Constraint and Life Satisfaction

Smith, Kenneth J.; Lipman, Aaron

doi:10.1093/geronj/27.1.77

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“…Pynoos (1987) concludes that variations in management policies may have a greater effect on resident satisfaction than variations in the physical setting among housing for the elderly, "although clearly the two are related." This finding seems consistent with earlier research (Smith & Lipman, 1972) which found that a higher constraining environment was associated with a lower level of life satisfaction. Wolk and Telleen (1976) assessed elderly tenants' perception of the environment in regard to the presence of constraining rules and the role of the individual in determining project policy.…”

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Satisfaction of Elderly Residents in Subsidized Housing: The Effect of the Manager’s Leadership Style

Johnson¹,

Lovingood²,

Goss³

1993

Housing and Society

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The objectives of this study were to determine the direct effect of an apartment manager's leadership style and the direct and indirect effects of functional health, morale, and social activity on residential satisfaction using a path model probability sample of 210 elderly residents from 19 federally subsidized apartment complexes.The path model positioned functional health, morale, and social activity as exogenous variables with leadership style as the intervening variable. Residential satisfaction was the dependent variable. Separate analysis was conducted for respondents with less than nine years of education and for those with more education.The total effect of every bivariate relationship was greater for those with less education. The total effect of leadership style on residential satisfaction was .446 for those groups with less education and .267 for the group with more education; for social activity, .371 and .178; for functional health, -.093 and .014; and for morale, .134 and .019, respectively. The R 2 for the group with less education was .327 and .102 for the group with more education.The leadership style of the apartment manager had a significant direct effect on the residential satisfaction of the respondents in both groups. Social activity had a significant direct effect on the residential satisfaction of those respondents with eight years or less of education. Functional health had a negative total effect on residential satisfaction for both groups and morale had a positive, though minor, total effect for both groups on residential satisfaction. The residential satisfaction of those with less education was more strongly affected by both the direct and indirect effect of the independent variables than was the group with less education.

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Section: Housing Managementsupporting

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Satisfaction of Elderly Residents in Subsidized Housing: The Effect of the Manager’s Leadership Style

Johnson¹,

Lovingood²,

Goss³

1993

Housing and Society

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“…Indeed, Adams (1971) in a comprehensive survey of the literature on correlates of satisfaction, personal adjustment, selfesteem and other measures of psychological well-being among the elderly did not refer to a single investigation of personal autonomy. Research interest in independence in old age has been primarily directed toward financial independence, independent living arrangements, health factors, and dependency for mobility as a contributor to social isolation (Blenker, 1969;Smith & Lipman, 1972;Townsend, 1963). Although such aspects of independence are of undoubted significance, independence in the form of having the right to make decisions about the details of daily existence may also be an important factor affecting the psychological well-being of the elderly person.…”

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Perceived latitude of choice of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized elderly women

Hulicka

Morganti

Cataldo

1975

Experimental Aging Research

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An Importance, Locus and Range of Activities Checklist, designed to assess self-perceived latitude of choice, a self concept and a life satisfaction scale were administered to 25 institutionalized and 25 noninstitutionalized elderly females. The checklist contained statements about 37 activities of daily living which subjects rated for personal importance and degree of choice available to them. The derived latitude of choice score was based jointly on importance and choice ratings for each activity. Institutionalized respondents, living in a relatively restrictive environment, earned significantly lower latitude of choice scores than did noninstitutionalized subjects. Latitude of choice, self concept and life satisfaction scores were significantly correlated. These findings attest to the appropriateness of the technique used to assess perceived latitude of choice. Modifications of the Importance, Locus and Range of Activities Checklist designed to provide a more profound measure of latitude of choice and to improve the applicability of the scale to different categories of respondents were discussed.

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“…Some measures tabulate the frequency of informal activities such as visiting with neighbors and friends. A positive association to wellbeing was found by four researchers using this approach (Edwards and Klemmack, 1973;Pihlblad and Adams, 1972;Smith and Lipman, 1972;Lemon, Bengtson and Peterson, 1972). Palmore and Luikart (1972) were unable to obtain the same positive association.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…These two studies, using a longitudinal design, demonstrated sustained increases in well-being for persons moving into improved housing. Other studies have demonstrated that differences in housing affect well-being (Martin, 1973;Smith and Lipman, 1972;Schooler, 1970). These differences appear to exist in spite of lessened social interaction which suggests that the physical aspects of the building have a direct effect upon well-being (Smith and Lipman, 1972;Schooler, 1970).…”

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An analysis of environmental, social and personal dimensions and their relationship to psychological well-being in late life

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2000

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This dissertation focused on the relationship between psychological well-being and life situations of older persons. Specifically, this study examined whether life situations were different for persons whose Life Satisfaction Index scores changed over a two-year period compared to those whose scores were stable.The sample included 215 older persons living -in reduced circumstances. These persons were interviewed on three occasions separated by one-year intervals. Pearson correlations, analysis of variance, and multiple regression procedures were employed to test five hypotheses.Fourteen case studies were selected to illustrate statistical findings.When the dissertation data were analyzed for each occasion separately, findings from this study regarding correlates of psychological well-being were similar to findings from past studies. However, a different pattern of results emerged from the longitudinal analyses.For the group of persons having stable life satisfaction scores across occasions, life satisfaction was not significantly correlated with health, lack of impairment, or activities. In contrast, change in psychological well-being was significantly related to changes in these life situations. Practical and theoretical implication of the findings as well as directions for future research are discussed. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSMy sincere thanks to the following people for their support and direction in my professional and personal life: Dr.

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Constraint and Life Satisfaction

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Satisfaction of Elderly Residents in Subsidized Housing: The Effect of the Manager’s Leadership Style

Satisfaction of Elderly Residents in Subsidized Housing: The Effect of the Manager’s Leadership Style

Perceived latitude of choice of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized elderly women

An analysis of environmental, social and personal dimensions and their relationship to psychological well-being in late life

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