Limited English proficiency, social network characteristics, and depressive symptoms among older immigrants

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Diwan, Sadhna ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depression; Family; Immigrants; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTEGRATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249108716     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.S184     Document Type: Article

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