Journal article
Family relations, social connections, and mental health among Latino and Asian older adults
Research on aging, Vol.37(2), pp.123-147
02/2015
DOI: 10.1177/0164027514523298
PMID: 25651554
Abstract
Using a nationally representative sample, we compared Latino and Asian older adults in terms of lifetime and 12-month prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, anxiety and mood disorders. Given the strong family norms and collectivist cultures shared by the two groups, we also examined whether 12-month prevalence rates were associated with various family relation and social connection variables. The findings showed that older Latinos were almost twice as likely as older Asians to have any anxiety or mood disorders in their lifetime (34.5% vs. 17.7%) and in the past year (14.3% vs. 7.4%). Logistic regressions revealed different predictors of anxiety and mood disorders in the two groups: Family cultural conflict was associated with a higher prevalence of anxiety disorders, whereas family cohesion was associated with a lower prevalence of mood disorders. We argue that more research is needed on negative family interactions and their implications for the mental health of older ethnic minorities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Family relations, social connections, and mental health among Latino and Asian older adults
- Creators
- Man Guo - University of IowaShijian Li - SUNY College at Old WestburyJinyu Liu - University of MichiganFei Sun - Arizona State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research on aging, Vol.37(2), pp.123-147
- DOI
- 10.1177/0164027514523298
- PMID
- 25651554
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Aging
- ISSN
- 0164-0275
- eISSN
- 1552-7573
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2015
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307149702771
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