Relationships between objective and perceived housing in very old age

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Nygren, Carita ^a   Oswald, Frank ^b   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Fänge, Agneta ^a   Sixsmith, Judith ^c   Schilling, Oliver ^b   Sixsmith, Andrew ^d   Széan, Zsuzsa ^e   Tomsone, Signe ^f   Wahl, Hans Werner ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Sociology Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^f RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Housing related control beliefs; Person environment fit; Usability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250842823     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.1.85     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Altman, I., & Low, S. M. (Eds.). (1992). Place attachment. New York: Plenum Press.
2. Baltes, M. M., Freund, A. M., & Horgas, A. L. (1999). Men and women in the Berlin Aging Study. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study (pp. 259-281). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
3. Baltes, M. M., Maas, I., Wilms, H.-U., Borchelt, M., & Little, T. D. (1999). Everyday competence in old and very old age: Theoretical considerations and empirical findings. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study (pp. 384-402). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
4. Broadbooks, W. J., & Elmore, P. B. (1987). A Monte Carlo study of the sampling distribution of the congruence coefficient. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 47, 1-11.
5. Brown, B. B., & Perkins, D. D. (1992). Disruptions in place attachment. In I. Altman & S. M. Low (Eds.), Place attachment (pp. 279-304). New York: Plenum Press.
6. Clark, F., Azen, S. P., Zemke, Z., Jackson, J., Carlson, M., Mandel, D., et al. (1997). Occupational therapy for independent-living older adults. Journal of the American Medical Association, 278, 1321-1326.
7. Clark-Plaskie, M., & Lachman, M. E. (1999). The sense of control in midlife. In S. L. Willis & J. D. Reid (Eds.), Life in the middle: Psychological and social development in middle age (pp. 181-208). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
8. Fänge, A., & Iwarsson, S. (1999). Physical housing environment-Development of a self-assessment instrument. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 250-260. (Pubitemid 30029524)
9. Fänge, A., & Iwarsson, S. (2003). Accessibility and usability in housing-Construct validity and implications for research and practice. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25, 1316-1325.
10. Fänge, A., & Iwarsson, S. (2005a). Changes in ADL dependence and aspects of usability following housing adaptation-A longitudinal perspective. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59, 296-304. (Pubitemid 41306018)
11. Fänge, A., & Iwarsson, S. (2005b). Changes in accessibility and aspects of usability in housing over time-An exploration of the housing adaptation process. Occupational Therapy International, 12, 44-59. (Pubitemid 40485732)
12. Gitlin, L. P. (2003). Conducting research on home environments: Lesson learned and new directions. The Gerontologist, 45, 628-637.
13. Golant, S. (2003). Conceptualizing time and behavior in environmental gerontology: A pair of old issues deserving new thought. The Gerontologist, 43, 638-648. (Pubitemid 37310340)
14. Heckhausen, J., & Schulz, R. (1995). A theory of control and its implication for the life-span. Psychological Review, 102, 284-304.
15. Heywood, F., Oldman, C., & Means, R. (2002). Housing and home in later life. Buckingham, England: Oxford University Press.
16. Iwarsson, S. (2004). Assessing the fit between older people and their physical home environments: An occupational therapy research perspective. In H.-W. Wahl, R. J. Scheidt, & P. G. Windley (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics. Aging in context: Socio-physical environments (pp. 85-109). New York: Springer.
17. Iwarsson, S. (2005). A long-term perspective on person-environment fit and ADL dependence among older Swedish adults. The Gerontologist, 45, 327-336. (Pubitemid 40770803)
18. Iwarsson, S., & Isacsson, Å. (1996). Development of a novel instrument for occupational therapy assessment of the physical environment in the home-A methodologic study on "The Enabler." Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 16, 227-244. (Pubitemid 26360667)
19. Iwarsson, S., & Isacsson, Å. (1997). Quality of life in the elderly population: An example exploring interrelationships among subjective well-being, ADL dependence, and housing accessibility. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 26, 71-83. (Pubitemid 27511036)
20. Iwarsson, S., Nygren, C., & Slaug, B. (2005). Cross-national and multiprofessional inter-rater reliability of the Housing Enabler. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 12, 29-39. (Pubitemid 40394258)
21. Iwarsson, S., Sixsmith, J., Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Nygren, C., Sixsmith, A., et al. (2005). The ENABLE-AGE Project: Multi-dimensional methodology for European housing research. In N. Wilkinson & Y. Hurol (Eds.), Housing research methodologies (pp. 70-90). Mersin, Turkey: Urban International Press.
22. Iwarsson, S., & Slaug, B. (2001). The Housing Enabler. An instrument for assessing and analysing accessibility problems in housing. Nävlinge, Sweden: Veten & Skapen HB & Slaug Data Management.
23. Iwarsson, S., & Ståhl, A. (2003). Accessibility, usability and universal design - Positioning and definition of concepts describing person-environment relationships. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25, 57-66. (Pubitemid 36113711)
24. Iwarsson, S., Wahl, H.-W., & Nygren C. (2004). Challenges of cross-national housing research with older persons: Lessons from the ENABLE-AGE project. European Journal of Ageing, 1, 79-88.
25. Iwarsson, S., Wahl, H.-W., Nygren, C., Oswald, F., Sixsmith, A., Sixsmith, J., et al. (2007). Importance of the home environment for healthy aging: Conceptual and methodological background of the European ENABLEAGE Project. The Gerontologist, 47, 78-84.
26. Kahana, E. (1982). A congruence model of person-environment interaction. In M. P. Lawton, P. G. Windley, & T. O. Byerts (Eds.), Aging and the environment. Theoretical approaches (pp. 97-121). New York: Springer.
27. Kielhofner, G. (2002). A model of human occupation: Theory and application (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
28. Kline, P. (1993). Personality: The psychometric view. London: Routledge.
29. Lachman, M. E. (1986). Locus of control in ageing research: A case for multidimensional and domain specific assessment. Journal of Behavioural Psychology and Ageing, 1, 34-40.
30. Lachman, M. E., & Burack, O. R. (1993). Planning and control processes across the life span: An overview. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 16, 131-143.
31. Law, M., Cooper, B., Strong, S., Stewart, D., Rigby, P., & Letts, L. (1996). The Person-Environment-Occupation Model: A transactive approach to occupational performance. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 9-23. (Pubitemid 26259354)
32. Lawton, M. P. (1982). Competence, environmental press, and the adaptation of older people. In M. P. Lawton, P. G. Windley, & T. O. Byerts (Eds.), Aging and the environment. Theoretical approaches (pp. 33-59). New York: Springer.
33. Lawton, M. P. (1987). Environment and the need satisfaction of the aging. In L. L. Carstensen & B. A. Edelstein (Eds.), Handbook of clinical gerontology (pp. 33-40). New York: Pergamon Press.
34. Lawton, M. P., & Nahemow, L. (1973). Ecology and the aging process. In C. Eisdorfer & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), Psychology of adult development and aging (pp. 619-674). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
35. Levenson, H. (1973). Multidimensional locus of control in psychiatric patients. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 41, 397-404.
36. Levenson, H. (1981). Differentiating among internality, powerful others, and chance. In H. M. Lefcourt (Ed.), Research with the locus of control construct: Vol 1. Assessment methods (pp. 15-63). New York: Academic Press.
37. Malett, S. (2004). Understanding home: A critical review of the literature. The Sociological Review, 52 62-89.
38. Marcus, C. (1995). House as a mirror of self. Berkeley, CA: Conrai Press.
39. Moore, J. (2000). Placing home in context. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, 207-217.
40. Nahemow, L. (2000). The ecological theory of aging: Powell Lawton's legacy. In R. Rubinstein, M. Moss, & M. Kleban (Eds.), The many dimensions of aging (pp. 22-40). New York: Springer.
41. Ostroff, E. (2001). Universal design: The new paradigm. In W. F. E. Preiser & E. Ostroff (Eds.), Universal design handbook (pp. 1.3-1.12). New York: McGraw-Hill.
42. Oswald, F., Mollenkopf, H., & Wahl, H.-W. (1999). Questionnaire on the meaning of home. Unpublished manuscript, The German Centre for Research on Ageing.
43. Oswald, F., & Wahl, H.-W. (2004). Housing and health in later life. Reviews of Environmental Health, 19(3-4), 223-252. (Pubitemid 40178799)
44. Oswald, F., & Wahl, H.-W. (2005). Dimensions of the meaning of home in later life. In G. D. Rowles & H. Chaudhury (Eds.), Home and identity in later life. International perspectives (pp. 21-46). New York: Springer.
45. Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Martin, M., & Mollenkopf, H., (2003). Towards measuring proactivity in person-environment transactions in late adulthood: The housing related control beliefs questionnaire. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 17(1/2), 135-152.
46. Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., Nygren, C., Fänge, A., Sixsmith, A., et al. (2007). Relationships between housing and healthy aging in very old age. The Gerontologist, 47, 96-107.
47. Pastalan, L. A., & Barnes, J. E. (1999). Personal rituals: Identity, attachment to place, and community solidarity. In S. Benyamin, & B. Ruth (Eds.), Ageing, autonomy, and architecture: Advances in assisted living (pp. 81-89). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
48. Pinquart, M., & Burmedi, D. (2004). Correlates of residential satisfaction in adulthood and old age: A meta-analysis. In H.-W. Wahl, R. Scheidt, & P. G. Windley (Hrsg.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics. Aging in context: Socio-physical environments (pp. 195-222). New York: Springer.
49. Proshansky, H. M., Fabian, A. K., & Kaminoff, R. (1983). Place-identity. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 3, 57-83.
50. Rowles, G. D., & Watkins, J. F. (2003). History, habit, heart and hearth: On making spaces into places. In K. W. Schaie, H.-W. Wahl, H. Mollenkopf, & F. Oswald (Eds.), Aging independently: Living arrangements and mobility (pp. 77-96). New York: Springer.
51. Rubinstein, R. L., & De Medeiros, K. (2004). Ecology and the aging self. In H.-W. Wahl, R. J. Scheidt, & P.G. Windley (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics. Aging in context: Socio-physical environments (pp. 59-84). New York: Springer.
52. Scheidt, R. J., & Norris-Baker, C. (2003). The general ecological model revisited: Evolution, current status, and continuing challenges. In H.-W. Wahl, R. Scheidt, & P. Windley (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics. Environments, gerontology and old age (pp. 34-58). New York: Springer.
53. Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (1999). Aging, culture, and control: Setting a new research agenda. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 54B, P139-P145.
54. Shenk, D., Kuwahara, K., & Zablotsky, D. (2004). Older women's attachment to their home and possessions. Journal of Ageing Studies, 18, 157-169. (Pubitemid 38444066)
55. Sixsmith, A. J. (1990). The meaning and experience of home in later life. In B. Bytheway & J. Johnson (Eds.), Welfare and the ageing experience (pp. 172-192). Aldershot: Avebury.
56. Sixsmith, A. J. & Sixsmith, J. A. (1991). Transitions in home experience in later life. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 8, 181-191.
57. Sixsmith, A. J., & Sixsmith, J. A. (2002). Adapting the HOOP instrument for measuring the satisfaction with housing conditions. Unpublished ENABLE-AGE working paper.
58. Slaug, B., & Iwarsson, S. (2001). Housing Enabler 1.0 - A tool for housing accessibility analysis [Computer software]. Nävlinge, Sweden: Veten & Skapen HB and Slaug Data Management.
59. Smith, J., Marsiske, M., & Maier, H. (1996). Differences in control beliefs from age 70 to 105. Unpublished manuscript; Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin.
60. Stark, S. (2004). Removing environmental barriers in the homes of older adults with disabilities improves occupational performance. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 24, 32-39. (Pubitemid 38095101)
61. Stedman, R. S. (2002). Toward a social psychology of place. Predicting behaviour from place-based cognition, attitude and identity. Environment and Behaviour, 34(5), 561-581.
62. Steinfeld, E., Schroeder, S., Duncan, J., Faste, R., Chollet, D., Bishop, M., et al. (1979). Access to the built environment: A review of the literature. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
63. Steinfeld, E., & Tauke, B. (2002). Universal designing. In J. Christophersen (Ed.), Universal Design. 17 ways of thinking and teaching (pp. 165-190). Oslo, Norway: Husbanken.
64. Stevens, J. (1996). Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
65. Tabachnik, B. G., & Fidell, L. (1989). Using multivariate statistics. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
66. Wahl, H.-W. (2001). Environmental influences on aging and behaviour. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (5th ed., pp. 215-237). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
67. Wahl, H.-W., Oswald, F., & Zimprich, D. (1999). Everyday competence in visually impaired older adults: A case for person-environment perspectives. The Gerontologist, 39, 140-149. (Pubitemid 29187870)
68. Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., Oswald, F., & Heyl, V. (1999). Psychological consequences of age-related visual impairment: Comparison with mobility impaired older adults and long-term outcome. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 54B, 304-316.
69. Ware, J. E. (1992). SF-36 Health Survey update. Spine, 24, 3130-3133