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| Social support and depression among elderly Korean immigrants in the United States | | Author(s) | Mee Sook Lee, Kathleen S Crittenden, Elena Yu |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 42, no 4, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 313-327 |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Asian people ; Korea ; Depression ; Social contacts ; Family relationships ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Based on the integrative concept of social support, this study investigated the effects of quantitative, structural and functional aspects of social relationships on the level of depressive symptoms among older Korean immigrants in the United States, taking into account their level of acculturation and life stress. Korean older people with more close personal contacts and more frequent contacts with other people exhibited fewer depressive symptoms. Networks providing instrumental support consisted mainly of family ties. Networks for emotional support included diverse relationships as well as family members. Emotional support was found to moderate the harmful effect of life stress, and thus to be more relevant than instrumental support to the mental health of Korean older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731224 A |
| Classmark | TJ: TKK: 7DK: ENR: TOA: DS:SJ: 7T |
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