TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation and depressive symptoms in Hispanic older adults
T2 - Does perceived ethnic density moderate their relationship?
AU - Kwag, Kyung Hwa
AU - Jang, Yuri
AU - Chiriboga, David A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Data used for this study was provided by the longitudinal study titled ‘‘Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging,’’ (SALSA) managed by the Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin and supported by the National Institute on Aging (P01-AG020166).
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The negative impact of low acculturation on mental health in Hispanic older adults is widely known. The current study examined whether this association varied by a perceived density of people with same racial/ethnic backgrounds in neighborhoods. We hypothesized that the negative impact of low acculturation on mental health would be pronounced when they lived in neighborhoods with a low density of Hispanics. Using data from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (n = 1,267), hierarchical regression models of depressive symptoms were estimated with sets of predictors: (1) demographic variables, (2) acculturation, (3) perceived density of Hispanics in neighborhoods, and (4) an interaction between acculturation and perceived density of Hispanics. Supporting the hypothesis, the impact of acculturation on depressive symptoms was found to be moderated by the perceived density of Hispanics in neighborhoods. Findings suggest the importance of neighborhood characteristics in the lives of immigrant older adults.
AB - The negative impact of low acculturation on mental health in Hispanic older adults is widely known. The current study examined whether this association varied by a perceived density of people with same racial/ethnic backgrounds in neighborhoods. We hypothesized that the negative impact of low acculturation on mental health would be pronounced when they lived in neighborhoods with a low density of Hispanics. Using data from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (n = 1,267), hierarchical regression models of depressive symptoms were estimated with sets of predictors: (1) demographic variables, (2) acculturation, (3) perceived density of Hispanics in neighborhoods, and (4) an interaction between acculturation and perceived density of Hispanics. Supporting the hypothesis, the impact of acculturation on depressive symptoms was found to be moderated by the perceived density of Hispanics in neighborhoods. Findings suggest the importance of neighborhood characteristics in the lives of immigrant older adults.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Hispanic older adults
KW - Perceived density of Hispanics
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-011-9569-z
DO - 10.1007/s10903-011-9569-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 22389184
AN - SCOPUS:84871949733
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 14
SP - 1107
EP - 1111
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 6
ER -