The impact of social capital on depression among older Chinese and Korean immigrants: Similarities and differences

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 844-852

  Kim, Bum Jung ^a   Auh, Erica ^b   Lee, Yeon Jung ^c   Ahn, Joonhee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

depression; older Chinese immigrants; older Korean immigrants; social capital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84883656294     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.805399     Document Type: Article

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