Japanese youth: the other half of the crisis?

Abstract

Dr Yuko Kawanishi is a sociologist specializing in social psychology and mental health. She has written academic articles and columns in newspapers on cross‐cultural mental health, family, education and various social issues in Japan. She is currently an Associate Professor at the International Student Center of Tokyo Gakugei University.

Notes

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Kazuo Nishimura, Gakuryoku Teika to Shin Shidō Yōryō [Lowering of Academic Ability and the New Teaching Guideline], Iwanami Booklet No. 538, 2001, p. 49.

Naoki Ogi, Kodomo no Kiki wo Dō Miruka [How should we see the crisis of children?]. Iwanami Shinsho, 2001, pp. 7–8.

Ibid., p. 9.

Ibid., pp. 88–89.

Y. Sakagami, op. cit. [1], p. 35.

Ken Ohira, Yasashisa no Seishinbyōri [Pathology of ‘Gentleness’]. Iwanami Shinsho, 1995.

Mainichi Shimbun, ‘Futoko Saita 139,000 [School Non‐attendance Record High, 139,000]’, August 10, 2002.

Noriaki Fukuda, ‘Gakkō Futeikiō wo Rikai Suru: School Counselor no Tachiba Kara [Understanding School Maladjustment: From the Standpoint of a School Counselor]’. Kogoro no Kagaku [Science of Human Mind] 87 (1999) 33. Nihon Hyōron Sha.

Yuko Kawanishi, ‘Breaking Up Still Hard to Do’. Japan Quarterly, July–September (1998) 85.

Walter Slote, ‘Psycho‐cultural Dynamics within the Confucian Family’, in Confucianism and the Family, W. Slote and G. De Vos (eds). State University of New York Press, 1998, pp. 37–51.

Y. Kawanishi, op. cit. [10] 88.

Asashi Shimbun, ‘Furin, Rikon, Hādoru Hikuku [Low Hurdle for Infidelity and Divorce]’, January 1, 1998.

N. Ogi, op. cit. [3], pp. 135–137.

Satoru Saito, Kazoku Izonshō [Family Addiction]. Shinchō Bunko, 1999.

Tamaki Saito, Shakaiteki Hikikomori: owaranai shishunki [Social Withdrawal: endless adolescence]. PHP Shinsho, 2001.

S. Saito, op. cit. [15].

Mainichi Shimbun, ‘Itami’ No Yokan? Shōrai Ni Hikanteki [Premonition for ‘Pain’? Pessimistic future outlook]’, August 1, 2001.