Citation

Funakoshi A, Miyamoto Y. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2014; 69(4): 210-219.

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Mie Prefectural College of Nursing, Tsu, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/pcn.12230

PMID

25131493

Abstract

AIMS: Hikikomori is a new psycho-sociological phenomenon among youth, which is almost complete withdrawal from social interaction and has been paid considerable attention in community mental health in Japan. The aims of the present study are to identify the influential factors of family difficulties of parents who use support services for children with hikikomori in comparisons between fathers and mothers.

METHODS: Data were collected from 110 parents (55 couples) of children with hikikomori on family difficulties, quality of life, and depression variables were elicited by self reporting questionnaires. To assess the influential factors of Family Difficulties for parents with children with hikikomori, hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were carried out in respect of gender.

RESULTS: While 94.5% of mothers received some kind of family support, only 61.9% of fathers received it. For both genders, the number of services which the fathers received was significantly correlated with lesser difficulties in marital cooperation, and the number of services which the mothers received was significantly correlated with lesser difficulties in support resource utilization.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study highlights the necessity of fathers receiving more support, and suggests that it is important for professionals to encourage parents to address their difficulties together.

Language: en