Health perception and depressive symptoms among older Korean Americans

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Kim, Giyeon ^b   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Health perception; Older Korean Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847302480     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9026-y     Document Type: Article

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