@article{ref1,
title="Racial/ethnic differences in the association between symptoms of depression and self-rated mental health among older adults",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2014",
author="Jang, Yuri and Park, Nan Sook and Kang, Suk-Young and Chiriboga, David A.",
volume="50",
number="3",
pages="325-330",
abstract="The study examined racial/ethnic differences in the association between symptoms of depression and self-rated mental health among older adults. Data came from the first wave of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, a population-based study of non-institutionalized older adults aged 57 to 85. The sample consisted of non-Hispanic Whites (n = 2,110), Blacks (n = 509), and Hispanics (n = 304). The association between symptoms of depression and self-rated mental health was weaker among minority groups than that among non-Hispanic Whites. Tests of interaction effects showed that the predictability of depressive symptoms to self-rated mental health was substantially weakened among Blacks of advanced ages and Hispanics with multiple chronic conditions. The study explored potential sources of racial/ethnic differences in subjective reports of mental health and called attention to older minorities with advanced ages and cormorbid conditions in mental health services and interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-013-9642-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-013-9642-2"
}