An empirical evaluation of social support and psychological well-being in older Chinese and Korean immigrants

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-67

  Wong, Sabrina T ^a   Yoo, Grace J ^b   Stewart, Anita L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; API; Asian; Depression; Language; Mental Health; MHI 17

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ELDERLY CARE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CANADA; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33751574107     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850600824104     Document Type: Article

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