> Another study of 88 hikikomori found that 60% lived with both parents, 18% with just their mother, 3% with their father, and 16% in a 3-generation household..

> Another study of 88 hikikomori found that 60% lived with both parents, 18% with just their mother, 3% with their father, and 16% in a 3-generation household... authors have suggested overprotectedness is more common in families of hikikomori. Enabling parents are one part of the equation. But hikikomori might just be a cultural variant of Internet fixation. Independent adults are less likely to be called out on their addictions, because no caretaker is watching over them. How did the study find 88 hikikomori? They were reported by their parents or friends.