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| Poverty, chronic stress, ethnicity and psychological distress among elderly Hispanics | | Author(s) | Thanh V Tran, Surjit S Dhooper |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 27, no 4, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-19 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Poverty ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Ethnic groups ; Black Caribbean ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between chronic stress and psychological distress among a US national sample of poor and non-poor older Hispanics, aged 65 and over, belonging to three major ethnic groups: Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans. Results show that poverty status and ethnicity influence the relationships between chronic stress and psychological distress. For example, financial stress had a significant relationship with psychological distress for non-poor Cubans, but not for the other two ethnic groups. Social stress was associated with psychological distress in all three ethnic groups, but the association was strongest among poor Puerto Ricans. Family/personal stress was associated with more psychological distress among poor and non-poor Cubans, poor Mexicans, and non-poor Puerto Ricans. Poverty and ethnicity also influenced the relationship between gender, marital status and health status and psychological distress. Implications of the study findings for future research and social work practice are discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980219222 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: ENP: W6: F: TK: TKG: 49: 7T |
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