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Graduate School of Medicine Doctorial Course in Medicine Public Health and Environmental Medicine Department of Environmental health science and Public Health |
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1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City |
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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community building
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mental health
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Internet addiction
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social isolation)
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hikikomori (social withdrawal
Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】
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-2000.07
Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Environmental Studies Graduated
Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】
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2010.04-2013.03
The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of Medicine Mental Health Doctor's Course Completed
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2006.09-2009.11
The University of Hong Kong The School of Public Health Public Health Practice Master's Course Completed
Degree 【 display / non-display 】
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The University of Hong Kong - Master in Public Health
Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2016.04-Now
Akita University Graduate School of Medicine Doctorial Course in Medicine Public Health and Environmental Medicine The Department of Public Health Assistant Professor
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2015.07-2016.03
Akita University Graduate School of Medicine Specially-appointed Assistant Professor
External Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2013.02-2014.01
Health and Global Policy Institute Researcher
Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】
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2020.10-Now
Japan
Japan Academy of Public Health Nursing
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2010.04-Now
Japan
Japan Public Health Association
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Life Science / Gerontological nursing and community health nursing
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Life Science / Hygiene and public health (laboratory) / Community Health
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology of education
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Life Science / Medical management and medical sociology
Thesis for a degree 【 display / non-display 】
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日本人集団における3つのインターネット依存症尺度の信頼性と妥当性
ヨン キム フォン ロザリン
2013.03
Single author
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Cross-sectional survey of depressive symptoms and suicide-related ideation at a Japanese national university during the COVID-19 stay-home order.
Nomura K.,Minamizono S.,Maeda E.,Kim R.,Iwata T,Hirayama J,Ono K,Fushimi M.,Goto T.,Mishima K.,Yamamoto F.
Environ Health Prev Med. 26 ( 1 ) 2021.12 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
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Home visiting support for people with hikikomori (social withdrawal) provided by experienced and effective workers
Funakoshi A, Saito M, Yong R, Suzuki M.
International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2021.04 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
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Characteristics of and gender difference factors of hikikomori among the working-age population: a cross-sectional population study in rural Japan
Roseline KF Yong, Koji Fujita, Patsy YK CHau, Hisanaga Sasaki
日本公衆衛生雑誌 2020.04 [Refereed] [Invited]
Research paper (journal) International Co-author
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Yong Kim Fong Roseline, Nomura Kyoko
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2019.04 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
There have been few population studies of hikikomori (that is, prolonged social withdrawal and isolation), and the basic correlating factors of hikikomori are yet to be identified. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the associated basic characteristics and psychiatric factors of hikikomori. Data were obtained from the Survey of Young People’s Attitudes of 5,000 residents (aged 15–39 years) who were randomly selected from 200 urban and suburban municipalities in Japan in February 2010. The chi-square test and multiple logistic regression were used in the analysis. The data contained 3,262 participants (response rate: 65.4%); 47.7% were men (n = 1,555) and 52.3% were women (n = 1,707). Its prevalence was 1.8% (n = 58), and 41% had been in the hikikomori state for more than 3 years. There were fewer hikikomori people in neighborhoods filled with business and service industries. Significantly more men were in the hikikomori group (65.5%) than in the non-hikikomori group (47.3%). The hikikomori group was more likely to drop out of education (p < .001) and to have a psychiatric treatment history compared with non-hikikomori (37.9% vs 5%, p < .001). The multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that interpersonal relationships were significantly associated with hikikomori across three models (Model 1 adjusting for all basic characteristics, OR = 2.30, 95% CI = 1.92–2.76; Model 2 further adjusting for mental health-related factors, OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.64–2.68; Model 3 further adjusting for a previous psychiatric treatment history, OR = 1.95, 95% CI = 1.52–2.51). Additionally, the hikikomori group was more likely to have suicide risk factors (Model 1: OR = 1.85, 95% CI = 1.56–2.20; Model 2: OR = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.05–1.67), obsessive–compulsive behaviors (Model 1: OR = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.20–2.05), and addictive behaviors (Model 1: OR = 1.93, 95% CI = 1.37–2.70). This is the first study to show that hikikomori is associated with interpersonal relationships, followed by suicide risks. Hikikomori people are more likely to be male, have a history of dropping out from education, and have a previous psychiatric treatment history.
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Fujihara Satoko, Inoue Akiomi, Kubota Kazumi, Yong Kim Fong Roseline, Kondo Katsunori
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 26 125 - 135 2018.11 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
Abstract
Background
We examined the association between caregiver burden and work productivity (i.e., absenteeism, presenteeism, and overall work impairment) among working family caregivers of people with dementia and whether job characteristics (i.e., job demands, job control, supervisor and coworker support) moderate this association.
Methods
A cross-sectional correlational study design using a web-based questionnaire survey was conducted among 379 Japanese working family caregivers of people with dementia (105 female, age range 20–77) in May 2016, which measured caregiver burden, work productivity, care situation, job characteristics, and demographics. Caregiver burden was designated as an independent variable and each aspect of work productivity as a dependent variable in a hierarchical multiple regression analysis, adjusting for demographics. Interaction terms between caregiver burden and each job characteristic were also included in the model.
Results
Caregiver burden was significantly and positively associated with presenteeism (β = 0.219, p < 0.001) and overall work impairment (β = 0.181, p < 0.001), while the association of caregiver burden with absenteeism was not significant (β = − 0.003, p = 0.953). Interaction effects of caregiver burden × coworker support on presenteeism (β = − 0.189, p = 0.023) and overall work impairment (β = − 0.172, p = 0.034) were significant. According to simple slope analyses, caregiver burden was greater at lower levels of coworker support compared to higher levels of coworker support for both presenteeism and overall work impairment.
Conclusions
Our study suggests that higher caregiver burden is associated with a decrease in work productivity. Additionally, coworker support appears to buffer the association of caregiver burden with presenteeism and overall work impairment among working family caregivers of people with dementia. -
Hikikomori rescue G.I.Joe, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 17K09191 Report
Roseline Kim Fong Yong, Hisanaga Sasaki, Masato Kitajima
1 ( 1 ) 1 2022.03
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Association between hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal and isolation) and lifestyle, psychosocial factors and social capital
14 ( 1 ) 22 - 28 2018.05
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Books 【 display / non-display 】
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Understanding and Supporting Hikikomori: How to Support Individuals and Families in Isolation
2021.03 ISBN: 9784866161198
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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
Project Year： 2021.04 - 2024.03
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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
Project Year： 2017.04 - 2020.03
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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
Project Year： 2015.04 - 2017.03
Presentations 【 display / non-display 】
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Process of outreach services for people with hikikomori (social withdrawal) by expert workers
Akiko Funakoshi, Masako Saito, Roseline Yong, Midori Suzuki
24th World Congress of IACAPAP (Singapore) 2020.12 - 2020.12 The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions' (IACAPAP)
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Empowering the hikikomori individual to recovery: coping, trust, existence.
Roseline Yong [Invited]
4th Eastern European Conference of Mental Health (Dolj, Romania) 2020.11 - 2020.11 Mental Health Association of South-Eastern Europe
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Study on the importance of individual level cognitive social capital in suicide prevention among the community-dwelling people.
Kaneko Y., Fujita J., Yong R., Sasaki H., Eboshida A., Motohashi Y.
第5回ヨーロッパ精神衛生会議 (Prague) 2016.09 - 2016.09
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Differences between younger and older hikikomori people.
Yong R., Fujita K., Sasaki H.
第22回国際児童青年精神医学とその近接領域学会 2016.09 - 2016.09
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Similarities and differences between acute social withdrawal (hikikomori) and Internet addiction.
Yong R., Funakoshi A
第22回国際児童青年精神医学とその近接領域学会 2016.09 - 2016.09
Media Report 【 display / non-display 】
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Medical Science Café in Daisen, Japan"Regular Cancer Screening
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Medical Science Café in Daisen, Japan"Regular Cancer Screening
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Akita University Faculty Talks about Cancer and Mental Health at "Medical Science Café" in Daisen
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Akita University Faculty Talks about Cancer and Mental Health at "Medical Science Café" in Daisen
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Activity report on Wednesday, November 23, 2022