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Author: Alexander Krieg

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Alexander Krieg is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His program of research focuses on hikikomori, cross-cultural psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on how the intersection of culture and cognition influences the expression of social anxiety, shyness, and social anhedonia in East Asian and Western contexts.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Reclusive Shut-ins: Are Hikikomori Predominantly a Japanese Problem?

Alexander Krieg outlines the misconceptions surrounding hikikomori, and the ways in which social withdrawal may be best explained by existing psychiatric disorders.

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