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Requirement in SSE513:

GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR CRITIQUE AND REFLECTION

After watching the attached reading material, Hikikomori, A Japanese Culture-Bound


Syndrome of Social Withdrawal? A Proposal for DSM-V, students should be able to answer
the following questions:

1. Define hikokomori.
2. What the characteristics or criteria for hikokomori?
3. What are the different (diagnostic) factors that contribute or lead to hikokomori.
4. What do we mean when we say hikokomori is a “culture bound syndrome”?
5. Are there similar cases of social withdrawal or refusal to join social groups in the
Philippines? (search for on-line articles on

6. a) Have you experienced days when you feel like isolating yourself from your social
groups? Expound.

b) Do you think Filipino culture contributes to the openness of Filipinos to be more


sociable and to belong to social groups? Explain.
* Submit on short bond paper, ARIAL “12 font type, single spaced
on September 2-6, 2019, during the class period.

Requirement in SSE513:

GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR CRITIQUE AND REFLECTION

After watching the attached reading material, Hikikomori, A Japanese Culture-Bound


Syndrome of Social Withdrawal? A Proposal for DSM-V, students should be able to answer
the following questions:

1. Define hikokomori.
2. What the characteristics or criteria for hikokomori?
3. What are the different (diagnostic) factors that contribute or lead to hikokomori.
4. What do we mean when we say hikokomori is a “culture bound syndrome”?
5. Are there similar cases of social withdrawal or refusal to join social groups in the
Philippines? (search for on-line articles on

6. a) Have you experienced days when you feel like isolating yourself from your social
groups? Expound.

b) Do you think Filipino culture contributes to the openness of Filipinos to be more


sociable and to belong to social groups? Explain.
* Submit on short bond paper, ARIAL “12 font type, single spaced
on September 2-6, 2019, during the class period.

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