著者

鈴木 晶子

出版者

東京大学大学院教育学研究科

雑誌

東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (ISSN:13421050)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, pp.227-239, 2005-03-10

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The purpose of this paper is to obtain an overview of the current state of community support for "Hikikomori", to develop a model of the support for Hikikomori in community setting, and to indicate problems that we have to solve. The support for family of youths in Hikikomori state is to help mental suffering that family have, and to think together and suggest concrete, adequate ways to approach Hikikomori youths. These supports take such forms as study groups by family themselves and family session and family therapy. The support for Hikikomori youths is provided in the forms of personal session, home visit, free space, SST group and so on. The process of support for Hikikomori begins with the support for family, follows the support for Hikikomori youths mainly in the form of personal session, and then spreads various resources such as mental friends and free space. For better support for help Hikikomori, however, present difficulties must be overcomed, which include the shortage of human resources and the luck of sufficient network in community, especially collaboration between municipality and private support sector. Moreover, we should study the effects of existing ways of supporting, especially the support to youths in Hikikomori state, and improve them qualitatively and quantitatively