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The Influence of Physical Environmental Qualities on the Social Climate of Supported Housing Facilities for People with Severe Mental Illness.

Marcheschi, Elizabeth LU ; Brunt, David ; Hansson, Lars LU and Johansson, Maria LU orcid (2013) In Issues in Mental Health Nursing 34(2). p.117-123
Abstract
The study investigates the extent to which the perceived physical environmental quality of housing facilities for people with severe mental illness accounts for perceived social environmental quality. Twenty facilities were assessed by people with psychiatric disabilities (residents), staff, and experts with regard to the physical environmental aspects of visual pleasantness, indirect environmental effects, overall physical quality, and the social environmental indicator of social relationship. The results suggest that residents' and staff's physical environmental quality perception accounts for social relationship quality perception, whereas experts' environmental assessment does not. Moreover, the staff reported a more positive social... (More)
The study investigates the extent to which the perceived physical environmental quality of housing facilities for people with severe mental illness accounts for perceived social environmental quality. Twenty facilities were assessed by people with psychiatric disabilities (residents), staff, and experts with regard to the physical environmental aspects of visual pleasantness, indirect environmental effects, overall physical quality, and the social environmental indicator of social relationship. The results suggest that residents' and staff's physical environmental quality perception accounts for social relationship quality perception, whereas experts' environmental assessment does not. Moreover, the staff reported a more positive social relationship perception than the residents. (Less)
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Social Environment Residential Facilities Interpersonal Relations Mental Disorders Psychosocial Factors
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Issues in Mental Health Nursing
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34
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2
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117 - 123
publisher
Taylor & Francis
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  • scopus:84873486700
  • pmid:23369123
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1096-4673
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10.3109/01612840.2012.731137
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Mental Health Services Research (013220007), Environmental Psychology (011036009), Food for Health Science Centre, Medicon Village (016630312), Food for Health Science Centre (016630311)
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  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Issues in Mental Health Nursing}},
  title        = {{The Influence of Physical Environmental Qualities on the Social Climate of Supported Housing Facilities for People with Severe Mental Illness.}},
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