The impact of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms and the role of differentiated social support among immigrant populations in South Korea

Table 3 Association of general support with depressive symptoms among immigrants in South Korea (N = 1068)

	Depressive Symptoms
	Model 1^a		Model 2^b
	β	P value	β	P value
Intercept	12.23	<.001	10.87	<.001
Discrimination	1.98	<.001	3.91	<.001
General support	−2.05	<.001	−0.59	0.50
Discrimination X general support			−2.11	0.04
Sex
Male	–
Female	1.49	<.001	1.44	<.001
Age
Under 30	–
30–39	− 1.06	0.01	− 1.04	0.01
40–49	− 1.34	<.001	− 1.34	<.001
50–59	− 1.86	<.001	−1.87	<.001
60 or over	−1.55	0.04	−1.55	0.04
Country of origin^c
Western countries	–
East Asia	−0.47	0.54	− 0.42	0.59
South Asia	−0.05	0.96	0.01	0.99
Visa type^d
F-2/F-6	–
H-2/F-4	−0.33	0.40	− 0.34	0.39
Other	−0.76	0.07	−0.76	0.07
Current Marital Status
Currently married	–
Never married	−0.09	0.89	−0.04	0.95
Other	1.34	0.01	1.37	0.01
Household income^e
Under $1000	–
$1000–2000	0.14	0.75	0.13	0.76
$2000–3000	− 0.83	0.07	− 0.83	0.07
$3000–4000	− 0.58	0.29	− 0.57	0.30
Over $4000	−1.45	0.01	−1.44	0.01
Educational attainment
Middle school or less	–
High school graduation	0.33	0.31	0.36	0.27
College	0.73	0.12	0.75	0.11
University or more	0.68	0.14	0.68	0.14
Acculturation
Korean Language Fluency^f	−0.05	0.13	−0.05	0.15
Years lived in Korea^f	0.01	0.63	0.01	0.66

Note: ^a Included perceived discrimination and general social support as main regressors. ^b Included perceived discrimination, general social support and the interaction term of discrimination and general social support as main regressors. ^c Country of Origin – Western countries: The United States and Canada; East Asia: China, Japan and Taiwan; South Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia. ^d Visa Type: F-2: Residence visa, F-6: Foreign spouse, F-4: Extension of sojourn period for Overseas Koreans, H-2: Working visit ^c US dollars. ^e US dollars. ^f Continuous scores were centered zero

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