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| Perceived control, self-reinforcement, and depression among Asian American and Caucasian American elders | | Author(s) | Shyh S Wong, Elaine M Heiby, Velma A Kameoka |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 18, no 1, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 46-62 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Behaviour ; Self esteem ; Engagement ; Asian people ; White people ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The role of perceived control and self-reinforcement in depression among older people living in the community from different ethnic backgrounds is investigated. The study's initial purpose was to determine the extent to which the behavioural competencies of self-reinforcement and perceived control co-vary with and predict depression scores among 205 older people (77 Asian American and 128 Caucasian American). The second purpose was to examine possible cultural differences in depression, self-reinforcement, and perceived control scores. It was found that self-reinforcement predicted depression for the total sample and each ethnic sub-sample concurrently and 5 months later. Perceived control predicted depression concurrently and subsequently for the Caucasian group only. Implications for multicultural assessment of depression among older people are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990604003 A |
| Classmark | ENR: DM: DPA: DN: TKK: TKA: 3F: 7T |
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