Acculturation and Depression in Older Mexican American Adults: the Role of Social Support
Description:
Despite socioeconomic disadvantages, less acculturated Mexican Americans tend to exhibit better mental health than their more acculturated counterparts. However, in the case of older Mexican American adults, research has demonstrated the opposite to be true (Gonzalez, Haan, & Hinton, 2001). A variable of interest potentially responsible for this difference is social support. Thus, the current study proposed to investigate the mediation and moderation effects that social support has on the relat…
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Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Caballero, Daniela
Partner:
UNT Libraries