Family Relations, Social Connections, and Mental Health Among Latino and Asian Older Adults

被引:40
作者
Guo, Man [1 ]
Li, Shijian [2 ]
Liu, Jinyu [3 ]
Sun, Fei [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Iowa, Sch Social Work, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
[2] SUNY Coll Old Westbury, Hlth & Soc, Old Westbury, NY USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Sch Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[4] Arizona State Univ, Sch Social Work, Phoenix, AZ USA
关键词
anxiety disorders; mood disorders; family cultural conflict; family cohesion; immigration; Latinos; Asian Americans; older adults; NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY; MEXICAN-AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN-AMERICANS; RISK-FACTORS; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT; DISORDERS; ANXIETY; CONTEXT;
D O I
10.1177/0164027514523298
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:123 / 147
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