Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and White American dementia caregivers.

@article{Youn1999DifferencesIF,
  title={Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and White American dementia caregivers.},
  author={Gahyun Youn and Bob G. Knight and Hyun Suk Jeong and Donna Benton},
  journal={Psychology and aging},
  year={1999},
  volume={14 3},
  pages={
          355-64
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:19209596}
}
There is a need for greater specificity in theories aboutfamilism values, with attention to the specific meaning of familism in different cultures, as Koreans and Korean Americans reported higher levels of burden.
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