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| Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and white American dementia caregivers | | Author(s) | Gahyun Youn, Bob G Knight, Jyun-Suk Jeong |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 3, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 355-364 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Depression ; Stress ; Immigrants ; Korea ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent theories have suggested that burden and distress among dementia caregivers may be higher in American culture, which emphasises individualism, and lower in cultures with higher levels of familism. However, immigrants may experience higher levels of burden because of acculturation with attendant values, conflicts and stresses. In this study, 44 Korean caregivers and 32 Korean American caregivers were compared with 54 white American caregivers on sociodemographic variables, familism, burden, anxiety, and depression. Familism was highest in Korean caregivers and lowest in white caregivers, with Korean Americans in the middle. Koreans and Korean Americans reported higher levels of burden. Koreans showed higher levels of depression and anxiety than white American caregivers, with Koreans and Korean Americans higher than white Americans on anxiety. These results suggest a need for greater specificity in theories about familism values, with attention to the specific meaning of familism in different cultures. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000114227 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: ENR: QNH: TJ: 7DK: 7T |
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