Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases

Kotera, Yasuhiro; Ronaldson, Amy; Hayes, Daniel; Hunter-Brown, Holly; McPhilbin, Merly; Dunnett, Danielle; Jebara, Tesnime; Takhi, Simran; Masuda, Takahiko; Camacho, Elizabeth; Bakolis, Ioannis; Repper, Julie; Meddings, Sara; Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Brophy, Lisa; De Ruysscher, Clara; Okoliyski, Michail; Kubinová, Petra; Eplov, Lene; Toernes, Charlotte; Narusson, Dagmar; Tinland, Aurélie; Puschner, Bernd; Hiltensperger, Ramona; Lucchi, Fabio; Miyamoto, Yuki; Castelein, Stynke; Borg, Marit; Klevan, Trude Gøril; Meng, Roger Tan Boon; Sornchai, Chatdanai; Tiengtom, Kruawon; Farkas, Marianne; Jones, Hannah Moreland; Moore, Edith; Butler, Ann; Mpango, Richard; Tse, Samson; Kondor, Zsuzsa; Ryan, Michael; Zuaboni, Gianfranco; Elton, Dan; Grant-Rowles, Jason; McNaughton, Rebecca; Harcla, Claire; Vanderplasschen, Wouter; Arbour, Simone; Silverstone, Denise; Bejerholm, Ulrika; Powell, Candice; Ochoa, Susana; Garcia-Franco, Mar; Tolonen, Jonna; Yeo, Caroline; Charles, Ashleigh; Jepps, Jessica; Simpson, Adelabu; Kellermann, Vanessa; Todowede, Olamide; Asher, Laura; Murakami, Michio; Hopkins, Liza; Jahau, Ngurzoi; Arakawa, Naoko; Scanferla, Elisabetta; Henderson, Claire; Slade, Mike

doi:10.1007/s11469-024-01307-y

All Outputs (8)

Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study (2025)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Takhi, S., Felix, S., Namasaba, M., Lawrence, S., Kellermann, V., Kapka, A., Hayes, D., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Murakami, M., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Eplov, L., Toernes, C., …Slade, M. (in press). Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study. General Psychiatry,

Background Recovery Colleges (RCs) support personal recovery through education, skill development and social support for people with mental health problems, carers and staff. Guided by co-production and adult learning principles, RCs represent a rece... Read More about Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study.

Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research (2025)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Daryanani, R., Skipper, O., Simpson, J., Takhi, S., McPhilbin, M., Rose-Ingall, B., Namasaba, M., Jepps, J., Kellermann, V., Bhandari, D., Ojio, Y., Ronaldson, A., Guerrero, E., Jebara, T., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & Vilar-Lluch, S. (2025). Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research. JMIR Formative Research, 9, Article e64087. https://doi.org/10.2196/64087

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to produce an... Read More about Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research.

28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Masuda, T., Camacho, E., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Okoliyski, M., Kubinová, P., Eplov, L., Narusson, D., …Slade, M. (2024). 28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity. npj Mental Health Research, 3(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00092-9

Recovery Colleges (RCs) are learning-based mental health recovery communities, located globally. However, evidence on RC effectiveness outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries is limited. This study aimed to e... Read More about 28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity.

A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Beaumont, J., Edwards, A.-M., Cotterill, M., Kirkman, A., Carew Tofani, A., McPhilbin, M., Takhi, S., Barnes, K., Todowede, O., Ingall, B.-R., Asano, K., & Arimitsu, K. (2024). A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes. Behavioral Sciences, 14(8), Article 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080643

Background: Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) has been attracting attention in mental health practice and research. CFT is effective in reducing a variety of negative mental health symptoms. Positive mental health (PMH) focuses on an individual’s func... Read More about A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes.

Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kotera, Y., Daryanani, R., Skipper, O., Jonathan Simpson, A., Takhi, S., McPhilbin, M., Ingall, B.-R., Namasaba, M., Jepps, J., Kellermann, V., Bhandari, D., Ojio, Y., Ronaldson, A., Guerrero, E., Jebara, T., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & Vilar-Lluch, S. Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to produce an... Read More about Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement.

Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
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

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

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., Hunter-Brown, H., Grant-Rowles, J., Cooper, J., Barrett, K., Hamie, M., Bates, P., McNaughton, R., Trickett, S., Bishop, S., Takhi, S., Lawrence, S., Kotera, Y., Hayes, D., Davidson, L., …Lawrence, V. (2024). Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 10(3), Article e113. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.70

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased as access to mental health services reduced. Recovery colleges are recovery-focused adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and lived mental health ex... Read More about Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study.

Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Masuda, T., Camacho, E., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Okoliyski, M., Kubinová, P., Eplov, L., Toernes, C., …Slade, M. (2024). Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01307-y

This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintai... Read More about Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases.