Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis

Kotera, Yasuhiro; Miyamoto, Yuki; Vilar-Lluch, Sara; Aizawa, Ikuya; Reilly, Owen; Miwa, Akihiro; Murakami, Michio; Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Kroon, Hans; Giles, Kirsty; Garner, Kennedyrae; Ronaldson, Amy; McPhilbin, Merly; Jebara, Tesnime; Takhi, Simran; Repper, Julie; Meddings, Sara; Jepps, Jessica; Simpson, Adelabu Jonathan; Kellermann, Vanessa; Arakawa, Naoko; Henderson, Claire; Slade, Mike; Eguchi, Shigeyuki

Abstract

Recovery Colleges (RCs) are mental health learning communities, operated in 28 countries across cultures. However, the RC operational model is informed by Western countries sharing similar cultural characteristics such as individualism and short-term orientation. How RC operational model needs to be adapted to non-Western culture remains unknown. We investigated how RCs are introduced to the public in two countries with contrasting cultural characteristics: Japan (collectivism, long-term) and England (individualism, short-term). Corpus-based discourse analysis on 22,827 words from promotional texts (13 RCs in Japan, 61 in England) revealed that both countries emphasised mental illness lived experiences. In Japan, the focus was on the relational and long-term aspects of recovery. In England, the focus was on personal learning and skill acquisition. People attending RCs in Japan may anticipate experiencing collectivistic and long-term elements, which are viewed unfavourably in the operational model. Findings suggest refinements to the operational model to include under-represented cultural characteristics.

Citation

Kotera, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Vilar-Lluch, S., Aizawa, I., Reilly, O., Miwa, A., Murakami, M., Stergiopoulos, V., Kroon, H., Giles, K., Garner, K., Ronaldson, A., McPhilbin, M., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Jepps, J., Simpson, A. J., Kellermann, V., …Eguchi, S. (2024). Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 19, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jul 5, 2024
• Publication Date: Jul 5, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 20, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 20, 2024
• Journal: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
• Print ISSN: 1557-1874
• Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/36300279
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3
• Additional Information: Accepted: 19 June 2024; First Online: 5 July 2024; : ; : All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.; : Not applicable.; : Not applicable.; : The authors declare no competing interests.