Namkee G Choi
Biographic Data
| ID | 119331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Namkee G Choi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Namkee G |
| FAMILY NAME | Choi |
| SIGNATURE | CHOI N G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8382-1191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 63 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Study Protocol: Connecting older adults through multi-level programmes for alleviating loneliness in Hong Kong older adults (Compass-HOA)
Background: Loneliness is a widespread global issue among older adults that negatively impacts physical and mental health, cognitive functioning, quality of life, and longevity, while also burdening society with healthcare costs. Resulting from factors at individual, interpersonal, and community levels. Multi-level interventions targeting these levels show promise in addressing this complex issue. Objective: This trial aims to develop, implement,…
Mental Health Literacy Boot Camp for Adolescents and Parents/Guardians in a Low-Resource Community: Acceptability and Recommendations for the Future
Possible and Probable Dementia and Depressive/Anxiety Symptoms: Mediation Effects of Social Engagement and Loneliness
Using a nationally representative sample of older adults (age 65+, N = 7,547) and a path model, we examined the direct effects of dementia on social engagement, loneliness, and depressive/anxiety symptoms, and the mediation effects of loneliness and social engagement on the associations between dementia and depressive/anxiety symptoms. Of the study population, 7.7% and 5.5% had possible and probable dementia, respectively; 14.3% and 21.9% of thos…
Associations of Depressive Symptoms With Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Physical Activity in Later Life
Objectives Diabetes-related chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common and clinically consequential multimorbidity cluster in later life. This study examined the associations of depressive symptoms (PHQ-9) with diabetes, CKD, coexisting diabetes-CKD, and physical activity (PA). Methods Data came from the 2011-2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ( N = 13,610 adults aged ≥50). Linear regression models were used to answer the researc…
Behavioral activation for social connection: A systematic review and synthesized conceptual framework
Social disconnection represents a growing public health concern. While Behavioral Activation (BA), an evidence-based intervention that reduces behavioral withdrawal by increasing engagement in meaningful activities, demonstrates efficacy for depression, its potential for enhancing social connection remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize current evidence for BA’s impact on social connection and develop …
Changes in and correlates of cannabis-involved substance use treatment admissions age 50 and older, 2000–2021
Background and aims: Cannabis use among U.S. older adults has risen rapidly over the past two decades. This study examined the changes in and correlates of cannabis-involved substance use treatment admissions among this demographic. Methods: =5,593,004), we fitted joinpoint regression models to examine changes in the percent of cannabis-involved admissions of all substance use admissions. We used multinomial and binary logistic regression models …
Associations of medical outcomes with substances involved in suicide attempt cases age 50 and older reported to U.S. Poison Centers, 2016–2023
Background and aims: After a slight decline in suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide rates and suicide attempts in the U.S. have been increasing again in 2022 and 2023. Compared to younger age groups, the 50+ age group has significantly higher rates of serious medical outcomes from suicide attempts. In this study, we examined the medical outcome severities associated with different classes of substances involved in suicide attempt c…
The Association of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Type and Other Factors in SUD Recognition Among U.S. Adults
Approximately 18% of U.S. adults have a substance use disorder (SUD), yet SUD treatment utilization rates remain low. Substance use problem recognition, or one's awareness that their substance use is harmful, is a key precursor to seeking SUD treatment. Despite low treatment utilization prevalence, research on factors that promote substance use problem recognition among those with SUD is limited. Using 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health …
Treatment Use Among U.S. Adults with a Substance Use Disorder: Associations with Symptom Severity, Problem Self-Perception, Comorbid Mental Illness, and Mental Health Treatment
Using data from the 2022 and 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, we examined factors associated with treatment use for substance use disorder (SUD), perceived SUD treatment needs, and reasons for treatment non-use. Of U.S. adults, 18.1% had any past-year SUD (alcohol use disorder [AUD] and/or any drug use disorder [DUD]), 14.4% of those with SUD received SUD treatment in the past year, and 5.5% of those who did not receive treatment had …
DSM-5 Criteria for Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorders: Are Older Adults Less Likely to Endorse Certain Criteria
With increasing substance misuse among older adults, we examined the question of whether older adults may be less likely to endorse certain DSM-5 criteria for alcohol and cannabis use disorders (AUD and CUD). We used the 2021-2023 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health ( N = 17,494 for AUD and N = 12,264 for CUD) and descriptive statistics to compare the 65+ and under 65 age groups in their endorsements of 11 DSM-5 criteria. A multivariable logi…
Possible and Probable Dementia and Depressive/Anxiety Symptoms in U.S. Older Adults: One-Year Follow-Up
Using data from the 2022 and 2023 U.S. National Aging and Health Trends Studies ( N = 4,942 sample persons interviewed in both years), we examined cross-sectional and one-year lagged bidirectional relationships between the severity of cognitive impairment and depressive/anxiety symptoms. We fitted multinomial logistic and linear regression models for cross-sectional associations and a path model for one-year cross-lagged associations. Depressive/…
Mental Health Treatment Use, Perceived Treatment Need, and Reasons for Non-Use Among U.S. Adults with Serious Suicidal Thoughts During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Perceived Risk of Binge Drinking among Older Alcohol Users: Associations with Alcohol Use Frequency, Binge Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Alcohol Treatment Use
Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use and binge drinking among older adults, little research has been conducted on the association between their alcohol risk perception and alcohol use patterns. Using data on past-year alcohol users aged 50 and older (N = 6693) in the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, we examined the (1) associations between risk perception of binge alcohol use 1-2 times a week and alcohol use frequency, binge use…
Associations between Cannabis Consumption Methods and Cannabis Risk Perception
Given diversified cannabis products, we examined associations between cannabis consumption methods and cannabis risk perception of smoking cannabis 1-2 times a week. Using the 2022 U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (N = 12,796 past-year adult cannabis users; M = 6127 and F = 6669), we used multinomial and binary logistic regression models. Smoking was the most prevalent method, followed by eating/drinking, vaping, and dabbing. One-…
Community stakeholder feedback for development of a volunteer-coached behavioral activation for youth in a low-resource community
Serious suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, and mental health service use among youth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Firearm use risk factors and access restriction among suicide decedents age 75 and older who disclosed their suicidal intent
Background and aims: A majority of older adult suicide decedents used firearms. In this study, we focused on suicide decedents age 75+ who disclosed their suicidal intent within a month of their injury/death to examine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with firearm use and firearm access restriction attempts by their family members. Methods: = 1,734 suicidal intent disclosers; 1,476 males and 258 females; 21.4% of decedents age …
Three leading suicide methods in the United States, 2017–2019: Associations with decedents' demographic and clinical characteristics
Background and aims: The U.S. suicide data show that use of lethal methods, specifically firearms and hanging/suffocation, has been increasing among young and middle-aged adults of both sexes over the past decades. In this study, we examined demographic and clinical correlates of use of firearms, hanging/suffocation, and poisoning as suicide methods among suicide decedents age 18+. Methods: = 94,454, age ≥ 18 at the time of suicide; 74,042 men an…
Job loss, financial strain, and housing problems as suicide precipitants: Associations with other life stressors
Previous research has shown that job loss, financial strain, and/or loss of housing (JFH) in midlife elevate suicide risk. In this study based on the 2017-2019 National Violent Death Reporting System, we examined other suicide precipitants and contributors of decedents whose suicide was in part precipitated by JFH and the circumstances under which they died. First, we examined all adult decedents (N = 94,454; 74,042 males [78.4%] and 20,412 femal…
Unanticipated Changes in Drug Overdose Death Rates in Canada During the Opioid Crisis
Escalating drug overdose death rates in Canada are of ever-increasing concern. To better understand the extent of this health threat, we obtained mortality statistics and population figures for the years 2000 to 2020, and examined rates of overdose deaths, coded (using ICD-10) as accidental, suicide or "undetermined intent." The drug deemed as primarily responsible for the death was categorized as opioid, non-opioid, or unspecified. Age patterns …
Psychological Distress, Cannabis Use Frequency, and Cannabis Use Disorder Among US Adults in 2020
Using 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (N = 27,170, age 18+), we examined associations of psychological distress with: (1) cannabis use frequency among all adults, and (2) cannabis use disorder (CUD) among cannabis users. Of all adults, 18.2% reported past-year cannabis use, 12.9% reported mild-moderate psychological distress, and 12.9% reported serious psychological distress. Greater proportions of cannabis users, especially thos…
Suicidal intent disclosure among adult suicide decedents: Four age group comparisons
Research on who does/does not disclose suicidal intent (SI) and related factors has important implications for suicide risk management. In this paper based on the 2017-2019 National Violent Death Reporting System, we compared four age groups (18-24, 25-44, 45-64, and 65+ years) of suicide decedents with respect to associations between SI disclosure and (1) suicide contributing/precipitating factors, and (2) suicide means. The results shows that t…
Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Treatment Completion among Older Adults with Heroin and Prescription Opioid Use Disorders
In this study using 2015-2018 Treatment Episode Data Set-Discharge (TEDS-D) cases age 55+ for heroin (N = 101,524) or prescription opioids (PO; N = 25,510) as the primary substance, we examined treatment completion rates and correlates. We fit separate logistic regression models for heroin and PO cases with treatment completion status (completed vs. discontinued due to dropout/termination/other reasons) for each treatment setting (detoxification,…
Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience: Diversity Within Diversity
Contents * Introduction * Asian Americans in the Twentieth Century * Adoptive Parents and Identity Development for Chinese Children * Asian American Adolescents' Academic Achievement: A Look Behind the Model Minority Image * Depression Level in Inner-City Asian American Adolescent: The Contributions of Cultural Orientation and Interpersonal Relationships * Causal Modeling Predicting Psychological Adjustment of Korean-Born Adolescent Adoptees * Ne…
Unmet Healthcare Needs and Healthcare Access Gaps Among Uninsured U.S. Adults Aged 50–64
Lack of health insurance (HI) is a particular problem for near-older Americans aged 50-64 because they tend to have more chronic health conditions than younger age groups and are at increased risk of disability; however, little recent research has focused on HI coverage and healthcare access among this age group. Using the U.S. National Health Interview Survey data for the years 2013 to 2018, we compared HI coverage and healthcare access between …
The effect of time volunteering and charitable donations in later life on psychological wellbeing
Although accumulated research findings point to both short- and long-term salutary effects of time volunteering on older adults' physical and mental health, little research has been done on the effect of older adults' making charitable donations on their wellbeing. Guided by activity theory and the theory of volunteering and using data from the first and second waves of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS, 1995–1996 and MIDUS II, 2004…
Diversity Within Diversity: Research and Social Work Practice Issues with Asian American Elders
Asian American elderly form a heterogeneous group with respect to immigration history, ethnic/cultural background, socioeconomic position, and health and mental health status. This paper provides an overview of the internal heterogeneity within the Asian American elderly population and identifies those who experience multiple stressors affecting their quality of life. Then it discusses barriers to formal service utilization as well as strengths a…
Time and money volunteering among older adults: The relationship between past and current volunteering and correlates of change and stability
Using data from the first and second waves of the Survey of Midlife Development in the United States – MIDUS1 1995–1996 and MIDUS2 2004–2006, this paper examines the relationship between the extent of time and money volunteering among people aged 55 or more years at baseline and those of the same age nine years later. Following an analysis of the changes and stability in volunteering status, the paper examines the relationships between change or …
Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicines for Mental Health Problems Among Asian Americans
Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience: Diversity Within Diversity
Contents * Introduction * Asian Americans in the Twentieth Century * Adoptive Parents and Identity Development for Chinese Children * Asian American Adolescents' Academic Achievement: A Look Behind the Model Minority Image * Depression Level in Inner-City Asian American Adolescent: The Contributions of Cultural Orientation and Interpersonal Relationships * Causal Modeling Predicting Psychological Adjustment of Korean-Born Adolescent Adoptees * Ne…
Discrepancy Between Chronological Age and Felt Age: Age Group Difference in Objective and Subjective Health as Correlates
The correlates of the discrepancy in the 65 to 69 age group appear to resemble those in the 80+ group more than those in the 70 to 79 age group. Further research is needed to identify the determinants of age group differences
Predicting the Changes in Depressive Symptomatology in Later Life: How Much Do Changes in Health Status, Marital and Caregiving Status, Work and Volunteering, and Health-Related Behaviors Contribute
This study examined the unique effects of four variable groups on changes in older adults' depressive symptoms for a 2-year period: (1) baseline health and disability status, (2) changes in health and disability since baseline, (3) stability and changes in marital and caregiving status and in work and volunteering, and (4) stability and changes in health-related behaviors. With data from the 1998 and 2000 interview waves of the Health and Retirem…
Voices of Homeless Parents: The Pain of Homelessness and Shelter Life
Homeless families with children comprise approximately 40% of homeless people and the fastest-growing group among the homeless. However, the pain and suffering faced by homeless parents, especially single mothers, as providers for and protectors of their children has yet to be documented and understood. In this paper, we illustrate the frustrations, guilt, confusion, and hope of 50 homeless parents staying at three homeless shelters in two large …
Prevalence and correlates of perceived workplace discrimination among older workers in the United States of America
The workplace is one of the areas in which discrimination most frequently occurs. Despite increasing workforce participation among older adults and the adverse effects of workplace discrimination on the physical and psychological wellbeing of older adults, limited attention has been given to workplace discrimination against older workers. Based on a national survey of 420 older workers age 50 and above, this study first examined the prevalence of…
Predictors of Transitions in Disease and Disability in Pre-and Early-Retirement Populations
The significance of health-related behaviors as predictors of transitions suggests that lifestyle factors may have a bigger influence on this age group than on older groups
Homeless Families with Children: Barriers to Finding Decent Housing
Previous studies of homelessness have not adequately addressed the relationship between deteriorating living conditions of inner-city neighborhoods and family homelessness. Interviews with 50 families with children who were residents of homeless shelters in two large cities in New York reveal that substandard housing, unscrupulous landlords, and drug-related violence and crime in neighborhoods, as well as nonpayment of rent and domestic violence,…
Racial Differences in the Contribution of Wife's Earnings to Family Income Distribution
This study, based on the 1989 interview wave of the Panel Studies of Income Dynamics (PSID) and on the 1990 Latino Sample Survey of the PSID, examines wives' economic contribution, as compared to husbands', among three racial/ethnic groups-non-Hispanic whites, blacks, and Hispanics. The findings show that, although white and black wives were not different in their earnings, black wives' earnings accounted for a significantly higher percentage of …
The relationship between social support and health status of elderly people: Does social support slow down physical and functional deterioration
Journal Article The relationship between social support and health status of elderly people: Does social support slow down physical and functional deterioration? Get access Namkee G. Choi, Namkee G. Choi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John S. Wodarski John S. Wodarski Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 20, Issue 1, March 1996, Pages 52–63,…
Changes in the Living Arrangements, Work Patterns, and Economic Status of Middle-Aged Single Women: 1971-1991
This article examines the growing tendency of women aged 35-45 to remain single and evaluates the differences in motherhood, living arrangements, educational levels, work experience, and economic status of married and single women from 1971 to 1991. It shows that during this period, the economic status of households headed by single women, especially those headed by Black never-married women, de clined. Social service programs geared to furtherin…
Youth firearm suicide: Precipitating/risk factors and gun access
Self-Defined Retirement Status and Engagement in Paid Work among Older Working-Age Women: Comparison between Childless Women and Mothers
Utilizing data from the 1992-1994 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this paper examines the question of whether three groups of older working-age women-childless women, mothers with at least one child at home or temporarily away at school, and mothers with all their children living away from home-were different or similar in their likelihood of retirement and their actual work status. The results show that the childless group and the child-not-a…
Serious suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, and mental health service use among youth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Changes in post-mortem marijuana-positive toxicologies among youth suicide decedents, 2005–2015
Predictors of Time Volunteering, Religious Giving, and Secular Giving: Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
Using data from the survey Midlife Development in the United States, 2004-2006, the present study examined characteristics associated with time volunteering, religious giving, and secular giving. Multivariate analysis, guided by the theory of volunteering, showed that education and income predicted time volunteering and both religious and secular charitable giving. Generative qualities (e.g., confidence in one's skills, desire to assist others) w…
Correlates of the Elderly's Participation and Nonparticipation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program: A New Evaluation
This paper analyzes the economic and sociodemographic factors associated with the elderly's participation and nonparticipation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Unlike the previous findings based on the early phase of the program, this analysis found that the amount of benefit is no longer a significant predictor of participation for couples and individuals receiving support and maintenance. Level of education and housing status …
Does Social Security Redistribute Income: A Tax-Transfer Analysis
Despite some forced-savings elements, social security is in reality a taxtransfer system based on pay-as-you-go financing. Using a tax-transfer approach, this paper analyzes the redistributive effects of social security by comparing the 1986 benefit distribution to the retired and disabled population, their dependents, and survivors with the 1986 payroll tax incidence of the working population. Findings indicate that a considerable degree of redi…
Correlates of the Elderly's Participation and Nonparticipation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program: A New Evaluation
This paper analyzes the economic and sociodemographic factors associated with the elderly's participation and nonparticipation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Unlike the previous findings based on the early phase of the program, this analysis found that the amount of benefit is no longer a significant predictor of participation for couples and individuals receiving support and maintenance. Level of education and housing status …
Correlates of the Economic Status of Widowed and Divorced Elderly Women
Past studies of the economic status of widowed and divorced elderly women have focused mostly on the timing, incidence, and duration of their poverty but have neglected the analysis of the correlates of their economic status. The ordinary least squares regression analysis in this article shows that their economic status is commonly associated with such factors as the level of education, work history, and the Social Security primary insurance amou…
Racial Differences in Timing and Factors Associated with Retirement
Utilizing data from the 1968-1987 interview waves of the Panel Studies of Income Dynamics, this paper analyzes the racial differences in timing and factors associated with the retirement of a sample of 408 male workers. The analysis of the timing of retirement shows that black males past age 60 have a lower retirement rate than white males. Multivariate logit analysis also indicates that disability is a reason for retirement of both black and whi…
Changes in Labor Force Activities and Income of the Elderly Before and After Retirement: A Longitudinal Analysis
This paper analyzes the changes in work hours and the economic profile of the elderly for a period of 11 years before and after retirement. Workers of all economic status decreased their work hours gradually as retirement approached. But findings show that, as they decreased their work hours, workers with higher preretirement economic status experienced more drastic reduction in income than those with lower economic status. Nevertheless, the prer…
Long-Term Elderly Widows and Divorcees: Similarities and Differences
Few previous studies analyzed long-term effects of widowhood or divorce. Based on the data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1984-1990, this study analyzes similarities and differences in economic and health status and the scope of social support systems for elderly women who have been widowed or divorced for 20 or more years. Findings show that, despite their higher education, long-term divorcees were worse off than long-term widows. The two…
The relationship between social support and health status of elderly people: Does social support slow down physical and functional deterioration
Journal Article The relationship between social support and health status of elderly people: Does social support slow down physical and functional deterioration? Get access Namkee G. Choi, Namkee G. Choi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John S. Wodarski John S. Wodarski Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 20, Issue 1, March 1996, Pages 52–63,…
Changes in the Living Arrangements, Work Patterns, and Economic Status of Middle-Aged Single Women: 1971-1991
This article examines the growing tendency of women aged 35-45 to remain single and evaluates the differences in motherhood, living arrangements, educational levels, work experience, and economic status of married and single women from 1971 to 1991. It shows that during this period, the economic status of households headed by single women, especially those headed by Black never-married women, de clined. Social service programs geared to furtherin…
Long-Term Care and Ethnicity
Despite the rapid aging of the population and the tremendous growth in ethnic and racial diversity among the elderly in our society, empirical studies on long-term care needs and service use of minority elders have been lacking. Based on two national datasets, this is the first comprehensive analysis of long-term care needs, patterns, and determinants of in-home, community-based, and nursing home service utilization and informal support among Afr…
Homeless Families with Children: Barriers to Finding Decent Housing
Previous studies of homelessness have not adequately addressed the relationship between deteriorating living conditions of inner-city neighborhoods and family homelessness. Interviews with 50 families with children who were residents of homeless shelters in two large cities in New York reveal that substandard housing, unscrupulous landlords, and drug-related violence and crime in neighborhoods, as well as nonpayment of rent and domestic violence,…
Racial Differences in the Contribution of Wife's Earnings to Family Income Distribution
This study, based on the 1989 interview wave of the Panel Studies of Income Dynamics (PSID) and on the 1990 Latino Sample Survey of the PSID, examines wives' economic contribution, as compared to husbands', among three racial/ethnic groups-non-Hispanic whites, blacks, and Hispanics. The findings show that, although white and black wives were not different in their earnings, black wives' earnings accounted for a significantly higher percentage of …
Voices of Homeless Parents: The Pain of Homelessness and Shelter Life
Homeless families with children comprise approximately 40% of homeless people and the fastest-growing group among the homeless. However, the pain and suffering faced by homeless parents, especially single mothers, as providers for and protectors of their children has yet to be documented and understood. In this paper, we illustrate the frustrations, guilt, confusion, and hope of 50 homeless parents staying at three homeless shelters in two large …
Determinants of Engagement in Paid Work Following Social Security Benefit Receipt Among Older Women
Work behavior among older men approaching or following retirement has received considerable research attention over the past two decades, but research on older women's work behavior is still in its incipient stage. Based on data from the 1982 New Beneficiary Survey (NBS) and the 1991 New Beneficiary Follow-up (NBF), this study analyzes the extent and determinants of employment among women who received their first Social Security benefits between …
Diversity Within Diversity: Research and Social Work Practice Issues with Asian American Elders
Asian American elderly form a heterogeneous group with respect to immigration history, ethnic/cultural background, socioeconomic position, and health and mental health status. This paper provides an overview of the internal heterogeneity within the Asian American elderly population and identifies those who experience multiple stressors affecting their quality of life. Then it discusses barriers to formal service utilization as well as strengths a…
Predictors of Transitions in Disease and Disability in Pre-and Early-Retirement Populations
The significance of health-related behaviors as predictors of transitions suggests that lifestyle factors may have a bigger influence on this age group than on older groups
Self-Defined Retirement Status and Engagement in Paid Work among Older Working-Age Women: Comparison between Childless Women and Mothers
Utilizing data from the 1992-1994 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this paper examines the question of whether three groups of older working-age women-childless women, mothers with at least one child at home or temporarily away at school, and mothers with all their children living away from home-were different or similar in their likelihood of retirement and their actual work status. The results show that the childless group and the child-not-a…
Coresidence between Unmarried Aging Parents and their Adult Children: Who Moved in with Whom and Why?
Data from the 1993 to 1995 waves of the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old were used to analyze unmarried elderly parents' and children's characteristics associated with their respective self-reported reasons for coresidence: always lived together, to help the child, to help the parent, or to help both. As compared to the parents in the always-lived-together pairs, parents as the help receivers were older, had more health problems, an…
Formal and Informal Volunteer Activity and Spousal Caregiving Among Older Adults
On the basis of data from the 1998 and 2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, this study tested two alternative hypotheses, role overload and role extension, about the relationship between volunteering and spousal caregiving among older married persons. Spousal caregiving was not significantly associated with the likelihood of formal or informal volunteering for men; however, female caregivers were found to be less likely than noncaregive…
Predicting the Changes in Depressive Symptomatology in Later Life: How Much Do Changes in Health Status, Marital and Caregiving Status, Work and Volunteering, and Health-Related Behaviors Contribute
This study examined the unique effects of four variable groups on changes in older adults' depressive symptoms for a 2-year period: (1) baseline health and disability status, (2) changes in health and disability since baseline, (3) stability and changes in marital and caregiving status and in work and volunteering, and (4) stability and changes in health-related behaviors. With data from the 1998 and 2000 interview waves of the Health and Retirem…
The Integration of Social and Psychologic Services to Improve Low-income Homebound Older Adults' Access to Depression Treatment
Despite their high vulnerability to depression, a majority of low-income, homebound older adults face multiple barriers to accessing psychologic services. These older adults require both social services for managing their multiple financial and functional needs and psychologic services for managing their depression. Mental health needs of these older adults may be better met if aging service providers provide both social services and psychotherap…
Time and money volunteering among older adults: The relationship between past and current volunteering and correlates of change and stability
Using data from the first and second waves of the Survey of Midlife Development in the United States – MIDUS1 1995–1996 and MIDUS2 2004–2006, this paper examines the relationship between the extent of time and money volunteering among people aged 55 or more years at baseline and those of the same age nine years later. Following an analysis of the changes and stability in volunteering status, the paper examines the relationships between change or …
Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicines for Mental Health Problems Among Asian Americans
The effect of time volunteering and charitable donations in later life on psychological wellbeing
Although accumulated research findings point to both short- and long-term salutary effects of time volunteering on older adults' physical and mental health, little research has been done on the effect of older adults' making charitable donations on their wellbeing. Guided by activity theory and the theory of volunteering and using data from the first and second waves of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS, 1995–1996 and MIDUS II, 2004…
Prevalence and correlates of perceived workplace discrimination among older workers in the United States of America
The workplace is one of the areas in which discrimination most frequently occurs. Despite increasing workforce participation among older adults and the adverse effects of workplace discrimination on the physical and psychological wellbeing of older adults, limited attention has been given to workplace discrimination against older workers. Based on a national survey of 420 older workers age 50 and above, this study first examined the prevalence of…
Predictors of Time Volunteering, Religious Giving, and Secular Giving: Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
Using data from the survey Midlife Development in the United States, 2004-2006, the present study examined characteristics associated with time volunteering, religious giving, and secular giving. Multivariate analysis, guided by the theory of volunteering, showed that education and income predicted time volunteering and both religious and secular charitable giving. Generative qualities (e.g., confidence in one's skills, desire to assist others) w…
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