Article
Causal Attributions of Dementia among Korean American Immigrants
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
(2010)
Abstract
To better understand conceptualizations of dementia, this study explored causal attributions of dementia among 209 Korean Americans, using a self-administered questionnaire in Korean. Findings show that Korean Americans endorsed various causal attributions. Factor analysis yielded 3 dimensions of their attributions including psychological, physical/environmental, and cognitive/social. Bivariate analyses showed that younger age and higher education were related to more physical/environmental attributions, and younger age was related to more cognitive/social attributions. The study provides an understanding of causal attributions of dementia that practitioners need to understand to provide culturally competent practice and highlights a need to customize public education messages by specific ethnic groups
Keywords
- Dementia,
- causal attributions,
- Korean Americans,
- culture,
- explanatory model
Disciplines
Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1080/01634372.2010.515290
Citation Information
Sang E. Lee, Sadhna Diwan and Gwen Yeo. "Causal Attributions of Dementia among Korean American Immigrants" Journal of Gerontological Social Work Vol. 53 Iss. 8 (2010) p. 743 - 759 ISSN: 0163-4372 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sadhna_diwan/3/