Perceived discrimination, sense of control, and depressive symptoms among Korean American older adults

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Kim, Giyeon ^b   Rhew, Sunghan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Discrimination; Sense of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650077048     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019967     Document Type: Article

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