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

Table 4 Association of segmented 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	11.79	<.001	11.29	<.001
Discrimination	1.88	<.001	3.04	<.001
Ethnic support	−0.74	0.02	0.30	0.6
Host support	−1.47	<.001	−1.10	0.05
Other support	−0.98	0.23	0.25	0.88
Discrimination X ethnic support			−1.49	0.02
Discrimination X host support			−0.55	0.40
Discrimination X other support			−1.74	0.35
Sex
Male	–
Female	1.51	<.001	1.46	<.001
Age
Under 30	–
30–39	−1.02	0.02	−1.02	0.02
40–49	−1.29	0.01	−1.28	0.01
50–59	−1.83	<.001	−1.84	<.001
60 or over	−1.45	0.06	−1.48	0.05
Country of origin^c
Western countries	–
East Asia	−0.67	0.40	−0.92	0.26
South Asia	−0.20	0.82	−0.41	0.65
Visa type^d
F-2/F-6	–
H-2/F-4	−0.51	0.19	−0.53	0.17
Other	−0.87	0.04	−0.92	0.03
Current Marital Status
Currently married	–
Never married	0.01	0.99	0.12	0.86
Other	1.27	0.01	1.32	0.01
Household income^e
Under $1000	–
$1000–2000	0.11	0.80	0.08	0.85
$2000–3000	−0.87	0.06	−0.85	0.06
$3000–4000	− 0.58	0.29	− 0.60	0.27
Over $4000	−1.37	0.01	−1.42	0.01
Educational attainment
Middle school or less	–
High school graduation	0.33	0.31	0.34	0.30
College	0.66	0.16	0.65	0.17
University or more	0.79	0.09	0.78	0.09
Acculturation
Korean Language Fluency^f	−0.04	0.22	−0.04	0.25
Years lived in Korea^f	0.01	0.58	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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