Huei-Wern Shen

Biographic Data

ID5604998
NAMEHuei-Wern Shen
GIVEN NAMESHuei-Wern
FAMILY NAMEShen
SIGNATURESHEN H
AFFILIATIONSNational Taiwan Normal University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Intersectional discrimination and mental health in later life

    Open AccessYi Wang, Yifan Lou et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2025References: 20

    Objectives Despite extensive literature that examines the relationship between discrimination and health, less is known about specific discrimination attributions and how they may differentially associate with health. To address this gap, the current study investigated the latent typology of discrimination attributions and the intersectional attributions’ relationships with mental health in later life. Methods Data came from 6,282 respondents in …

  • African American and European American Clergy's Counseling of Older Adults

    Open AccessJoseph G Pickard, Sharon D Johnson et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2019References: 38

    This study examines factors associated with the amount of time African American and European American clergy spend counseling older adults for emotional problems. We used a cross sectional survey design with data gathered through the use of a brief, two page, mailed survey, the implementation of which was rooted in Dillman's Tailored Design Method. The study is based in a mental health literacy framework. This study was completed in a Midwestern …

  • Further Investigations of the Social and Material Convoy

    Open AccessTam E Perry, Huei-Wern Shen et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2018References: 7

    This study used the social and material convoy framework to explore how individual and social resources, including volunteer engagement, inform household transitions in later life by race. Data from the 2008 and 2010 Health and Retirement Study compared non-Hispanic whites’ and non-Hispanic blacks’ relocation patterns in 2010 (N = 8,361). Multinomial logistic regression models tested the relationships between economic, home environment, health, s…

  • Caregiver stressors and depressive symptoms among older husbands and wives in the United States

    Min Hee Kim, Ruth E Dunkle et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2017

    Framed by Pearlin's Stress Process Model, this study prospectively examines the effects of primary stress factors reflecting the duration, amount, and type of care on the depressive symptoms of spousal caregivers over a2-year period, and whether the effects of stressors differ between husbands and wives. Data are from the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and we included community-dwelling respondents providing activities of …

  • Does a Sense of Benevolence Influence Volunteering and Caregiving among Older People

    Huei-Wern Shen, Huei‐Wern Shen et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2017Cited by: 2References: 12

    Volunteering and caregiving are both helping behaviors, but they take place in different social contexts. Although personal resources and networks are important factors in understanding whether older people volunteer and provide family care, studies of the psychological factors influencing these behaviors are rare. Using theoretical guidance of the resource and strategic mobilization model, this study aims to construct a psychological factor—sens…

  • Interdependence between the Social and Material Convoy

    Huei-Wern Shen, Huei‐Wern Shen et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2016Cited by: 2References: 7

    Relocation in older adulthood may occur due to triggering events, such as widowhood. Guided by Kahn and Antonucci's convoy model, this study explores the influence of volunteering on decision to relocate following the death of a spouse. Using three waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study (2006, 2008, and 2010), 5,146 community-dwelling married older individuals who were 65 years or older in 2008 were included. Findings from two multino…