The Role of Psychosocial and Cultural Factors as Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese-American Older Adults

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-119

  Lin, Shumin ^a   Liu, Jielin ^b   Jang, Yuri ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Chinese American older adults; depressive symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894277049     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2013.868847     Document Type: Article

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