TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural comparison of recovery college implementation between Japan and England
T2 - Corpus-based discourse analysis
AU - Kotera, Y.
AU - Miyamoto, Y,
AU - Vilar-Lluch, S.
AU - Aizawa, I.
AU - Reilly, O.
AU - Miwa, A.
AU - Murakami, M.
AU - Stergiopoulos, V.
AU - Kroon, H.
AU - Giles, K.
AU - Garner, K.
AU - Ronaldson, A.
AU - McPhilbin, M.
AU - Jebara, T.
AU - Tahki, S.
AU - Repper, J.
AU - Meddings, S.
AU - Jepps, J.
AU - Simpson, A. J.
AU - Kellermann, V.
AU - Arakawa, N.
AU - Henderson, C.
AU - Slade, M.
AU - Eguchi, S.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - recovery college
KW - japan
KW - england
KW - corpus-based discourse analysis
KW - mental health recovery
KW - cross-culture
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U2 - 10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3
DO - 10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3
M3 - Article
SN - 1557-1874
JO - International journal of mental health and addiction
JF - International journal of mental health and addiction
ER -