Psychological consequences of infestation of the dwelling unit.
Interview data from a three-wave panel study of the impact of the residential environment upon the psychological well-being of 337 minority women were used to examine the effects of household infestation upon self-reported depression, phobic anxiety, somatization, hostility, and anomia. The findings of cross-sectional and change analyses over the three waves of data point to a stable relationship between rat infestation and a single dimension of psychological well-being, somatization.
D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety; D003058:Cockroaches; D003237:Connecticut; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D051379:Mice; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D051381:Rats; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*