title: Home-like architectural features of residential environments.
abstract: Adults who had no experience in the area of mental retardation viewed slides of residential settings, five providing housing for people with mental retardation, and rated their "home-likeness" (1 = home-like, 5 = institutional). Of 55 two-way comparisons, the mean home-likeness ratings of 48 such pairs differed significantly from one another. A .98 log-linear correlation was found between number of residents in a given facility and institutional ratings. Of 26 features of living rooms studied in detail, furniture position, lighting type, and lighting flexibility were highly correlated with home-likeness, whereas building code-specific features and seating type were minimally related to home-likeness.
authors: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Thompson
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Robinson
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Graff
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ingenmey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001108:Architecture; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005260:Female; D016352:Group Homes; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment