The relationship of built environment to perceived social support and psychological distress in hispanic elders: The role of "eyes on the street"

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-246

  Brown, Scott C ^a   Mason, Craig A ^b   Lombard, Joanna L ^a,c   Martinez, Frank ^a,c   Plater Zyberk, Elizabeth ^c   Spokane, Arnold R ^d   Newman, Frederick L ^e   Pantin, Hilda ^a   Szapocznik, José ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Built environment; Hispanics Latinos; Psychological distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; ANXIETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNOLOGY; HOUSING; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64149114310     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn011     Document Type: Article

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