Quality of life and place attachment among people with severe mental illness
Marcheschi, Elizabeth LU ; Laike, Thorbjörn LU ; Brunt, David ; Hansson, Lars LU and Johansson, Maria LU
(2015)
In Journal of Environmental Psychology
41.
p.145-154
- Abstract
- This study investigated the extent to which perceived physical and social-environment qualities of supported housing facilities (SHF) account for variations in the perceived quality of life of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Based on a user-centered approach, people with SMI (N = 72) appraised the environment of their SHF (N = 20). Moreover, it investigated whether place attachment played a role in the relationship established between the environment of SHF and users' quality of life. Perceived physical and social-environment qualities predicted quality of life. Together the two factors accounted for approximately 32% of quality of life variance. Furthermore, attachment to place mediated this relationship. Implications for future... (More)
- This study investigated the extent to which perceived physical and social-environment qualities of supported housing facilities (SHF) account for variations in the perceived quality of life of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Based on a user-centered approach, people with SMI (N = 72) appraised the environment of their SHF (N = 20). Moreover, it investigated whether place attachment played a role in the relationship established between the environment of SHF and users' quality of life. Perceived physical and social-environment qualities predicted quality of life. Together the two factors accounted for approximately 32% of quality of life variance. Furthermore, attachment to place mediated this relationship. Implications for future planning of psychologically supportive facilities for this vulnerable group in society are discussed. (Less)
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- author
- Marcheschi, Elizabeth
LU
; Laike, Thorbjörn
LU
; Brunt, David
; Hansson, Lars
LU
and Johansson, Maria
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Supported housing facilities, People with severe mental illness, Indirect environmental effects, Social climate, Place attachment, Quality of life
- categories
- Higher Education
- Popular Science
- in
- Journal of Environmental Psychology
- volume
- 41
- pages
- 145 - 154
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000350088100016
- scopus:84920990303
- ISSN
- 1522-9610
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.12.003
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 08bea3f8-8155-4e1d-97a3-194d4ca5842f (old id 5149234)
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