Kohei Hayakawa, Takahiro A Kato, Motoki Watabe, Alan R Teo, Hideki Horikawa, Nobuki Kuwano, Norihiro Shimokawa, Mina Sato-Kasai, Hiroaki Kubo, Masahiro Ohgidani, Noriaki Sagata, Hiroyuki Toda, Masaru Tateno, Naotaka Shinfuku, Junji Kishimoto, Shigenobu Kanba
Hikikomori, a severe form of social withdrawal syndrome, is a growing social issue in Japan and internationally. The pathophysiology of hikikomori has not yet been elucidated and an effective treatment remains to be established. Recently, we revealed that avoidant personality disorder is the most common comorbidity of hikikomori. Thus, we have postulated that avoidant personality is the personality underpinning hikikomori. First, we herein show relationships between avoidant personality traits, blood biomarkers, hikikomori-related psychological features, and behavioural characteristics assessed by a trust game in non-hikikomori volunteers...
February 13, 2018: Scientific Reports