Housing quality and mental health.

Gary William Evans, Nancy M. Wells, Hoi-Yan Erica Chan, Heidi Saltzman·2000·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
DOI 10.1037//0022-006x.68.3.526

Abstract

This study examined the potential link between housing quality and mental health. First, the development of a psychometrically sound, observer-based instrument to assess physical housing quality in ways conceptually relevant to psychological health is reported. Then 2 different studies, including a prospective longitudinal design, demonstrate that physical housing quality predicts mental health. Possible underlying psychosocial processes for the housing quality-psychological distress link are discussed.

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Evans, G. W., Wells, N. M., Chan, H.-Y. E., & Saltzman, H. (2000). Housing quality and mental health. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.68.3.526

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