Mental health of older Asian Americans: Current issues, updates, and future directions

Table 1 Summary of findings across Asian American ethnicities related to effects of social support on mental health

Ref.	Ethnicity	Location	Findings
Qi et al[24]	Chinese	HI, United States	Social isolation is associated with increased psychological distress and decreased life satisfaction and happiness. Resilience is associated with lower amounts of psychological distress and higher amounts of life satisfaction and happiness
Miyawaki et al[25]	Vietnamese	Houston, TX, United States	Greater social support helped reduce the impact of disability on loneliness
Kim et al[26]	Japanese and Korean	Honolulu, HI; Los Angeles, CA, United States	Social support significantly affected depression in both groups
Park et al[27]	Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Asian-Indian, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, native Hawaiian, other/mixed	All of the United States	Low social support was associated with greater self-reported mental health symptoms (depression and anxiety) overall, although there was a greater impact of social support among younger adults compared to those 60 years and older
Shimkhada et al[28]	Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese	CA, United States	Levels of social and emotional support and life satisfaction among Asian American older adults in 2018 were lower than those of non-Asian American populations
Li et al[29]	Chinese	Chicago, IL, United States	Older adults with three to five close network members, moderate contact, and strong emotional bonds were less likely to experience depression than others