Open AccessAge at Immigration and Depression: The Mediating Role of Contemporary Relationships With Adult Children Among Older Immigrants
Author(s) -
Heejung Jang,
Natasha Pilkauskas,
Fenyan Tang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa209
Subject(s) - immigration , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , solidarity , psychology , health and retirement study , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , gerontology , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , sociology , political science , economics , macroeconomics , politics , law
For the growing population of older immigrants in the United States, both age at immigration and familial relationships are important factors affecting psychological well-being. This study explores how age at immigration and contemporary relationships with adult children combine to explain older immigrants' depressive symptoms.