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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lee, Hee Yun
• Yoon, Hyun Sook
• Shin, Narae
• Moon, Ji Young
• Kwon, Jong Hee
• Park, Eun Soo
• Nam, Ryun
• Kang, Sung Bo
• Park, Keum Hwa

Titel

Perception of Elder Mistreatment and Its Link to Help-Seeking Intention: A Comparison of Elderly Korean and Korean American Immigrants

Ist Teil von

• Clinical gerontologist, 2011-07, Vol.34 (4), p.287-304

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The study examined perceptions of elder mistreatment (EM) and help-seeking intentions in two older Korean cohorts-residents in Korea (n = 124) and Korean immigrants (n = 124) in the United States, recruited using a quota sampling strategy. A mixed method survey utilized four hypothetical scenarios of physical, financial, and psychological abuse and neglect. A majority of participants perceived physical, financial, and psychological abuse scenarios as EM but not the neglect scenario. Multivariate analysis showed strong association between perception of mistreatment and help-seeking intention in the Korea-based cohort for all types of EM. In the immigrant cohort, help-seeking intention was associated with only the physical abuse vignette. The results suggest a need for culturally sensitive, type-specific EM interventions and education and policies on elder neglect in both countries.