Ethnic and Gender Variations in the Associations Between Family Cohesion, Family Conflict, and Depression in Older Asian and Latino Adults

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1103-1110

  Park, Mijung ^a   Unützer, Jürgen ^b   Grembowski, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian and Latino family; Family cohesion; Family conflict; Family context; Late life depression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84911903420     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9926-1     Document Type: Article

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