title: Housing quality and mental health.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4401, USA. gwe1@cornell.edu
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saltzman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008603:Mental Health; D009518:New York; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data