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2019;10 View
  5. Kato T, Shinfuku N, Tateno M. Internet society, internet addiction, and pathological social withdrawal: the chicken and egg dilemma for internet addiction and hikikomori. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2020;33(3):264 View
  6. Katsuki R, Tateno M, Kubo H, Kurahara K, Hayakawa K, Kuwano N, Kanba S, Kato T. Autism spectrum conditions in hikikomori: A pilot case–control study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2020;74(12):652 View
  7. Martinotti G, Vannini C, Di Natale C, Sociali A, Stigliano G, Santacroce R, di Giannantonio M. Hikikomori: psychopathology and differential diagnosis of a condition with epidemic diffusion. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2021;25(2):187 View
  8. Funakoshi A, Saito M, Yong R, Suzuki M. Home visiting support for people with hikikomori (social withdrawal) provided by experienced and effective workers. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2022;68(4):836 View
  9. Zhu S, Lee P, Wong P. Investigating prolonged social withdrawal behaviour as a risk factor for self-harm and suicidal behaviours. BJPsych Open 2021;7(3) View
  10. Ayoub M, Udo C, Randell E. Promoting social engagement for young adults living in social isolation in Sweden: social workers and health care professionals’ perceptions of success factors. Nordic Social Work Research 2023;13(1):63 View
  11. Nonaka S, Takeda T, Sakai M. Who are hikikomori? Demographic and clinical features of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal): A systematic review. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2022;56(12):1542 View
  12. Agaku I. Methodological considerations for the design and implementation of reliable and valid web surveys. Public Health Toxicology 2021;1(1):1 View
  13. Amendola S, Presaghi F, Teo A, Cerutti R. Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the 25-Item Hikikomori Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022;19(20):13552 View
  14. Nonaka S, Sakai M. Measuring the Quality of Life for Individuals With Prolonged Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori). Psychiatry Investigation 2022;19(5):341 View
  15. Hu X, Fan D, Shao Y. Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori) Conditions in China: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey. Frontiers in Psychology 2022;13 View
  16. Pereira-Sanchez V, Alvarez-Mon M, Horinouchi T, Kawagishi R, Tan M, Hooker E, Alvarez-Mon M, Teo A. Examining Tweet Content and Engagement of Users With Tweets About Hikikomori in Japanese: Mixed Methods Study of Social Withdrawal. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(1):e31175 View
  17. Coeli G, Planas-Lladó A, Soler-Masó P. The relevance of educational contexts in the emergence of Social Withdrawal (hikikomori). A review and directions for future research. International Journal of Educational Development 2023;99:102756 View
  18. Neoh M, Carollo A, Lim M, Esposito G. Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023;20(9):5657 View
  19. Bonnaire C, Roignot Z. Relationship Between Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori), Personality, and Coping in an Adult Population. Psychiatry Investigation 2023;20(8):740 View
  20. Dell’Osso L, Amatori G, Muti D, Giovannoni F, Parri F, Violi M, Cremone I, Carpita B. Autism Spectrum, Hikikomori Syndrome and Internet Gaming Disorder: Is There a Link?. Brain Sciences 2023;13(7):1116 View
  21. Kato T, Kanba S, Teo A. Hikikomori : Multidimensional understanding, assessment, and future international perspectives. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2019;73(8):427 View
  22. Al-Sibani N, Chan M, Al-Huseini S, Al Kharusi N, Guillemin G, Al-Abri M, Ganesh A, Al Hasani Y, Al-Adawi S, Arnout B. Exploring Hikikomori-like idiom of distress a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Oman: Factorial validity of the 25-item Hikikomori Questionnaire, prevalence and associated factors. PLOS ONE 2023;18(8):e0279612 View
  23. Hai R, Wong P. Emerging trends in Hikikomori behaviour among young people in China: Implications for research and policy. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2024;93:103925 View
  24. Correia Lopes F, Pinto da Costa M, Fernandez-Lazaro C, Lara-Abelenda F, Pereira-Sanchez V, Teo A, Alvarez-Mon M. Analysis of the hikikomori phenomenon – an international infodemiology study of Twitter data in Portuguese. BMC Public Health 2024;24(1) View
  25. Kato T, Sartorius N, Shinfuku N. Shifting the paradigm of social withdrawal: a new era of coexisting pathological and non-pathological hikikomori. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2024;37(3):177 View
  26. Kanai K, Kitamura Y, Zha L, Tanaka K, Ikeda M, Sobue T. Prevalence of and factors influencing Hikikomori in Osaka City, Japan: A population-based cross-sectional study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2024;70(5):967 View
  27. Amendola S, Cerutti R. Examining the relationship between social withdrawal motivations and symptoms of hikikomori. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health 2023;35(1-3):25 View
  28. Carpita B, Bonelli C, Giovannoni F, Parri F, Gambini M, Nardi B, Amatori G, Cremone I, Pini S, Dell’Osso L. Case report: hikikomori syndrome in Italy and its link with autistic traits and internet gaming disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2024;15 View
  29. Alvarez de Mon M, Sánchez-Villegas A, Gutiérrez-Rojas L, Martinez-Gonzalez M. Screen exposure, mental health and emotional well-being in the adolescent population: is it time for governments to take action?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2024;78(12):759 View
  30. Qiu Y, Zhao X, Liu J, Li Z, Wu M, Qiu L, Xiong Z, Wang X, Yang F. Understanding the relationship between smartphone distraction, social withdrawal, digital stress, and depression among college students: A cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China. Heliyon 2024;10(15):e35465 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Kato T. Starting At the Beginning. View
  2. Wong P, Li T. The Handbook of Solitude. View
  3. Naka H. New Trends and Challenges in Information Science and Information Seeking Behaviour. View