Lee Sang E, Diwan Sadhna, Yeo Gwen
School of Social Work, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192–0124, USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2010 Nov;53(8):743-59. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2010.515290.
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.
为了更好地理解痴呆症的概念，本研究使用韩语自填式问卷，对209名韩裔美国人的痴呆症因果归因进行了探究。研究结果表明，韩裔美国人认可多种因果归因。因子分析得出了他们归因的三个维度，包括心理、身体/环境和认知/社会。双变量分析表明，年龄较小和受教育程度较高与更多的身体/环境归因有关，年龄较小与更多的认知/社会归因有关。该研究有助于理解痴呆症的因果归因，从业者需要了解这一点以提供具有文化胜任力的医疗服务，并强调有必要根据特定种族群体定制公共教育信息。
