The Retreatism Process of Hikikomori People on the Example of 24 Japanese Hikikomori Clients

In this publication I present a fragment of the results of my doctoral thesis, in which assuming in the sociological perspective that I am dealing with an example or a form of one of five types of adaptation to the situation of anomie named by the American sociologist Robert K. Merton: “retreatism’...

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Main Author: Karolina Aleksandra Kalita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Francis de Sales Scientific Society (TNFS.PL) 2019-01-01
Series:Seminare
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Online Access:https://ojs.seminare.pl/index.php/seminare/article/view/455
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Summary:In this publication I present a fragment of the results of my doctoral thesis, in which assuming in the sociological perspective that I am dealing with an example or a form of one of five types of adaptation to the situation of anomie named by the American sociologist Robert K. Merton: “retreatism’’, on the example of 24 Japanese Hikikomori clients, described a problem being at the center of my scientific interests - the Shakaiteki Hikikomori (Eng. Social Withdrawal) in Japan (i.a. the profile of Hikikomori person, the retreatism process of Hikikomori people, the socio-cultural factors favoring the retreatism option in the form of Hikikomori etc.) More specifically, in this publication I present the retreatism process of Hikikomori people.
ISSN:1232-8766
2450-1328