Pathways between Acculturation and Health: Does the Measure Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Miranda, Patricia Y.; Gonzalez, Hector M.; Tarraf, Wassim
Titel	Pathways between Acculturation and Health: Does the Measure Matter?
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 33 (2011) 4, S.524-539 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986311423901
Schlagwörter	Structural Equation Models; Acculturation; Probability; Depression (Psychology); Health; Correlation; Case Studies; Hispanic Americans; Older Adults; Epidemiology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Cognitive Ability; Regression (Statistics); Mental Health; Language Role; Second Language Learning; Measures (Individuals); English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Mexican Americans; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Gesundheit; Korrelation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Älterer Erwachsener; Epidemiologie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Denkfähigkeit; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Psychohygiene; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Messdaten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess the association between acculturation and functional health using multiple proxies of acculturation to examine explanatory pathways to clarify disparate health findings. A population-based cross-sectional, multistage probability sample from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (N = 3,050) was used. The dependent variables of neuropsychiatric function were depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [CES-D]) and cognitive function (mini-mental state examination [MMSE]) examined in separate multivariable regression and structural equation models to examine the pathways between acculturation proxies and neuropsychiatric function. Findings indicated that three acculturation proxies were associated with cognitive function but none were associated with depressive symptoms. English proficiency fully mediated the associations between other acculturation proxies and cognitive function. The findings suggest that language plays a central role in the pathway between acculturation and health among Mexican-origin populations. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10