Developmental Psychology

The Wound of 'Attachment' Pervading Japanese Society — The Structural Problem Produced by Patriarchy, Nuclear Familization, and Intergenerational Transmission

219,170 cases of child abuse, 128,000 cases of domestic violence, 354,000 school refusals, 1.46 million social recluses — these statistics are not independent problems. They share a common root: the structural failure of attachment formation. This article examines the mechanisms of emotional suppression under the patriarchal household system, the isolation of childrearing driven by nuclear familization, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma.