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Individual, family, social, and cultural predictors of depressed mood in former soviet immigrant couples
Author(s) -
Miller Arlene M.,
Sorokin Olga,
Fogg Louis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21535
Subject(s) - immigration , depressed mood , mood , psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
Gender differences in predictors of depression for married couples from the former Soviet Union were examined in a cross‐sectional, descriptive analysis. Data were collected during a longitudinal study of post‐migration health and adaptation. The sample included 308 men and women (154 couples), ages 40–79, who had lived in the US for an average of 6 years. Generativity, marital satisfaction and communication, social support, immigration challenges, and alienation were independent predictors of depressed mood. A gender interaction was found for generativity, indicating that diminished opportunities to guide the next generation and be productive members of society may have been more depressing for women. Interventions should attend to gender differences in developmental needs, reduce immigration‐related challenges, and strengthen family and social support. Res Nurs Health 36:271–283, 2013