School of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2022 Jun;34(3):222-240. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2022.2089938. Epub 2022 Jun 15.
This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived social support and help-seeking among U.S. Chinese older adults who reported elder mistreatment (EM). Data were from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago. Perceived social support and informal/formal help-seeking intentions and behaviors were measured. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regressions, and multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed. A total of 450 participants reported EM. Mean age of the sample was 72.73 ± 8.03 years old. Perceived social support was associated with an increase in intentions of seeking help from informal sources. Compared with not seeking help, older Chinese-American adults with any EM who perceived social support were more likely to seek help from informal and formal sources. The potential role of social support in increasing help-seeking was highlighted. Culturally tailored interventions that provide social support might promote help-seeking among U.S. Chinese elder immigrants who experienced EM.
本研究旨在探讨报告遭受虐待的美国华裔老年人感知到的社会支持与寻求帮助之间的关系。数据来自芝加哥华人老年人口研究。测量了感知到的社会支持以及非正式/正式寻求帮助的意图和行为。进行了描述性统计、多元线性回归和多项逻辑回归分析。共有 450 名参与者报告了虐待。样本的平均年龄为 72.73±8.03 岁。感知到的社会支持与寻求非正式来源帮助的意图增加有关。与不寻求帮助相比，感知到社会支持的有任何虐待经历的美国华裔老年人更有可能从非正式和正式来源寻求帮助。突出了社会支持在增加寻求帮助方面的潜在作用。提供社会支持的文化上量身定制的干预措施可能会促进经历过虐待的美国华裔老年移民寻求帮助。
