A pragmatic environmental psychology: A metatheoretical inquiry into the work of M. Powell Lawton

Moore, Keith Diaz; VanHaitsma, Kimberly; Curyto, Kim; Saperstein, Avalie

doi:10.1016/s0272-4944(02)00116-0

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“…Lawton and Nahemow's (1973) ecological model of aging is one such model. For this model it is proposed that an individual's health and well-being are a function of balance between personal competence and environmental demands and that for each level of competence, there are different ranges of environmental demand at which an individual is able to function effectively (Moore, VanHaitsma, Curyto, & Saperstein, 2003). Those with high personal competence are considered to have a broader scope for interacting and adapting to their environment in ways that maximize positive behaviors and outcomes, whereas those who are less competent are more vulnerable to the demands of the environment (Lawton & Nahemow, 1973) and, consequently, would require higher levels of environmental support (Stark, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Harries

Guscia

Nettelbeck

et al. 2009

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Numerous researchers have reported a high incidence of additional disabilities coexisting with intellectual disabilities. Although an intuitive link can be made between the existence of multiple disabilities and greater need for support, little has been reported about this relationship. Using measures of adaptive functioning and support needs, we examined the extent to which adaptive and challenging behaviors and consequent support needs (including medical) were impacted by the presence and severity of additional disabilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Results show that adaptive behaviors and support needs were meaningfully related to the number and severity of additional disabilities present, whereas this was not so for challenging behaviors. Findings are discussed in terms of contemporary models of disability and functioning.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Harries

Guscia

Nettelbeck

et al. 2009

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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“…Elf et al also indicate the importance of the built environment that fulfils modern care vision embracing "autonomy, relatedness and competence" [44,45]. Nonetheless, Holahan and Moore et al criticise the lack of theoretical research framework on person-environment nexuses in environmental psychology [46,47]. The gap may be filled by combining theories and practices around emotion, user experience design, experience design and environmental psychology-those that were briefed in the previous sections.…”

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confidence: 99%

Structuring the Environmental Experience Design Research Framework through Selected Aged Care Facility Data Analyses in Victoria

Chau

Zhou

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Sustainability

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Humans relate to the living environment physically and psychologically. Environmental psychology has a rich developed history while experience design emerged recently in the industrial design domain. Nonetheless, these approaches have barely been merged, understood or implemented in architectural design practices. This study explored the correlation between experience design and environmental psychology. Moreover, it conducted literature reviews on theories about emotion, user experience design, experience design and environmental psychology, followed by the analyses of spatial settings and environmental quality data of a selected aged care facility in Victoria, Australia, as a case study. Accordingly, this study led to proposing a research framework on environmental experience design (EXD). It can be defined as a deliberate attempt that affiliates experience design and environmental psychology with creation of the built environment that should accommodate user needs and demands. The EXD research framework proposed in this study was tailored for transforming related design functions into the solutions that contribute to improving the built environment for user health and wellbeing.

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“…Lawton's initial theorizations dealt with the pressure-competence model based on Kurt Lewin's Field theory and sought to study the specificity of the relationships of people with certain behavioral skills who adapt to an environment with given physical characteristics (Moore, VanHaitsma, Curyto & Saperstein, 2003). Ageing is associated with a number of difficulties, including strangeness at facing new environments, which can significantly interfere with the exercise of autonomy and independence (Snowdon, 2002).…”

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“…From this perspective, the person-environment congruence is situated on a continuum from behaviors that negatively affect the elderly to behaviors that act positively on them in an area of maximum comfort and performance (Moore et al, 2003). In addition to the conclusions drawn from this model, some contributions were important for its complementation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adapting to environments is paramount for strengthening the well-being and quality of life. Personenvironment studies seeks, among other interests, to deepen the understanding of how to build greater congruence between individual needs and the characteristics of the physical environment to reduce pressure levels and environmental stress resulting from these adaptations. From the 1970s, this human-environmental reciprocity was explored by Lawton and colleagues in the institutional context. The theoretical pressure-competence model and the ageing-in-place concept are seen as contributions to enrich the dialogue between scholars, focusing on the human-environment congruence related to individual characteristics and environmental resources. Therefore, enhancing the role and actions of the elderly in the use of public spaces and enabling them to be included in the city planning, is to improve the active and relevant character of their achievements, favoring the emergence of new horizons.

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A pragmatic environmental psychology: A metatheoretical inquiry into the work of M. Powell Lawton

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Impact of Additional Disabilities on Adaptive Behavior and Support Profiles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Structuring the Environmental Experience Design Research Framework through Selected Aged Care Facility Data Analyses in Victoria

Contribuições teóricas sobre o envelhecimento na perspectiva dos estudos pessoa-ambiente

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