The Impacts of Social Support and Cognitive Function on Depression among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Americans
Abstract
Research has demonstrated a relationship between social support, cognitive function, and depression among older adults, yet fewer studies have explored this association with Japanese American elders. This study aims to examine depression and describe its relationship with social support, cognitive function, and socioeconomic condition among Japanese American elders. A cross-sectional study of 205 Japanese American elders was conducted in Honolulu and Los Angeles County. A hierarchical regression model was used with depression as a dependent variable and with independent variables such as social support, cognitive function, and socioeconomic status. The study found that social support and cognitive function were significantly associated with depression for Japanese American elders. Also age and education were significantly associated with depression. Based on the findings, the study indicates the importance of developing preventive strategies to reduce the depression issue using culturally tailored programs to the study population.
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Social support and cohesion, as well as structural social capital, have been identified as determinants of depression.
“Social support and cohesion, as well as structural social capital, have also been identified as determinants [140,228,239,269,293,372,373,374,375,376,377,378,379].”
From Biological, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Depression: A Review of Recent Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [239]
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- Authors
- Kim, B. J., Nakaoka, S., & Underwood, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kim, Bum Jung
- Venue
- Social Work in Public Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-09-23
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 82-93
- ISSN
- 1937-190X (ISSN-L)
- 1937-1918
- OpenAlex
- W2521949397
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Work in Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- depression, social support, cognitive function, older adults, socioeconomic status, age, community-dwelling older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Asian, Cognition, Depression, Female, Humans, Japan, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Class, Social Support, United States
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