Housing and Mental Health: A Review of the Evidence and a Methodological and Conceptual Critique

By G. W. Evans, N. Wells, A. Moch. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Socioeconomic status and health: the potential role of environmental risk exposure. (2002, background): “Evidence suggests that high-rise housing may be linked to elevated psychological distress among low-income women with young children as well as with restricted, outdoor play activities in young children (39, 49, 59).”
The Role of Chaos in Poverty and Children's Socioemotional Adjustment (2005, background): “Noise, crowding, and poor housing quality are positively associated with children’s psychological distress (Evans, 2001; Evans, Wells, & Moch, 2003; Wachs & Corapci, in press), as well as learned helplessness (Cohen, 1980; Evans & Stecker, 2004).”
‘Living the High Life’? Residential, Social and Psychosocial Outcomes for High-Rise Occupants in a Deprived Context (2012, background): “…tower blocks (McDonald & Brownlee, 1993); the deterioration of public space within high-rise estates due to the lack of defensible space (Lowry, 1990); and the inability to regulate social interaction within high-rise environments, which leads to social withdrawal by residents (Evans et al., 2003).”
Mental Health and the Built Environment (2011, background): “There are also hints that the quality of a person’s home (in terms, for example, of maintenance, amenities, and structural quality) is positively related to mental health (Evans, Wells, and Moch 2003).”
Effect of Changes in Living Conditions on Well-Being: A Prospective Top–Down Bottom–Up Model (2011, background): “In general, these studies report weak positive relations (e.g., Evans et al. 2000; Gove et al. 1979; Inman and Sinn 1987; see Evans et al. 2003 for a review).”
Housing Insecurity, Maternal Stress, and Child Maltreatment: An Application of the Family Stress Model (2015, background): “A lack of personal space and privacy undermines parents’ ability to control their environment ðEvans, Wells, and Moch 2003Þ.”
The built environment and mental health (2003, background): “However, all of the studies showing this, save one,(7) are crosssectional.(4,6) Thus, the potential methodological problem of self-selection bias is a plausible rival explanation.”