Environmental and psychological factors in reactions to apartments and mobile homes

Environmental, Lifestyle, and Psychological Factors in the Health and Well‐Being of Military Families1

“…Our prior research with young Army families also indicated that environments 2056 PAULUS ET AL. that differed in observed quality did not yield large differences in residential satisfaction (Paulus et al, 1991). Mobile homes and apartments were rated differently along several dimensions such as noise and attractiveness, but overall housing satisfaction was similar.…”

“…This phase allowed us to gather housing information from the respondents as well as to develop a pool of volunteers for the Army Life Survey. The results of Phase 1 are reported in Paulus et al (1991). At the end of the first phase, those participants who had expressed their willingness to volunteer for the Army Life Survey were contacted by phone and an appointment for the interview was made.…”

“…One focus of the present study was on the multiple stressors experienced by young Army families. One member of these families had been part of a study which examined the reactions of young enlisted Army families living off base in apartment or mobile homes (Paulus, Nagar, & Camacho, 1991). These families typically have to live in off-base housing until they are eligible for on-base housing.…”

Framing Outsidedness – Aspects of Housing Quality in Decentralized Reception Centres for Asylum Seekers in Norway

“…For example, residential preferences are affected by both personal and architectural factors (Paulus, Nagar & Camacho 1991;Widmar 1984). Further, residential satisfaction is broadly speaking a function of the resident's relation to the residence and the resident's comparison between present and past residence, present and ideal residence and between perceived and preferred qualities (Canter 1983).…”