Acculturation and Functional Disability among Older Vietnamese-Americans

Tran, Thanh V.; Nguyen, Thuc‐Nhi; Chan, Keith

doi:10.1080/15313204.2013.871996

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“…Y. Kim, Y. Wang, Q. Chen, et al, 2014) – and various outcomes such as socioemotional and behavioral well-being (Y. Choi et al, 2014; Jang, Roh, & Chiriboga, 2014; Murray et al, 2014), health (Shin & Lach, 2014; T. V. Tran, T.-N. Nguyen, & K. T. Chan, 2014), academic outcomes (S.…”

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Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2014.

Kim¹,

Shen²,

Hou³

et al. 2015

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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This 2014 review of Asian American psychology is the sixth review in the series. It includes 316 articles that met the inclusion criteria established by the past five annual reviews. Featured articles were derived from three sources: 137 were generated via the search term “Asian American” in PyscINFO, 111 were generated via a search for specific Asian American ethnic groups, and 32 were generated via author searches of articles that met the inclusion criteria. The top primary topic was health and health-related behaviors, the most frequently employed study design was cross-sectional, and the most studied Asian American ethnic group was Chinese. This year’s review includes information on the target population of the primary topic, the age range and developmental period of participants, and whether the study design was cross-sectional or longitudinal. It also identifies top authors and journals contributing to the 2014 annual review. These new features reveal that the most common target population of the primary topic was youths; studies most commonly included emerging adults ages 18–25; cross-sectional study design was employed more often than longitudinal design; the top contributor to the 2014 review was Stephen Chen, who authored the highest number of papers included; and the Asian American Journal of Psychology generated the highest number of publications for this review.

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Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2014.

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Hou³

et al. 2015

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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“…In the literature on older adult populations, disability has many related terminologies including functional limitations, functional impairments, functional difficulties, physical disability, physical difficulties, physical limitations, physical function difficulties, and physical function limitations. However, disability is often measured by difficulties in performing basic and instrumental activities of daily living [10,11,32,35,36]. In this review, we defined disability as difficulty in performing basic or instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs/IADLs).…”

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“…Several epidemiologic datasets were utilized in these studies including the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies for the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE), the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), American Community Survey (ACS), the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). Two studies did not offer a complete assessment of all activities of daily living [42,44], and seven articles did not assess any instrumental activities of daily living [10,11,28,32,42,44,45].…”

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“…Disability is reported by 60% of older adults in the United States (U.S.) [3]. Disability status increases with age [4][5][6] and is more common among women [4,7,8], minorities [8], persons with less than a high school education [9], and low socioeconomic status [10,11]. Medical conditions associated with disability in U.S born older adults are diabetes [7,12,13], musculoskeletal disorders [6,7], stroke [4,5,7,12,13], vision impairment [5,13], depression [5,6,14], arthritis [5,6,12,13], hypertension [6,12], obesity [5,6,13], and hearing impairment [13].…”

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Disparities in the Prevalence and Correlates of Disability in Older Immigrants in the USA: a Systematic Review of the Literature

Nkimbeng

Cudjoe

Turkson‐Ocran

et al. 2019

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Background: Disability in older adults leads to poor quality of life, is costly for the health system and is a risk for mortality. Little is known about disability in older immigrants to the United States.Objective: To synthesize the evidence on the prevalence and factors associated with disability in older adult immigrants. Methods:We conducted searches in PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Scopus. Disability was defined as difficulty in performing basic or instrumental activities of daily living. Older adult was defined as 65 years and older. Immigrant status was defined as someone born outside of the United States.Results: Eighteen articles met the inclusion criteria. Seven studied Hispanic/Latino immigrants, 6 studied Asian immigrants, 4 studied diverse older immigrant samples, and one studied European immigrants. Prevalence of disability ranged from 2% to 49% in Asians, and 3% to 58.1% in Hispanic/Latinos. In a diverse sample of immigrants, the prevalence of disability was 19.3%. Correlates of disability included female gender, low income, limited education, single status, migration in late adulthood, obesity, arthritis, and diabetes. Factors protective against disability in older adult immigrants were: acculturation, migrating at a younger age, exercise, alcohol intake, and church attendance.

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“…Vietnamese refugees are likely to experience challenges in adapting to the US because the two cultures are very different, and cultural distance, or a larger gap between cultures of two societies, has been shown to make cultural adaptation more difficult (Berry 1997;Liebkind and Jasinskaja-Lahti 2000;Rasmussen et al 2013). Research has described some challenges to adjusting occupationally (Stein 1979;Yamane 2015) and psychologically (Lin et al 1979;Tingvold et al 2015) for this group and acculturation has been identified as an important factor in their adjustment (e.g., Tran et al 2014). However, research on the relationship between acculturation and adjustment within this population has been largely acontextual and inconclusive.…”

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Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees: An Ecological Acculturation Framework

Salo

Birman

2015

American J of Comm Psychol

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Acculturation to the culture of the host society as well as to one's heritage culture have been shown to impact immigrants' adjustment during the years following resettlement. While acculturation has been identified as an important factor in adjustment of Vietnamese immigrants (Birman and Tran in Am J Orthopsychiatr 78(1):109-120. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.109 , 2008), no clear pattern of findings has emerged and too few studies have employed an ecological approach. The purpose of this paper is to contextualize the study of acculturation and adjustment by taking an ecological approach to exploring these relationships across several life domains, using a bilinear scale, and examining mediators of these relationships for adult Vietnamese refugees (N = 203) in the United States. We call this approach the Ecological Acculturation Framework (EAF). Results of a structural equation model (SEM) showed that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between American acculturation and psychological distress, demonstrating that this relationship was specific to an occupational domain. However, while Vietnamese acculturation predicted co-ethnic social support satisfaction, it did not predict reduced psychological distress. Implications for a life domains approach, including domain specificity, are discussed.

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Acculturation and Functional Disability among Older Vietnamese-Americans

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2014.

Annual review of Asian American Psychology, 2014.

Disparities in the Prevalence and Correlates of Disability in Older Immigrants in the USA: a Systematic Review of the Literature

Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees: An Ecological Acculturation Framework

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