TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Racial/ethnic differences in the association between symptoms of depression and self-rated mental health among older adults
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Jang, Yuri
A1  - Park, Nan Sook
A1  - Kang, Suk-Young
A1  - Chiriboga, David A.
SP  - 325
EP  - 330
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-013-9642-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -