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The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States
Research indicates that participation in culturally meaningful activity is beneficial for immigrants’ health and well-being, yet older Korean immigrants struggle with accepting new cultural perspectives, which can negatively affect their health and well-being. Using in-depth interviews, this study w...
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Co-Action Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27501 |
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author | Kim, Junhyoung Kim, May Han, Areum Chin, Seungtae |
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description | Research indicates that participation in culturally meaningful activity is beneficial for immigrants’ health and well-being, yet older Korean immigrants struggle with accepting new cultural perspectives, which can negatively affect their health and well-being. Using in-depth interviews, this study was designed to capture the value of culturally meaningful activities for health among older Korean immigrants. Three themes were identified: (a) improved psychological well-being, (b) enhanced positive emotions and feelings, and (c) social connections developed with others. The findings suggest that by engaging in various culturally meaningful activities, older Korean immigrants gain a sense of social, cultural, and psychological significance in life. This study also provided evidence that older Korean immigrants maintain and develop their cultural identity through culturally meaningful activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-44712172015-07-28 The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States Kim, Junhyoung Kim, May Han, Areum Chin, Seungtae Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Study Research indicates that participation in culturally meaningful activity is beneficial for immigrants’ health and well-being, yet older Korean immigrants struggle with accepting new cultural perspectives, which can negatively affect their health and well-being. Using in-depth interviews, this study was designed to capture the value of culturally meaningful activities for health among older Korean immigrants. Three themes were identified: (a) improved psychological well-being, (b) enhanced positive emotions and feelings, and (c) social connections developed with others. The findings suggest that by engaging in various culturally meaningful activities, older Korean immigrants gain a sense of social, cultural, and psychological significance in life. This study also provided evidence that older Korean immigrants maintain and develop their cultural identity through culturally meaningful activities. Co-Action Publishing 2015-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4471217/ /pubmed/26084272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27501 Text en © 2015 J. Kim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Empirical Study Kim, Junhyoung Kim, May Han, Areum Chin, Seungtae The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title | The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title_full | The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title_fullStr | The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title_short | The importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older Korean immigrant living in the United States |
title_sort | importance of culturally meaningful activity for health benefits among older korean immigrant living in the united states |
topic | Empirical Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27501 |
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