Dampak Negatif dari Hikikomori

Abstract

Hikikomori is a condition of self-isolation without participating in social activities in their environment for more than six months. Writing this final project aims to explain what hikikomori is, the difference between hikikomori and other mental disorders, the negative impact of hikikomori. The author uses the library method by taking sources from several books related to hikikomori and mental disorders, journals from several institutions on hikikomori and articles on the Internet related to hikikomori. The results of writing this thesis show that there are many teenagers and adults in Japan who commit hikikomori acts caused by demands and pressures from one's environment which are felt to be too heavy for hikikomori perpetrators. In Japan itself hikikomori is one of the factors causing the current decline in the Japanese population because hikikomori are increasingly popular and practiced by many people. The hikikomori phenomenon has even become well-known in other countries due to easy access to the internet. According to the DSM-IV (a diagnostic manual published by the American Psychiatric Association) hikikomori is not yet considered a mental illness, but Dr. Tamaki Saito believes that if hikikomori is allowed to continue, it can trigger the emergence of other mental illnesses for someone.