Reconsidering the Meaning of Home and the Psycho-social Well-being Perception. A Case Study in a Dutch Neighborhood
The paper examines the extent to which the meanings given to home and neighborhood are associated with the perceived psycho-social well-being of inhabitants and households, based on a review of the literature and a conceptualization of the meanings of home and neighborhood in various dimensions. The paper analyzes data from a survey conducted in the neighborhood of Barkmolenstraat (Groningen, The Netherlands). Using the factor analysis, two factors indicating meanings of home are distinguished: the home as a “Predictable Environment”, and the home as a “Status”. Four factors indicate neighborh... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Cambio, Vol 6, Iss 12 (2017) |
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Firenze University Press
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Schlagwörter: | meaning of home / ontological security / neighborhood / psycho-social wellbeing / Sociology (General) / HM401-1281 / Social sciences (General) / H1-99 |
Sprache: | Englisch Italian |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28576425 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.13128/cambio-20409 |
The paper examines the extent to which the meanings given to home and neighborhood are associated with the perceived psycho-social well-being of inhabitants and households, based on a review of the literature and a conceptualization of the meanings of home and neighborhood in various dimensions. The paper analyzes data from a survey conducted in the neighborhood of Barkmolenstraat (Groningen, The Netherlands). Using the factor analysis, two factors indicating meanings of home are distinguished: the home as a “Predictable Environment”, and the home as a “Status”. Four factors indicate neighborhood attachment: sense of belonging, safety, sociability and the feeling of being controlled. The findings from OLS regression analyses show the importance of the home as a “predictable environment” in perceived psycho-social well-being. The sense of belonging to the neighborhood and safety are positively associated with psycho-social well-being, whereas the feeling of being controlled is negatively associated with it.