TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Perceived discrimination, sense of control, and depressive symptoms among Korean American older adults
JO  - Asian American journal of psychology
A1  - Jang, Yuh
A1  - Chiriboga, David A.
A1  - Kim, Giyeon
A1  - Rhew, Sunghan
SP  - 129
EP  - 135
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - This study explored a potential pathway by which perceived discrimination may affect levels of depressive symptoms in a sample of 472 Korean American older adults (Mage = 69.9, SD = 7.04). Building upon previous studies demonstrating that perceived discrimination has negative impacts on mental health, we hypothesized that sense of control would mediate the associations between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Our analyses showed that the effects of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms were not only direct but also mediated through a lowered sense of control. Finding that sense of control serves as an intervening step between perceived discrimination and mental health may help explicate the psychological mechanisms involved in responses to discriminatory experience and has implications for intervention strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)<p />
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SN  - 1948-1985
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019967
ID  - ref1
ER  -