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| Social support and depression among elderly Chinese people in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | Iris Chi, Kee-Lee Chou |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 52, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 231-252 |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Informal care ; Depression ; Correlation ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | In a representative community sample of 1,106 Chinese over 65s in Hong Kong, significant bivariate relationships were found between depression and all dimensions of social support, including social network size, network composition, social contact frequency, satisfaction with social support, instrumental/emotional support, and helping others. Using multiple regression models, the authors found that at least one measure of these 6 dimensions of social support was associated with depressive symptomatology, even after controlling for socio-demographic and functional disability. Social support from family is very important for older Chinese people in Hong Kong, and satisfaction with support is a more important predictor of depression levels than other objective measures of network relationships. Lastly, it was found that material aid and instrumental support is more important in preventing depression for older people in Hong Kong than emotional support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010717205 A |
| Classmark | TKL: P6: ENR: 49: 7DR |
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