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Overview

Yuri Jang is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, with a focus on health disparities and outcomes. Their work addresses multiple areas within health and social sciences, including dementia and cognitive impairment, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and migration-related health issues.

The main fields of study in Jang's research include:

  • Social Sciences

Within these, the subfields of study covered are:

  • Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Jang's research topics span various important areas as follows:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Health and Wellbeing Research
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Aging and Gerontology Research

Jang's frequent co-authors include Nan Sook Park, David A. Chiriboga, Juyoung Park, Miyong T. Kim, and Soondool Chung. Collaborations with these researchers reflect a network of scholarship around aging, health, and ethnic studies.

The most common publication venues for Jang's work are:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Aging and Health
  • Research on Aging
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Some representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Jang include:

  • Cognitive health risks posed by social isolation and loneliness in older Korean Americans, 2021, BMC Geriatrics
  • Social isolation in Asian Americans: risks associated with socio-demographic, health, and immigration factors, 2021, Ethnicity and Health
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in Correspondence Between Subjective Cognitive Ratings and Cognitive Impairment, 2021, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Trends in Internet Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2011-2016, 2020, Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Electron-Transfer and Redox Reactivity of High-Valent Iron Imido and Oxo Complexes with the Formal Oxidation States of Five and Six, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

This collection of research outputs demonstrates a focus on aging populations, health outcomes related to social isolation, cognitive health, and ethnic disparities in cognitive impairment assessments. The broader disciplinary intersections also span clinical psychology and mental health perspectives.

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

  • Older Adults' Internet Use for Health Information: Digital Divide by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status.

    Hyunwoo Yoon;Yuri Jang;Phillip W. Vaughan;Michael Garcia

  • The Role of Mastery and Social Resources in the Associations Between Disability and Depression in Later Life

    Yuri Jang;William E. Haley;Brent J. Small;James A. Mortimer

  • Attitudes toward mental health services: Age-group differences in Korean American adults

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Sumie Okazaki

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

    Yuri Jang;G. Kim;D. Chiriboga

  • The Role of Social Engagement in Life Satisfaction: Its Significance among Older Individuals with Disease and Disability:

    Yuri Jang;James A. Mortimer;William E. Haley;Amy R. Borenstein Graves

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

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David Chiriboga;Bellinda Kallimanis

  • 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

  • Living in a Different World: Acculturative Stress Among Korean American Elders

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga

  • The Mediating Role of Loneliness in the Relation Between Social Engagement and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Korean Americans: Do Men and Women Differ?

    Nan Sook Park;Yuri Jang;Beom S. Lee;William E. Haley

  • Cross-cultural comparability of the Geriatric Depression Scale: comparison between older Koreans and older Americans.

    Yuri Jang;B. J. Small;W. E. Haley

  • Health status of older Asian Americans in California.

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

  • Self-perception of aging and health among older adults in Korea

    Yuri Jang;Leonard W. Poon;Soo Young Kim;Bok Ki Shin

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

    Yuri Jang;Giyeon Kim;David Chiriboga

  • Perceived discrimination and psychological well-being: the mediating and moderating role of sense of control.

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Brent J. Small

  • Depressive Symptoms Among African American and White Older Adults

    Yuri Jang;Amy R. Borenstein;David A. Chiriboga;James A. Mortimer

  • An Empirical Typology of Social Networks and Its Association With Physical and Mental Health: A Study With Older Korean Immigrants

    Nan Sook Park;Yuri Jang;Beom S. Lee;Jung Eun Ko

  • Neuroticism and Longitudinal Change in Caregiver Depression: Impact of a Spouse-Caregiver Intervention Program

    Yuri Jang;Olivio J. Clay;David L. Roth;William E. Haley

  • Perceived Neighborhood Environment Affecting Physical and Mental Health: A Study with Korean American Older Adults in New York City

    Soonhee Roh;Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Kyung Hwa Kwag

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities

    Yuri Jang;David A. Chiriboga;Marion Ann Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Chiriboga
David A. Chiriboga University of South Florida
Giyeon Kim
Giyeon Kim Chung-Ang University
William E. Haley
William E. Haley University of South Florida
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia
Patricia A. Parmelee
Patricia A. Parmelee University of Alabama
Rebecca S. Allen
Rebecca S. Allen University of Alabama
Eun-Young Choi
Eun-Young Choi Vanderbilt University
Jamie DeCoster
Jamie DeCoster University of Virginia
Sumie Okazaki
Sumie Okazaki New York University

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