Koichiro Shiba
Harvard University
87 Papers
16 Citations
Koichiro Shiba is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Koichiro Shiba include University of Tokyo.
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Papers
Associations of online religious participation during COVID-19 lockdown with subsequent health and well-being among UK adults
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined the association between frequency of online religious participation during a stringent lockdown in the UK (23 March -13 May 2020) and 21 indicators of psychological well-being, social wellbeing, pro-social/altruistic behaviors, psychological distress, and health behaviors.
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Renae Michelle Wilkinson,Koichiro Shiba,Cristina B Gibson,Chukwuemeka N Okafor,Ying Chen,Matt Bradshaw,Byron R. Johnson,T. VanderWeele +7 more
TL;DR: This cross-national study of 202,898 individuals in 22 countries finds that childhood factors, such as financial status, health, and family relationships, predict adult social relationship quality, with significant country-specific variations in these associations.
Social Isolation and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: A Multiple Bias Analysis Using a Longitudinal Study in Japan.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the risk of social isolation on subsequent depressive symptoms among older men and women, fully taking account of such systematic biases simultaneously, and employed modified Poisson regression models to estimate the adjusted risk ratio (aRR) of elevated depressive symptoms (the Geriatric Depression Scale: ≥5 vs. <5) in 2016 according to the social isolation index (SII) score (0-5 points) in 2013.
Sociodemographic variation in dispositional forgivingness: a cross-national analysis with 22 countries
Richard G. Cowden,Everett L. Worthington,Johannes H De Kock,Dorota Węziak-Białowolska,George Yancey,Koichiro Shiba,R. N. Padgett,Matt Bradshaw,Byron R. Johnson,T. VanderWeele +9 more
TL;DR: This cross-national study of 202,898 individuals in 22 countries found significant variation in dispositional forgivingness, with subgroup differences identified for religious service attendance and age, but varying sociodemographic effects across countries.
Demographic Variation in Social Support and Intimate Friend Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis
James L. Ritchie-Dunham,George Yancey,Shunsuke Managi,Caroline Bartel,Rebecca Bonhag,Noah Padgett,Koichiro Shiba,Byron R. Johnson,T. VanderWeele +8 more
TL;DR: This cross-national study of 202,898 individuals from 22 countries examines the variation in social support and having an intimate friend across key demographics, revealing significant differences by employment status, education, and country, with most people reporting having an intimate friend globally.