The association between subjective social status and mental health among Asian immigrants: Investigating the influence of age at immigration

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1152-1164

  Leu, Janxin ^a   Yen, Irene H ^b   Gansky, Stuart A ^b   Walton, Emily ^a   Adler, Nancy E ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at immigration; Asians; Developmental context; Mental health; Subjective social status; US

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749108158     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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