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Overview

Giyeon Kim is affiliated with Chung-Ang University in South Korea and specializes in research primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their scholarly output focuses on several subfields including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Clinical Psychology, and Demography.

Their research addresses multiple core topics such as Health disparities and outcomes, Health and Wellbeing Research, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Health and Well-being Studies, Technology Use by Older Adults, and Noise Effects and Management.

Giyeon Kim's recent papers include the following:

  • Digital technology use and depressive symptoms among older adults in Korea: beneficial for those who have fewer social interactions? (2020), Aging & Mental Health
  • The Role of Polygenic Score and Cognitive Activity in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults (2020), The Gerontologist
  • Multi-group frailty trajectories among older Koreans: Results from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2021), Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Mental Health of Asian American Older Adults: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions (2020), Innovation in Aging
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Longitudinal Effects of Fear of Falling on Falls (2021), Gerontology

Some venues where Giyeon Kim frequently publishes their work include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Korea Gerontological Society
  • Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology
  • Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international

The scientist has collaborated most often with:

  • Yeonsoo Shin
  • Juhyeong Lee
  • Suha You
  • Soohyun Park
  • Darren Liu

Best Publications

  • Limited English proficiency as a barrier to mental health service use: a study of Latino and Asian immigrants with psychiatric disorders.

    Giyeon Kim;Claudia X. Aguado Loi;David A. Chiriboga;Yuri Jang

  • Vulnerability of Older Latino and Asian Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency

    Giyeon Kim;Courtney B. Worley;Rebecca S. Allen;Latrice Vinson

  • Acculturation and manifestation of depressive symptoms among Korean-American older adults.

    Yuri Jang;G. Kim;D. Chiriboga

  • Race/ethnicity and measurement equivalence of the Everyday Discrimination Scale.

    Giyeon Kim;Martin Sellbom;Katy-Lauren Ford

  • A Bidimensional Model of Acculturation for Korean American Older Adults.

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David Chiriboga;Bellinda Kallimanis

  • Race/ethnicity and the factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: a meta-analysis.

    Giyeon Kim;Jamie DeCoster;Chao-Hui Huang;David A. Chiriboga

  • Attitudes of Older Korean Americans Toward Mental Health Services

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;Lianne Hansen;David A. Chiriboga

  • Health, healthcare utilization, and satisfaction with service: barriers and facilitators for older Korean Americans.

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David A. Chiriboga

  • Health status of older Asian Americans in California.

    Giyeon Kim;David A. Chiriboga;Yuri Jang;Seungah Lee

  • Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, Feelings of Shame, and Awareness of Services Among Korean American Elders

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David Chiriboga

  • PURPOSE IN LIFE PROTECTS AGAINST COGNITIVE DECLINE AMONG OLDER ADULTS

    Giyeon Kim;Su Hyun Shin;Monica Scicolone;Patricia A Parmelee

  • A meta-analysis of the factor structure of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): the effects of language.

    Giyeon Kim;Jamie DeCoster;Chao-Hui Huang;Ami N. Bryant

  • Cultural Equivalence in Depressive Symptoms in Older White, Black, and Mexican‐American Adults

    Giyeon Kim;David A. Chiriboga;Yuri Jang

  • Factors associated with mental health service use in Latino and Asian immigrant elders.

    Giyeon Kim;Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Grace X. Ma

  • Race/Ethnicity and the Factor Structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: A Meta-Analysis

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  • Associations Between Self-Rated Mental Health and Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Adults: Do Racial/Ethnic Differences Exist?

    Giyeon Kim;Jamie DeCoster;David A. Chiriboga;Yuri Jang

  • Perceived discrimination, sense of control, and depressive symptoms among Korean American older adults.

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Giyeon Kim;Sunghan Rhew

  • Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare use, delayed care, and management of diabetes mellitus in older adults in California

    Giyeon Kim;Katy L. Ford;David A. Chiriboga;Dara H. Sorkin

  • Widowhood Status as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline among Older Adults.

    Su Hyun Shin;Giyeon Kim;Soohyun Park

  • Digital technology use and depressive symptoms among older adults in Korea: beneficial for those who have fewer social interactions?

    Min-Ah Lee;Kenneth F Ferraro;Giyeon Kim

  • Depressive Symptoms in Four Racial and Ethnic Groups: The Survey of Older Floridians (SOF)

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Giyeon Kim;Karon Phillips

  • Health Perception and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Korean Americans

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David A. Chiriboga

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Chiriboga
David A. Chiriboga University of South Florida
Patricia A. Parmelee
Patricia A. Parmelee University of Alabama
Jamie DeCoster
Jamie DeCoster University of Virginia
Rebecca S. Allen
Rebecca S. Allen University of Alabama
Martin Sellbom
Martin Sellbom Monash University
Soojin Park
Soojin Park Pohang University of Science and Technology
Kenneth F. Ferraro
Kenneth F. Ferraro Purdue University West Lafayette

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