Samuel Noh
Biographic Data
| ID | 148789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Noh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Noh |
| SIGNATURE | NOH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6748-5223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Asian American mental health: Longitudinal trend and explanatory factors among young Filipino- and Korean Americans
This study substantiated a troubling upward trend in mental health struggles among young Asian Americans and demonstrated a significant additive influence of culture and race/ethnicity on mental health beyond the normative influences of family process and peers. These key factors should be targeted in intervention to better serve Asian American young people who may mask their internal struggles
Culture and Family Process: Measures of Familism for Filipino and Korean American Parents
This study tests the psychometric properties of multiple survey items and scales that are either underused or newly developed to assess familism among Asian Americans. Using data collected from 150 Filipino and 188 Korean American parents (mostly mothers) in the Midwest region in 2013, the measures were examined for validity and reliability for each group and, when appropriate, for cross-cultural equivalence across the groups. Several scales and …
The 2004 tsunami and mental health in Thailand: A Longitudinal Analysis of One-and Two-Year Post-Disaster Data
Some 280,000 people died in the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004. This cohort study examined its impact on mental health one and two years later. It did so by investigating the association between six consequent variables (personal injury, loss of home, loss of business, death of a family member, injury to a family member, or loss of a family member's business) and mental health, as measured by the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)…
Economic development of countries of origin and distress among married immigrant men and women in Toronto
We investigate if the "immigrant health paradox", as measured by distress, is evident among male and female partners married before immigration to Canada. We also examine if initial-status and change in distress are modified by the level of economic development of the origin-country. Our analysis of married immigrants to Toronto, Canada (N = 615), suggests that, contrary to findings of an "immigrant health paradox," recent immigrants from less de…
Racial/ethnic variations in the main and buffering effects of ethnic and nonethnic supports on depressive symptoms among five ethnic immigrant groups in Toronto
Overall, social supports received from fellow ethnic group members had significant main effects (suppressing depressive symptoms) and stress-buffering effects and were most pronounced in the minority ethnic immigrant groups of Ethiopians, Koreans, and Iranians. The effects were least evident among the Vietnamese and Irish. Evidence for the stress-suppressing and stress-buffering role of cross-ethnic group supports was unclear, and even inverted a…
Changes in life satisfaction among Korean immigrants in Canada
This longitudinal study explores the adjustment experience of Korean immigrants in Canada by examining changes in their well-being during the first four years of settlement. Data were derived from the three-wave Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, conducted between April 2001 and November 2005. We use a subsample of 1811 immigrants aged 15 years or older from South Korea (n = 351), Eastern European countries (n = 1152), and Western Europ…
Impact of the 2004 Tsunami on Self-Reported Physical Health in Thailand for the Subsequent 2 Years
Objectives. We examined self-reported physical health during the first 2 years following the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Methods. We assessed physical health with the revised Short Form Health Survey. We evaluated 6 types of tsunami exposure: personal injury, personal loss of home, personal loss of business, loss of family member, family member’s injury, and family’s loss of business. We examined the relationship between tsunami exposure and physic…
Ethnicity and Postmigration Health Trajectory in New Immigrants to Canada
Objectives. In this prospective cohort study, we examined the trajectory of general health during the first 4 years after new immigrants’ arrival in Canada. We focused on the change in self-rated health trajectories and their gender and ethnic disparities. Methods. Data were derived from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada and were collected between April 2001 and November 2005 by Statistics Canada. We used weighted samples of 3309 me…
Ethnic and Gender Differences in the Association Between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Five Immigrant Groups
Korean Immigrants in Canada: Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family
Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives.The contributors explore the historical, psychological, soc…
Mental health problems in Thai immigrants in Toronto, Canada
This study presents preliminary results on the level of mental health problems in a small community of immigrants from Thailand. Data for the study were derived from a pilot survey of adult Thai immigrants living in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. Survey data were collected from a non-probability sample of 145 adults between January and May 2009. Using a threshold of 5/6 for GHQ-28, about 14% of the sample was considered at risk for psychiatr…
Depressive Symptoms, Stress and Resources Among Adult Immigrants Living with HIV
Adolescent immigrant generation and stigmatizing attitudes toward drug addiction
This study examined differences in stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals addicted to drugs among three immigrant generations of youth, and the role of adolescent drug use and friends’ drug use on the association. Data were derived from the 2005 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use Survey administered to students in grades 7–12 in the province of Ontario, Canada. A sample of 4078 students completed questionnaires that included a measure of st…
Somatic symptoms in a community sample of Ethiopian immigrants in Toronto, Canada
This study examines the occurrence and correlates of somatic symptoms in a random sample of 342 adult Ethiopian immigrants residing in Toronto, Canada. Somatic symptoms were derived from the somatization disorder module of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Nearly two-thirds (63.2%) of the study participants reported having had at least one of the symptoms and 12.9% reported having had five or more symptoms in the 12 months preceding their interv…
The Long Arm of Community: The Influence of Childhood Community Contexts Across the Early Life Course
Adolescent Risk Behaviours and Psychological Distress across Immigrant Generations
Perceived financial status, health, and maladjustment in adolescence
Health Service Utilization by Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
Overt and Subtle Racial Discrimination and Mental Health: Preliminary Findings for Korean Immigrants
The results emphasize the salience of subtle discrimination for the mental health of Asian immigrants. Experiences of overt racial bias seemed to be of little importance for the levels of depressive symptoms among those in our sample, although the experience of blatant discrimination tended to reduce positive mood
Racial differences in adolescent distress: Differential effects of the family and community for blacks and whites
Using a sample of 15,885 adolescents derived from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examined (1) unique additive influences of race, family, and community and (2) various multiplicative influences among race, family, and community factors on adolescent distress. Community characteristics such as community poverty and ethnic composition were included in the analysis. Community poverty, family poverty, single parentho…
Determinants of Depression Among Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of and risk factors for depressive disorder in a random sample of 342 Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview questionnaire was used to measure depression. The results suggested a lifetime prevalence of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees of 9.8%, which was slightly higher than the lifetime prevalence rate in the Ontario…
Caregiving for relatives with Alzheimer's disease: Feelings of Chinese-Canadian women
Perceived Discrimination and Depression: Moderating Effects of Coping, Acculturation, and Ethnic Support
The authors evaluated the effects of cultural norms and social contexts on coping processes involved in dealing with perceived racial discrimination. Cross-sectional data derived from personal interviews with Korean immigrants residing in Toronto were analyzed. Among the respondents, active, problem-focused coping styles were more effective in reducing the impacts on depression of perceived discrimination, while frequent use of passive, emotion-f…
Race, Ethnicity, and Depression in Canadian Society
This study examines racial/ethnic differences in mental health using data from the 1996-97 National Population Health Survey. Three hypotheses are tested. First, a socioeconomic hypothesis tests if differences in family income, education, and low income explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Second, a social resources hypothesis tests if differences in social support explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Finally, an interaction h…
Perceived Racial Discrimination, Depression, and Coping: A Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada
Using data obtained from personal interviews with 647 Southeast Asian refugees in Canada, this study tests hypotheses regarding both the association between perceived racial discrimination and depression, and the roles of coping and ethnic identity in conditioning the nature of the discrimination-depression relation. Refugees who reported that they had experienced racial discrimination had higher depression levels than their counterparts who repo…
Perceived Discrimination and Depression: Moderating Effects of Coping, Acculturation, and Ethnic Support
The authors evaluated the effects of cultural norms and social contexts on coping processes involved in dealing with perceived racial discrimination. Cross-sectional data derived from personal interviews with Korean immigrants residing in Toronto were analyzed. Among the respondents, active, problem-focused coping styles were more effective in reducing the impacts on depression of perceived discrimination, while frequent use of passive, emotion-f…
Perceived Racial Discrimination, Depression, and Coping: A Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada
Using data obtained from personal interviews with 647 Southeast Asian refugees in Canada, this study tests hypotheses regarding both the association between perceived racial discrimination and depression, and the roles of coping and ethnic identity in conditioning the nature of the discrimination-depression relation. Refugees who reported that they had experienced racial discrimination had higher depression levels than their counterparts who repo…
Overt and Subtle Racial Discrimination and Mental Health: Preliminary Findings for Korean Immigrants
The results emphasize the salience of subtle discrimination for the mental health of Asian immigrants. Experiences of overt racial bias seemed to be of little importance for the levels of depressive symptoms among those in our sample, although the experience of blatant discrimination tended to reduce positive mood
Asian Immigrants and the Stress Process: A Study of Koreans in Canada
The stress process paradigm is one of the most widely held perspectives in the sociology of mental health. While this model has been applied to a large number of research problems, relatively little work has examined whether the paradigm can assist in understanding the link between socially induced stressors and their consequences for the mental health of immigrants. In this paper, we employ a stress process formulation to examine the interplay a…
Physical Disability and Depression: A Longitudinal Analysis
Based on a large and representative sample of physically disabled persons resident in the community, this paper considers the association between disability and risk for depression and examines the relevance of stress process variables in accounting for variations in depression. Using two waves of data spaced four years apart, we demonstrate that the disabled are at dramatically elevated risk for depressive symptoms and that this high level of de…
Class and Psychological Vulnerability Among Women: The Significance of Social Support and Personal Control
R. Jay Turner, Samuel Noh, Class and Psychological Vulnerability Among Women: The Significance of Social Support and Personal Control, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Mar., 1983), pp. 2-15
Living with psychiatric patients: Implications for the mental health of family members
Racial differences in adolescent distress: Differential effects of the family and community for blacks and whites
Using a sample of 15,885 adolescents derived from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examined (1) unique additive influences of race, family, and community and (2) various multiplicative influences among race, family, and community factors on adolescent distress. Community characteristics such as community poverty and ethnic composition were included in the analysis. Community poverty, family poverty, single parentho…
The Long Arm of Community: The Influence of Childhood Community Contexts Across the Early Life Course
Culture and Family Process: Measures of Familism for Filipino and Korean American Parents
This study tests the psychometric properties of multiple survey items and scales that are either underused or newly developed to assess familism among Asian Americans. Using data collected from 150 Filipino and 188 Korean American parents (mostly mothers) in the Midwest region in 2013, the measures were examined for validity and reliability for each group and, when appropriate, for cross-cultural equivalence across the groups. Several scales and …
Caregiving for relatives with Alzheimer's disease: Feelings of Chinese-Canadian women
Ethnic and Gender Differences in the Association Between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Five Immigrant Groups
Adolescent Risk Behaviours and Psychological Distress across Immigrant Generations
Asian American mental health: Longitudinal trend and explanatory factors among young Filipino- and Korean Americans
This study substantiated a troubling upward trend in mental health struggles among young Asian Americans and demonstrated a significant additive influence of culture and race/ethnicity on mental health beyond the normative influences of family process and peers. These key factors should be targeted in intervention to better serve Asian American young people who may mask their internal struggles
Spouses of Discharged Psychiatric Patients: Factors Associated with Their Experience of Burden
Perceived financial status, health, and maladjustment in adolescence
Race, Ethnicity, and Depression in Canadian Society
This study examines racial/ethnic differences in mental health using data from the 1996-97 National Population Health Survey. Three hypotheses are tested. First, a socioeconomic hypothesis tests if differences in family income, education, and low income explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Second, a social resources hypothesis tests if differences in social support explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Finally, an interaction h…
Ethnicity and Postmigration Health Trajectory in New Immigrants to Canada
Objectives. In this prospective cohort study, we examined the trajectory of general health during the first 4 years after new immigrants’ arrival in Canada. We focused on the change in self-rated health trajectories and their gender and ethnic disparities. Methods. Data were derived from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada and were collected between April 2001 and November 2005 by Statistics Canada. We used weighted samples of 3309 me…
Economic development of countries of origin and distress among married immigrant men and women in Toronto
We investigate if the "immigrant health paradox", as measured by distress, is evident among male and female partners married before immigration to Canada. We also examine if initial-status and change in distress are modified by the level of economic development of the origin-country. Our analysis of married immigrants to Toronto, Canada (N = 615), suggests that, contrary to findings of an "immigrant health paradox," recent immigrants from less de…
Changes in life satisfaction among Korean immigrants in Canada
This longitudinal study explores the adjustment experience of Korean immigrants in Canada by examining changes in their well-being during the first four years of settlement. Data were derived from the three-wave Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, conducted between April 2001 and November 2005. We use a subsample of 1811 immigrants aged 15 years or older from South Korea (n = 351), Eastern European countries (n = 1152), and Western Europ…
Psychological Distress in the Postpartum Period: The Significance of Social Support
This panel study examines changes in the psychological distress of 280 new mothers over a one-year period. Regression analyses show that when social support is indexed as the extent of the mother's social network, this variable has no impact on changes in psychological distress. However, the cognitive experience of social support and the degree of marital intimacy make significant independent contributions to changes in psychological distress. Th…
The 2004 tsunami and mental health in Thailand: A Longitudinal Analysis of One-and Two-Year Post-Disaster Data
Some 280,000 people died in the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004. This cohort study examined its impact on mental health one and two years later. It did so by investigating the association between six consequent variables (personal injury, loss of home, loss of business, death of a family member, injury to a family member, or loss of a family member's business) and mental health, as measured by the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)…
Racial/ethnic variations in the main and buffering effects of ethnic and nonethnic supports on depressive symptoms among five ethnic immigrant groups in Toronto
Overall, social supports received from fellow ethnic group members had significant main effects (suppressing depressive symptoms) and stress-buffering effects and were most pronounced in the minority ethnic immigrant groups of Ethiopians, Koreans, and Iranians. The effects were least evident among the Vietnamese and Irish. Evidence for the stress-suppressing and stress-buffering role of cross-ethnic group supports was unclear, and even inverted a…
Impact of the 2004 Tsunami on Self-Reported Physical Health in Thailand for the Subsequent 2 Years
Objectives. We examined self-reported physical health during the first 2 years following the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Methods. We assessed physical health with the revised Short Form Health Survey. We evaluated 6 types of tsunami exposure: personal injury, personal loss of home, personal loss of business, loss of family member, family member’s injury, and family’s loss of business. We examined the relationship between tsunami exposure and physic…
Measuring Depression in Korean Immigrants: Assessing Validity of the Translated Korean Version of CES-D Scale
Results are reported about the validity of a translated Korean version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), a self-report or interview measure of depressive sympto matology used widely in Asian and other ethnic populations. Compared to Euro-Americans, Asians are more reluctant to endorse CES-D items that tap subjective experiences of positive affect, a response bias resulting in observations of more depressive symptom…
Class and Psychological Vulnerability Among Women: The Significance of Social Support and Personal Control
R. Jay Turner, Samuel Noh, Class and Psychological Vulnerability Among Women: The Significance of Social Support and Personal Control, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Mar., 1983), pp. 2-15
Psychological Distress in the Postpartum Period: The Significance of Social Support
This panel study examines changes in the psychological distress of 280 new mothers over a one-year period. Regression analyses show that when social support is indexed as the extent of the mother's social network, this variable has no impact on changes in psychological distress. However, the cognitive experience of social support and the degree of marital intimacy make significant independent contributions to changes in psychological distress. Th…
Living with psychiatric patients: Implications for the mental health of family members
Spouses of Discharged Psychiatric Patients: Factors Associated with Their Experience of Burden
Physical Disability and Depression: A Longitudinal Analysis
Based on a large and representative sample of physically disabled persons resident in the community, this paper considers the association between disability and risk for depression and examines the relevance of stress process variables in accounting for variations in depression. Using two waves of data spaced four years apart, we demonstrate that the disabled are at dramatically elevated risk for depressive symptoms and that this high level of de…
Asian Immigrants and the Stress Process: A Study of Koreans in Canada
The stress process paradigm is one of the most widely held perspectives in the sociology of mental health. While this model has been applied to a large number of research problems, relatively little work has examined whether the paradigm can assist in understanding the link between socially induced stressors and their consequences for the mental health of immigrants. In this paper, we employ a stress process formulation to examine the interplay a…
Occupation as a mediator of depression in people with rheumatoid arthritis
In this study we investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis and depression, and examine if the increase in depression among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to individuals without RA, is attributable to poor ability to perform important daily occupations. The occupations of work, self care, leisure, rest and sleep were analysed, using regression analyses, to see which predicted depression. The participants were 14…
Measuring Depression in Korean Immigrants: Assessing Validity of the Translated Korean Version of CES-D Scale
Results are reported about the validity of a translated Korean version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), a self-report or interview measure of depressive sympto matology used widely in Asian and other ethnic populations. Compared to Euro-Americans, Asians are more reluctant to endorse CES-D items that tap subjective experiences of positive affect, a response bias resulting in observations of more depressive symptom…
Perceived Racial Discrimination, Depression, and Coping: A Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada
Using data obtained from personal interviews with 647 Southeast Asian refugees in Canada, this study tests hypotheses regarding both the association between perceived racial discrimination and depression, and the roles of coping and ethnic identity in conditioning the nature of the discrimination-depression relation. Refugees who reported that they had experienced racial discrimination had higher depression levels than their counterparts who repo…
Caregiving for relatives with Alzheimer's disease: Feelings of Chinese-Canadian women
Perceived Discrimination and Depression: Moderating Effects of Coping, Acculturation, and Ethnic Support
The authors evaluated the effects of cultural norms and social contexts on coping processes involved in dealing with perceived racial discrimination. Cross-sectional data derived from personal interviews with Korean immigrants residing in Toronto were analyzed. Among the respondents, active, problem-focused coping styles were more effective in reducing the impacts on depression of perceived discrimination, while frequent use of passive, emotion-f…
Race, Ethnicity, and Depression in Canadian Society
This study examines racial/ethnic differences in mental health using data from the 1996-97 National Population Health Survey. Three hypotheses are tested. First, a socioeconomic hypothesis tests if differences in family income, education, and low income explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Second, a social resources hypothesis tests if differences in social support explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Finally, an interaction h…
Determinants of Depression Among Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of and risk factors for depressive disorder in a random sample of 342 Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview questionnaire was used to measure depression. The results suggested a lifetime prevalence of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees of 9.8%, which was slightly higher than the lifetime prevalence rate in the Ontario…
Racial differences in adolescent distress: Differential effects of the family and community for blacks and whites
Using a sample of 15,885 adolescents derived from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examined (1) unique additive influences of race, family, and community and (2) various multiplicative influences among race, family, and community factors on adolescent distress. Community characteristics such as community poverty and ethnic composition were included in the analysis. Community poverty, family poverty, single parentho…
Health Service Utilization by Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
Overt and Subtle Racial Discrimination and Mental Health: Preliminary Findings for Korean Immigrants
The results emphasize the salience of subtle discrimination for the mental health of Asian immigrants. Experiences of overt racial bias seemed to be of little importance for the levels of depressive symptoms among those in our sample, although the experience of blatant discrimination tended to reduce positive mood
Adolescent Risk Behaviours and Psychological Distress across Immigrant Generations
Perceived financial status, health, and maladjustment in adolescence
Adolescent immigrant generation and stigmatizing attitudes toward drug addiction
This study examined differences in stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals addicted to drugs among three immigrant generations of youth, and the role of adolescent drug use and friends’ drug use on the association. Data were derived from the 2005 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use Survey administered to students in grades 7–12 in the province of Ontario, Canada. A sample of 4078 students completed questionnaires that included a measure of st…
Somatic symptoms in a community sample of Ethiopian immigrants in Toronto, Canada
This study examines the occurrence and correlates of somatic symptoms in a random sample of 342 adult Ethiopian immigrants residing in Toronto, Canada. Somatic symptoms were derived from the somatization disorder module of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Nearly two-thirds (63.2%) of the study participants reported having had at least one of the symptoms and 12.9% reported having had five or more symptoms in the 12 months preceding their interv…
The Long Arm of Community: The Influence of Childhood Community Contexts Across the Early Life Course
Depressive Symptoms, Stress and Resources Among Adult Immigrants Living with HIV
Korean Immigrants in Canada: Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family
Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives.The contributors explore the historical, psychological, soc…
Mental health problems in Thai immigrants in Toronto, Canada
This study presents preliminary results on the level of mental health problems in a small community of immigrants from Thailand. Data for the study were derived from a pilot survey of adult Thai immigrants living in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. Survey data were collected from a non-probability sample of 145 adults between January and May 2009. Using a threshold of 5/6 for GHQ-28, about 14% of the sample was considered at risk for psychiatr…
Impact of the 2004 Tsunami on Self-Reported Physical Health in Thailand for the Subsequent 2 Years
Objectives. We examined self-reported physical health during the first 2 years following the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Methods. We assessed physical health with the revised Short Form Health Survey. We evaluated 6 types of tsunami exposure: personal injury, personal loss of home, personal loss of business, loss of family member, family member’s injury, and family’s loss of business. We examined the relationship between tsunami exposure and physic…
Psychology (27 works) · Medicine (21 works) · Psychiatry (20 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (16 works) · Immigration (14 works) · Mental health (14 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (13 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (12 works)