TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors related to depressive symptoms in an elderly Chinese American sample
AU - Lam, Robert E.
AU - Pacala, James T
AU - Smith, Stanley L.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We assessed depressive symptomatology and its correlates in a sample of Chinese American elderly residing in a midwestern city. A structured questionnaire was developed for the project and administered by trained bilingual interviewers. In our community-dwelling sample (N = 45), aged 59 to 89 years, 20.0% had clinically significant depressive symptoms. Life satisfaction, social support, health status, functional status, number of years present in America, level of acculturation, and command of the English language were all found to be inversely related to depressive symptoms.
AB - We assessed depressive symptomatology and its correlates in a sample of Chinese American elderly residing in a midwestern city. A structured questionnaire was developed for the project and administered by trained bilingual interviewers. In our community-dwelling sample (N = 45), aged 59 to 89 years, 20.0% had clinically significant depressive symptoms. Life satisfaction, social support, health status, functional status, number of years present in America, level of acculturation, and command of the English language were all found to be inversely related to depressive symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1300/J018v17n04_06
DO - 10.1300/J018v17n04_06
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030949995
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 17
SP - 57
EP - 70
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 4
ER -