Perceived racial discrimination and mental distress in older Korean Americans: the moderating role of ethnic resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yuri Jang ◽  
Yong Ju Cho ◽  
Nan Sook Park ◽  
David A. Chiriboga ◽  
Seunghye Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Korean Americans ◽  
Perceived Racial Discrimination ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Older Korean Americans

scholarly journals Perceived Racial Discrimination as a Predictor of Health Behaviors: the Moderating Role of Gender

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda B. Brodish ◽  
Courtney D. Cogburn ◽  
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell ◽  
Stephen Peck ◽  
Oksana Malanchuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Perceived Racial Discrimination ◽  
Moderating Role

The Relations of Social Network Types With Mental Distress Among Older Korean Americans: The Interactive Role of Living Arrangement

2021 ◽  
pp. 016402752199978
Author(s):  
Nan Sook Park ◽  
Yuri Jang ◽  
David A. Chiriboga ◽  
Soondool Chung
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Korean Americans ◽  
Latent Profile Analyses ◽  
Restricted Group ◽  
Criterion Variables ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Older Korean Americans

The purpose of this study is to identify social network types in older Korean Americans and to examine their direct associations, as well as interactions with living arrangement, on mental distress. Drawn from the Study of Older Korean Americans (SOKA), participants were aged 60 or over and lived in five states. Analyses included 2,140 cases surveyed during 2017−2018. To identify social network types, latent profile analyses were conducted using 10 network-related criterion variables. A model with five social network types was identified as best fit. The groups were labeled as diverse, moderately diverse, family deficit, friend deficit, and restricted. As hypothesized, greater mental distress was associated with belonging to more deprived networks such as family deficit and restricted groups. Interaction effects also suggest that members of the restricted group were more distressed when they lived alone than when they lived with others. Implications based on the results are discussed.

Racial Discrimination and Alcohol Use: The Moderating Role of Religious Orientation

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy C. Parenteau ◽  
Kristen Waters ◽  
Brittany Cox ◽  
Tarsha Patterson ◽  
Richard Carr
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Moderating Role

The Role of Religiousness/Spirituality and Social Networks in Predicting Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Americans

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeon-Shim Lee ◽  
So-Young Park ◽  
Soonhee Roh ◽  
Harold G. Koenig ◽  
Grace J. Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Korean Americans ◽  
Older Korean Americans

scholarly journals Health Risks Posed by Social and Linguistic Isolation in Older Korean Americans

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 303-303
Author(s):  
Yuri Jang ◽  
Hyunwoo Yoon ◽  
Nan Sook Park ◽  
David Chiriboga ◽  
Miyong Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Korean Americans ◽  
Older Immigrants ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Fair Poor ◽  
Older Korean Americans

Abstract Guided by the double jeopardy hypothesis, the present study examined the health risks posed by the coexistence of social and linguistic isolation in older Korean Americans. Using data from the Study of Older Korean Americans (SOKA, n = 2,032), comparisons of four isolation typologies (no isolation, social isolation only, linguistic isolation only, and dual isolation) were made, and their impacts on physical (self-rated health), mental (mental distress), and cognitive health (cognitive performance) were examined. The ‘dual isolation’ group exhibited greater sociodemographic and health disadvantages. The odds of having fair/poor health, mental distress, and cognitive impairment were 2.21-3.17 times higher in the ‘dual isolation’ group than those in the group with no isolation. Our findings confirm that both social relationships and language proficiency are key elements for older immigrants’ social connectedness and integration, deprivation of which puts them at risk in multidimensions of health.

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