151. Factors that influence suicidal ideation among elderly Korean immigrants: focus on diatheses and stressors.
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Kim, Bum Jung and Ahn, Joonhee
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ACCULTURATION ,BECK Hopelessness Scale ,PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants ,INTERVIEWING ,MAUDSLEY personality inventory ,MENTAL health surveys ,PROBABILITY theory ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,REGRESSION analysis ,STATISTICS ,SURVEYS ,DATA analysis ,SOCIAL support ,SUICIDAL ideation ,CROSS-sectional method ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,OLD age - Abstract
Objectives: The study examined major diatheses and stressors directly related to suicidal ideation among elderly Korean immigrants. The study also explored the significant interactions among these factors.Method: Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of 220 elderly Korean immigrants (age ≥ 65) in Los Angeles County.Results: Using a robust hierarchical regression, the study found that neuroticism and hopelessness were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. In addition, two interaction terms – neuroticism by hopelessness and neuroticism by acculturation – were both significant predictor variables with strong explanatory power.Conclusion: The theoretical implications as well as the practical implications for developing and implementing late-life suicide prevention strategies are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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