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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress to Psychopathologies among Japanese Workers (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Young, H., Maybury, S., & Aledeh, M. (2022). Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress to Psychopathologies among Japanese Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), Article 12423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912423

As awareness of mental health increases worldwide, how to improve mental health has begun to be discussed in many countries. Stress is known to cause diverse physical and mental health problems, including psychopathologies. On the other hand, our pre... Read More about Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress to Psychopathologies among Japanese Workers.

Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Charles, A., & Slade, M. (2024). Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, 1096–1102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00916-9

Mental health peer support (PS) is a relational approach to recovery. Service users are helped through a relationship focused on connection with a PS worker who shares similar experiences. Despite the strong evidence base, the mechanisms of action fo... Read More about Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support.

Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Kuehne, J., Lieu, J., Kotera, Y., & Taylor, E. (2022). Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, https://doi.org/10.54127/FABB9024

Introduction: The global coronavirus pandemic and the governmental restrictions to prevent the virus from spreading have generated anxiety, impacting people’s well-being. Former research suggested a positive impact of pets on their owner’s well-being... Read More about Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study.

Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Asano, K., Kotera, H., Ohshima, R., & Rushforth, A. (2022). Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), Article 10497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710497

Workplace mental health is a cause for concern in many countries. Globally, 78% of the workforce experienced impairment of their mental health in 2020. In Japan, more than half of employees are mentally distressed. Previously, research has identified... Read More about Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems.

Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Gorchakova, V., Maybury, S., Edwards, A.-M., & Kotera, H. (2022). Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study. Healthcare, 10(8), Article 1580. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081580

While the demand for online education and the diversity of online students have been increasing worldwide, how online students motivate themselves to continuously engage in learning remains to be appraised. Research in the face-to-face contexts repor... Read More about Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study.

Cross-Country Student Perceptions about Online Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Suzuki, T., Murayama, A., Kotera, Y., Bhandari, D., Senoo, Y., Tani, Y., …Ozaki, A. (2022). Cross-Country Student Perceptions about Online Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), Article 2840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052840

(1) Introduction: Most educational institutions around the world have shifted from traditional face-to-face to online education amid COVID-19. This change may particularly impact medical students, whose education is heavily influenced by clinical lea... Read More about Cross-Country Student Perceptions about Online Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic.