Open AccessAn Empirical Typology of Social Networks and Its Association With Physical and Mental Health: A Study With Older Korean Immigrants
Author(s) -
Nan Sook Park,
Yuri Jang,
Byung Seok Lee,
Jung Eun Ko,
William E. Haley,
David A. Chiriboga
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbt065
Subject(s) - typology , latent class model , mental health , psychology , social connectedness , immigration , social network (sociolinguistics) , context (archaeology) , bivariate analysis , gerontology , social psychology , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , geography , social media , mathematics , statistics , archaeology , anthropology , law , political science
In the context of social convoy theory, the purposes of the study were (a) to identify an empirical typology of the social networks evident in older Korean immigrants and (b) to examine its association with self-rated health and depressive symptoms.
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