著者

堀川 寛

出版者

一般社団法人 日本家族心理学会

雑誌

家族心理学研究 (ISSN:09150625)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.2, pp.116-128, 2010-11-30 (Released:2023-04-05)

参考文献数

18

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Social Withdrawal, “Hikikomori” in Japanese, has been a serious social problem for over twenty years in Japan. Although it is almost impossible to know the clear numbers of Hikikomori, from about half million to million people could be categorized in this term. A lot of studies and researches have been issued to elucidate the reason and to find out the solution of this problem. Some of the researchers began to shed light on Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) as one of the major causes of Hikikomori, recently. The purpose of this study is to make clear the relation between PDD and Hikikomori, and the features of Hikikomori caused by PDD, by the interview with five mothers of Hikikomori sons. The result of the interview shows some significant ideas which help us understand why these people became Hikikomori. Although the symptoms of PDD appeared even from childhood, mothers did not take them seriously. After some problems happened on their sons, the mothers went to the public health center. But they had to go to different specialists until they could get a clear diagnosis. Even after their sons were diagnosed PDD, they could not get the particular support for their sons, so that their situations have not been improved yet.