Acculturation Stress and Depression among Asian Immigrant Elders.
This study examines the association between acculturation stress and depressive symptoms in a regional probability sample (n = 407) of six groups of Asian immigrant elders (Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Japanese). Findings suggest that about 40 percent of the sample were depress...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 243 - 256 |
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National Association of Social Workers
July 2006
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