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- Title
Health Perception and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Korean Americans.
- Authors
Jang, Yuri; Kim, Giyeon; Chiriboga, David
- Abstract
Given the increasing recognition of racial/ethnic health disparities, the present study focused on older Korean Americans. Using data from 230 older Korean Americans in Florida ( M age = 69.8, SD = 7.05), we assessed (a) how background variables (demographic information and acculturation), health constraints (chronic conditions and functional disability), and psychosocial factors (sense of mastery and filial satisfaction) were associated with health perception and depressive symptoms; and (b) whether health perception mediated the connections between health constraints and depressive symptoms. We observed positive perceptions of health and emotional states among individuals with higher levels of acculturation, fewer chronic conditions, less disability, and a greater sense of mastery. We also found that persons who were more satisfied with their relationships with adult children and who had more positive health perception were less depressed. Additionally, the findings supported a mediation model of health perception in the linkages between physical and mental health. Findings and implications are discussed here in a cultural context.
- Subjects
KOREAN Americans; HEALTH; OLDER Asian Americans; ACCULTURATION; OLDER people; MENTAL depression; MENTAL health of Asian Americans; CROSS-cultural studies; CULTURE; OLDER Korean Americans
- Publication
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 3/4, p91
- ISSN
0169-3816
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10823-006-9026-y