Objective housing indicators as predictors of the subjective evaluations of elderly residents

Christensen, David L.; Carp, Frances M.; Cranz, Galen; Wiley, James

doi:10.1016/s0272-4944(05)80137-9

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“…Research in the 1990s replicated and extended the classic finding of earlier studies that older people tend to score high on this construct, regardless of objective home and neighborhood conditions (Christensen, Carp, Cranz, & Whiley, 1992;Iwarsson & Isacsson, 1996). A recent meta-analysis on housing satisfaction (Pinquart & Burmedi, 2004) shows that housing satisfaction steadily increases from middle to old age.…”

Section: The Home Environment and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 71%

Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

Iwarsson¹,

Wahl

Nygren³

et al. 2007

The Gerontologist

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Section: The Home Environment and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 71%

Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

Iwarsson¹,

Wahl

Nygren³

et al. 2007

The Gerontologist

228

181

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“…We examined the role of housing quality and place attachment in elderly citizens' psychological well-being. Housing quality is related to elderly community residents' sense of community and place attachment (Eshelman & Evans, 1998;Kweon, Sullivan, & Wiley, 1998), intentions to relocate (Earhart & Weber, 1996;O'Bryant & Murray, 1986;Rowles, 1983), and residential satisfaction (Christensen, Carp, Cranz, & Wiley, 1992;Lawton, 1980;Windley & Scheidt, 1983). Notably absent are assessments of mental health.…”

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Housing Quality and Psychological Well-Being Among the Elderly Population

Evans

Kantrowitz²,

Eshelman³

2002

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences an

109

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With exponential growth in the number of elderly Americans living independently in the community, it is important to better understand the implications of living conditions for psychological well-being among the elderly population. In a cross-sectional study, housing quality is associated with positive affect among the older adults living independently in the community. Moreover, this relation is mediated by place attachment. Elderly residents of higher quality homes, independent of multiple sociodemographic factors (e.g., income, gender), feel more attached to their home, which, in turn, appears to account for the relation between housing quality and positive affect.

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“…First, our housing indicator was fairly limited compared to those used in other research. For example, other researchers have examined objective and subjective indicators of housing quality [23], basic versus higher-order housing needs [52], and used multi-dimensional indicators such as adequacy, quality, and use of housing [53]. Future research efforts should use a more refined set of indicators when examining the physical environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Generalizations across age-cohort groups would be stronger had we examined if environmental characteristics change over time. Second, prior research has illuminated the importance of both subjective and objective dimensions of environment as related to the health and well-being of older adults [23,53]. In this study, all the age-friendly environmental measures were self-reported, so there is a possible risk of measurement errors.…”

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Heterogeneous Age-Friendly Environments among Age-Cohort Groups

Park

Lee

2018

Sustainability

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This study aimed to identify the underlying structures of age-friendly environmental characteristics and examine how they may vary across age-cohort groups based on life satisfaction. We used regionally representative data in South Korea. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted for age-friendly environmental indicators in three age-cohort groups. Regression models examined the association between the environmental factors and life satisfaction in the three age-cohort groups. Across all age groups, three factors converged: neighborhood problems, access to public services and programs, and community engagement. Regression analyses showed the three convergent environmental factors were all significantly associated with life satisfaction across all age-groups, but the association varies across the age-groups. The age-cohort based factor structures and differential patterns of association with well-being provide important background information on designing age-friendly communities.

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Objective housing indicators as predictors of the subjective evaluations of elderly residents

Cited by 40 publications

References 35 publications

Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

Housing Quality and Psychological Well-Being Among the Elderly Population

Heterogeneous Age-Friendly Environments among Age-Cohort Groups

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