Housing Quality and Mental Health

Overview

Journal J Consult Clin Psychol

Specialty Psychology

Date 2000 Jul 7

PMID 10883571

Citations 62

Authors

G W Evans

N M Wells

H Y Chan

H SALTZMAN

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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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