All Outputs (16)

Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal (2024)
Journal Article
Veasey, C. M., Lieu, J., Aledeh, M., Lawson, A., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal. International Journal of Spa and Wellness, https://doi.org/10.1080/24721735.2024.2374525

This study aimed to examine the experiences of Japanese martial arts (JMA) practitioners during the COVID-19 to understand how JMA impacted on their mental wellbeing. Using online semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, we explored the firs... Read More about Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal.

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., …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.

The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review (2024)
Journal Article
Aledeh, S., Sokan-Adeaga, A. A., Adam, H., Aledeh, M., & Kotera, Y. (2024). The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review. Psychology International, 6(2), 618-635. https://doi.org/10.3390/psycholint6020037

In this review, we examine the impact of media and self-compassion on the mental well-being of Nigerian youth, particularly in suicide prevention and promoting positive mental health outcomes. Nigeria faces socioeconomic challenges contributing to po... Read More about The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review.

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., …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.

Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data (2024)
Journal Article
Halidu, M. D., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(9), Article 2547. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13092547

Background: Adolescents grappling with social anxiety may experience poor school satisfaction, resorting to school-related avoidance behaviors, exemplified by absenteeism, as a coping mechanism. Understanding the role of family support in alleviating... Read More about Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data.

Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19 (2024)
Journal Article
Barnes, K., Vione, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19. SN Business & Economics, 4(5), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-024-00651-4

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and reshaped effective leadership practices by introducing working-from-home protocols (WFH) and the hybrid workplace model. The current study sought to identify and understand leadership practices adopted in WFH and t... Read More about Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19.

Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach (2024)
Journal Article
Hiltensperger, R., Ryan, G., Ben-Dor, I. A., Charles, A., Epple, E., Kalha, J., Korde, P., Kotera, Y., Mpango, R., Moran, G., Mueller-Stierlin, A. S., Nixdorf, R., Ramesh, M., Shamba, D., Slade, M., Puschner, B., & Nakku, J. (2024). Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 480. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10990-5

Background Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to help structure and promote sta... Read More about Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach.

Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
Martínez-Rives, N. L., Martín Chaparro, M. D. P., Dhungel, B., Gilmour, S., Colman, R. D., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review. Healthcare, 12(7), Article 792. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070792

(1) Background: This systematic review presents an overview of psychological interventions in suicide published between 2013 and 2023 in Spain and Japan, sparked by Spain’s alarming recent increase in suicide rates and the potential exemplar of Japan... Read More about Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review.

The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance (2024)
Journal Article
Kishimoto, K., Asano, K., Colman, R., Kameo, Y., Aledeh, M., Barnes, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2024.2313462

People with high self-criticism tend to suffer from poor mental health whereas those with high self-reassurance tend to have good mental health. Poor mental health is a great cause for concern in Japan. Many people in Japan live with mental health is... Read More about The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance.

The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, E., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Kotera, Y., Llewellyn Beardsley, J., Newby, C., …Slade, M. (2024). The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance. JMIR Mental Health, 11, Article e45754. https://doi.org/10.2196/45754

Background: Recommender systems help narrow down a large range of items to a smaller, personalized set of items. NarraGive is a first-in-field hybrid recommender system for mental health recovery narratives, recommending narratives based on their n... Read More about The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance.

The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, E., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Kotera, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Newby, C., …Slade, M. (in press). The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance. JMIR Mental Health, 11, Article e45754. https://doi.org/10.2196/45754

Background: Recommender systems help narrow down a large range of items to a smaller, personalized set. NarraGive is a first-in-field hybrid recommender system for mental health recovery narratives, recommending narratives based on their content and... Read More about The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Use and Performance.

Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries (2024)
Journal Article
Nixdorf, R., Kotera, Y., Baillie, D., Garber Epstein, P., Hall, C., Hiltensperger, R., …Mahlke, C. (2024). Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0298315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298315

Background. Peer support in mental health is a low-threshold intervention with increasing evidence for enhancing personal recovery and empowerment of persons living with severe mental health conditions. As peer support spreads globally, there is a gr... Read More about Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries.

Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Suzuki, T., Kaneda, Y., Kotera, Y., Tanimoto, T., Ozaki, A., Bhandari, D., …Tabuchi, T. Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study

Background: Non-consensual sex including rape and sexual assault has been a global concern and may have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, however the information on this topic is limited. Therefore, our objective was to survey the incidence r... Read More about Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study.

Suggesting self-compassion training in schools to stop cyberbullying: a narrative review (2024)
Journal Article
Aledeh, M., Sokan-Adeaga, A. A., Adam, H., Aledeh, S., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Suggesting self-compassion training in schools to stop cyberbullying: a narrative review. Discover Psychology, 4(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00110-5

Cyberbullying is a major public health problem among adolescents worldwide. Research shows that there is a link between cyberbullying and mental health problems. Adolescent victims of cyberbullying suffer from diverse negative effects such as stress,... Read More about Suggesting self-compassion training in schools to stop cyberbullying: a narrative review.

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., …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.