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| Conceptualizating anxiety and depression: the Japanese American older adult perspective | | Author(s) | Gayle Y Iwamasa, Kristen M Hilliard, Sheryl S Osato |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 19, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 77-94 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Depression ; Ethnic groups ; Japan ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A qualitative investigation of the conceptualisation of anxiety and depression among Japanese American older adults is described in this article. Twenty-nine older adults were interviewed as a senior centre where they were members. Results of the interviews suggest that their conceptualisation of these disorders was similar to the conceptualisation used by most mental health practitioners. However, several participants conceptualised anxiety and depression differently, and at times defined each disorder using symptoms of the other disorder. Most participants believed that both anxiety and depression were preventable, situational, and treatable, and were able to identify possible risk and protective factors. There was some evidence that some of the participants believed that sex, age, and ethnic group differences existed in the severity of anxiety and depression. Implications of the results and methodological considerations of the study are discussed and directions for future research are suggested. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990120207 A |
| Classmark | ENP: ENR: TK: 7DT: 7T |
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