Saturday, April 18, 2015

New citations to articles in Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation's profile

Dear readers,
There is one more citation in prestogious  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry with impact factor: 3.765 | Ranking:Psychiatry (SSCI) 18 out of 124 | Psychiatry (SCI) 31 out of 135.
In this article is JSER citation.

Youth social withdrawal behavior (hikikomori): A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies

TMH Li, PWC Wong - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2015
Objective: Acute and/or severe social withdrawal behavior among youth was seen as a culture-bound psychiatric syndrome in Japan, but more youth social withdrawal cases in different countries have been discovered recently.
 
The article is no open access and I will provide you with the abstract.

Youth social withdrawal behavior (hikikomori): A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies by Tim MH Li and Paul WC Wong

Abstract

Objective: Acute and/or severe social withdrawal behavior among youth was seen as a culture-bound psychiatric syndrome in Japan, but more youth social withdrawal cases in different countries have been discovered recently. However, due to the lack of a formal definition and diagnostic tool for youth social withdrawal, cross-cultural observational and intervention studies are limited. We aimed to consolidate existing knowledge in order to understand youth social withdrawal from diverse perspectives and suggest different interventions for different trajectories of youth social withdrawal.
Method: This review examined the current available scientific information on youth social withdrawal in the academic databases: ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and PubMed. We included quantitative and qualitative studies of socially withdrawn youths published in English and academic peer-reviewed journals.
Results: We synthesized the information into the following categories: (1) definitions of youth social withdrawal, (2) developmental theories, (3) factors associated with youth social withdrawal and (4) interventions for socially withdrawn youths. Accordingly, there are diverse and controversial definitions for youth social withdrawal. Studies of youth social withdrawal are based on models that lead to quite different conclusions. Researchers with an attachment perspective view youth social withdrawal as a negative phenomenon, whereas those who adopt Erikson’s developmental theory view it more positively as a process of seeking self-knowledge. Different interventions for socially withdrawn youths have been developed, mainly in Japan, but evidence-based practice is almost non-existent.
Conclusion: We propose a theoretical framework that views youth social withdrawal as resulting from the interplay between psychological, social and behavioral factors. Future validation of the framework will help drive forward advances in theory and interventions for youth social withdrawal as an emerging issue in developed countries.
 
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