Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 784-791

Psychological Distress of Ethnically Diverse Adult Caregivers in the California Health Interview Survey (Article)

Meyer O.L.* , Liu X. , Nguyen T.-N. , Hinton L. , Tancredi D.
  • a Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
  • b University of California, Davis, Biostatistics, Davis, CA, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States
  • e Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States

Abstract

This study examined factors associated with psychological distress for culturally diverse family caregivers using a population-based sample. Data were analyzed from the 6634 caregivers of adults (i.e. elderly as well as non-elderly) who self-reported as non-Hispanic White, Mexican, Chinese, or Vietnamese in the 2009 California Health Interview Survey. Simple and multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess the potential influence of race/ethnicity, caregiving context, and social contextual variables on psychological distress. Analyses that included moderators showed that while more education was associated with less distress for White caregivers, it was associated with more distress for Vietnamese and Chinese caregivers. Identifying the caregiving and contextual variables associated with psychological distress is critical for tailoring interventions towards those who need the most help—in this case, possibly less educated White caregivers and more educated Asian American caregivers. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Latino Burden Stress caregiving Mental health Asian

Index Keywords

Caregivers Caucasian demography Continental Population Groups ancestry group human Self Report mental health epidemiology middle aged Ethnic Groups statistics and numerical data Stress, Psychological mental stress ethnic group health status Aged Health Surveys social support ethnology Residence Characteristics Young Adult Humans psychology Adolescent California Asian Americans male Asian American female Aged, 80 and over Socioeconomic Factors very elderly socioeconomics adult European Continental Ancestry Group Mexican Americans caregiver Mexican American health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026904548&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-017-0634-0&partnerID=40&md5=fc8c1bb07318866e8262a90bd4f9a998
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0634-0
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English