Chronic Conditions and Psychological Distress in Older Asian Americans: The Mediating Role of Subjective Health Perception. Academic Article

abstract

• Given the importance of understanding the connection between physical and mental health in old age, the study examined the mediating role of subjective health perception in the relationship between chronic conditions and psychological distress among older Asian Americans. Using data from 533 Asian Americans aged 60 and over in the 2016 Asian American Quality of Life Study, the direct and indirect effect models were tested with multivariate linear regressions and the PROCESS macro. Results show that chronic conditions pose significant risks to psychological distress and that subjective health perception mediates their association. The observed role of subjective health perception as an intervening step between physical and mental health offers implications for gerontological social work research and practice by highlighting the importance of positive self-appraisals for the health and well-being in later years of life.

authors

• Huang, Ya-Ching

published proceedings

• J Gerontol Soc Work

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Yoon, H., Kim, S., Naseh, M., Huang, Y., & Jang, Y.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Yoon, Hyunwoo||Kim, Seoyoun||Naseh, Mitra||Huang, Ya-Ching||Jang, Yuri

publication date

• August 2022

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• n1540-4048ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Asian
• Chronic Conditions
• Chronic Disease
• Diagnostic Self Evaluation
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Older Asian Americans
• Perception
• Psychological Distress
• Quality Of Life
• Stress, Psychological
• Subjective Health Perception

PubMed Central ID

• 34851797

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/01634372.2021.2005213

start page

• 604

end page

• 617

volume

• 65

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2021.2005213