Acculturation and manifestation of depressive symptoms among Korean-American older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 500-507

  Jang, Yuri ^a,b   Kim, G ^a   Chiriboga, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 27544477033     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500193021     Document Type: Article

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