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いままでどこの居場所にいても続かない人、
常に自分はここにいていいなのかを悩んでいる人
言葉が見つけない、自分のことを主張しづらい人
未来に不安を感じて、常に絶望的な気分にとらわれる人
人間関係苦手が、友達がいてうらやましいなと思っている人

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Furatto, is a hikikomori community located in Omagari, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. If you need help, please feel free to contact us by email. 1coin.furatto@gmail.com (English, Japanese, Chinese, Malay are ok)



相談に関して

※2019年4月から居場所(13:00 -17:00)の時間を加えて、新規相談者のため、相談の時間を増設します。新規の方は木~月午前部(11:00-13:00)と午後部(17:00-19:00)、ふらっとの利用について、または不登校やひきこもりの相談について受付しています。予約を優先しますが、ふら~と飛び込みは可能です。電話の受付時間は11:00~19:00。メール相談はいつでもオッケーです。※店長Rの相談日は金、日。初めての方も気楽にいらっしゃい~(^^)
※支援者の方の見学や研修など事前に店長Rの了解を得ることが必要。



ふらっとの行事

13:00~17:00 木曜日 音楽の日(ギター、ミュシカールなど) 金曜日 創作の日(料理、編み物、切り絵、折り紙、木工など) 土曜日 35カフェの日、勉強会の日(当事者勉強会、カフェ講座、人間関係など) 日曜日 のんびりの日は基本、たまに研修会など 月曜日 大人の日、パステルアート、おしゃべりの日、抹茶の日。

ふらっとはありのままに自然体を望んでいます。1人でひきこもっていて退屈と感じた方、少しでも人とつながってい見たい方、ひきこもりの状況に縛れたと感じた方はぜひふらっとに一度遊びに来てみてくださいね。月曜日は大人のスタッフ、それ以外はピアスタッフが対応しています。


事務室

秋田大学大学院医学系研究科 助教 ロザリン・ヨン 公衆衛生学修士(香港大学), 精神保健博士(東京大学) 
/ ロザリン研究室(地域作り・若者メンタルヘルス・ひきこもり・自殺予防対策)/ 特定非営利活動法人光希屋(家)
/ 大仙市子供・若者総合相談センター/ 「つながる」「つなぐ」「つながり続ける」/ロザリンの論文集(←ここに押して!)
連絡先:1coin.furatto@gmail.com

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Exploring Hikikomori - A Mixed Methods Qualitative Research

Abstract


Introduction: Hikikomori, a term referred to a person who is in social withdrawal, and who has strictly confined him/herself in a room or house for a continuous period of six months or more, had attracted significant media and academic attention. Hikikomori have no previous diagnosis of existing mental-illness, and because of abrupt onset and association with negative media reports, the phenomenon had created tension and raised public health concerns. The interesting phenomena that arose with this problem among academics were debates about etiology and interventions. This study used a mixed-methods qualitative approach to explore hikikomori. 

Purpose: This study was designed to explore the nature of hikikomori experience and investigated the phenomenon of hikikomori, comparing and contrasting findings with the previous studies and claims, using grounded theory analysis of qualitative data.

Methods: A mixed-methods approach was necessarily adopted to recruit the sample. Snowball sampling methods and virtual participant observation approaches were adopted to circumvent the difficulties in both identifying and recruiting participants.

Data analysis: Grounded theory approach to qualitative analysis.

Results: Eight respondents were recruited using snowball sampling methods, and 160 participants were observed of the virtual participant observation method. Analysis produced three emergent themes, “Coping”, “Trust”, and “Existence”. Each theme comprised one or more categories, which in turn evidenced a number of different elements. Definitive characteristics of hikikomori were obtained from respondents through virtual participant observation. The emergent theoretical framework and the list are mutually supportive in the results obtained from this study, which suggested emotional pain exists in hikikomori in relation to human relationships. The results of the present study suggest that hikikomori is characterized by more diffuse features, including difficulties in coping with people or tasks, difficulties with trust, unhappiness about life and poor concept of time. There was no evidence of violent or aggressive behaviours.


Conclusion: The findings in this study suggest that hikikomori should not be taken lightly nor be considered comparable to depression, agoraphobia or other mental illness. The differences between self-perceived and other-perceived characteristics of hikikomori suggest existing interventions may be inappropriate, and challenges the perspective of time and target subjects. Data suggested that most Hikikomori are deeply unhappy about life and have a low quality of life and poor self-esteem, suggesting early intervention is most likely to be beneficial. The data also suggests that hikikomori is not a cultural-bound social illness limited only to Japanese, but a growing cross-cultural phenomenon. 

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