Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume 180, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 578-582

Depression in Korean immigrants in Canada: I. correlates of gender, work, and marriage (Article)

Noh S.* , Wu Z. , Speechley M. , Kaspar V.
  • a Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada
  • b Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada
  • c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada
  • d Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada

Abstract

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale was used to measure depression by applying DSM-III criteria to a community sample of 860 adult Korean immigrants residing in Toronto, Canada. A total of 2.6% of men (95% confidence interval, 1.1% to 4.1%) and 6.7% of women (95% confidence interval, 4.3% to 9.1%) manifested depressive syndrome, rates not substantially different from those reported in North American community populations. The study also identified the subgroups in which the gender differences in depression were the greatest. Both the role demand (or double burden) and power explanations of gender differences might be supported. The mental health implications of social roles, including gender role, may be better understood from cross-cultural or multicultural perspectives. © 1992 by The Williams & Wilkins.

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depression human Ethnic Groups Confidence Intervals priority journal Depressive Disorder gender identity marriage male Canada female stress Article Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult major clinical study migration Sex Factors Emigration and Immigration employment Power (Psychology) Korea
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DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199209000-00006
ISSN: 00223018
Cited by: 32
Original Language: English