Social activity and depressive symptoms in Korean American older adults: The conditioning role of acculturation

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-781

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; depressive symptoms; Korean American elders; social activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960273133     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310396214     Document Type: Article

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