Ethnic enclave resources and predictors of depression among arizona's Korean immigrant elders

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 489-502

  Kang, Suk Young ^a   Domanski, Margaret Dietz ^a   Moon, Sung Seek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Ethnic enclave; Korean immigrant elders; Language proficiency; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68349086951     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370902983153     Document Type: Article

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