Shigemoto Lab
Our lab studies how individuals and communities recover and grow after adversity, such as disasters, trauma, and public health crises. Across our projects, we use longitudinal, multilevel, and structural equation modeling.
We study how people adapt and grow after trauma and adversity. Our work focuses on personal growth initiative, rumination, and coping, and how these relate to posttraumatic growth over time. Some of our studies follow people day by day using daily diary methods.
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After a disaster or crisis, people lose resources such as housing, income, and social support. We study who is more likely to lose these resources and how unequal access to resources affects recovery.
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We study how communities shape recovery after hurricanes and public health crises. Our work looks at community resilience, social cohesion, and where people live. We are especially interested in how communities recover and grow together after disasters.
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Using data collected over three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are comparing different ways of understanding coping flexibility and how each relates to mental health over time.
A person-centered study of how college students use different resources and how this relates to their wellbeing. Graduate and undergraduate members of the lab are leading this work.
A survey study of people affected by the 2025 California wildfires. Graduate and undergraduate members of the lab are examining resource loss, community resilience, and growth.
A study of how well the HSCL-25, a widely used measure of anxiety and depression symptoms, works for older Asian Americans, with implications for community screening. Graduate members of the lab are part of this work.
Using national survey data from Japan, the United States, Germany, and Sweden, we are examining how factors related to wellbeing differ across countries.