Perceptions of Neighborhood Problems and Health-Related Quality of Life

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Erin M.; Shepherd, Daniel; Welch, David; Dirks, Kim N.; McBride, David
Titel	Perceptions of Neighborhood Problems and Health-Related Quality of Life
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 40 (2012) 7, S.814-827 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.21490
Schlagwörter	Quality of Life; Foreign Countries; Multiple Regression Analysis; Neighborhoods; Social Indicators; Community Problems; Community Surveys; Gender Differences; Schematic Studies; Questionnaires; Mail Surveys; Physical Environment; Health Conditions; Ethnicity; Age Differences; Measures (Individuals); Psychological Characteristics; Social Characteristics; Environmental Influences; Community Attitudes; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Ausland; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schematheorie; Fragebogen; Erhebungsinstrument; Natürliche Umwelt; Ethnizität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Messdaten; Gesellschaftsbild; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article examines the association between perceptions of neighborhood problems and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of New Zealand residents (n = 692). A modified version of the Neighborhood Problems Scale (originally developed by Steptoe and Feldman, 2001) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) were used to assess perceptions of neighborhood problems and HRQOL, respectively. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between perceptions of neighborhood problems and each of the WHOQOL-BREF domains: physical, psychological, social, and environmental HRQOL. Perceptions of neighborhood problems and gender interacted in the physical HRQOL regression; the negative association between perceived neighborhood problems and physical HRQOL was stronger for males compared with females. Neighborhood problems were also negatively predictive of psychological, social, and environmental HRQOL. Overall, our results suggest that the various aspects of well-being may be influenced by perceptions of neighborhood problems. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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