The Influence of Neighborhood Aesthetics, Safety, and Social Cohesion on Perceived Stress in Disadvantaged Communities
The Influence of Neighborhood Aesthetics, Safety, and Social Cohesion on Perceived Stress in Disadvantaged Communities
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DOI：
10.1002/ajcp.12081
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Kaczynski, Andrew T.
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作者：
Henderson, Heather;Child, Stephanie;Kaczynski, Andrew T.
有限的研究探索了物理和社会环境的特定因素如何影响心理健康指标，例如感知压力，或者这种关联是否受到性别的调节。本研究考察了美国东南部一个中型城市的选定社区特征与主要是低收入老年人非裔美国人的感知压力水平之间的关系。来自八个历史上处于不利地位的社区的居民（n = 394；平均年龄 = 55.3 岁，70.9% 女性，89.3% 非裔美国人）完成了调查，测量了对社区安全、社会凝聚力、美学和压力的看法。多元线性回归模型检查了三个邻域特征中的每一个与感知压力之间的关联。更高的安全感、改善的社区美感和社会凝聚力与较低的感知压力显着相关。这些关联不受性别调节。这些发现表明，改善社区的社会属性可能对压力和人口健康的相关益处产生积极影响。未来的研究应该研究邻里特征如何随时间影响压力。
Limited research has explored how specific elements of physical and social environments influence mental health indicators such as perceived stress, or whether such associations are moderated by gender. This study examined the relationship between selected neighborhood characteristics and perceived stress levels within a primarily low-income, older, African-American population in a mid-sized city in the Southeastern U.S. Residents (n = 394; mean age = 55.3 years, 70.9% female, 89.3% African American) from eight historically disadvantaged neighborhoods completed surveys measuring perceptions of neighborhood safety, social cohesion, aesthetics, and stress. Multivariate linear regression models examined the association between each of the three neighborhood characteristics and perceived stress. Greater perceived safety, improved neighborhood aesthetics, and social cohesion were significantly associated with lower perceived stress. These associations were not moderated by gender. These findings suggest that improving social attributes of neighborhoods may have positive impacts on stress and related benefits for population health. Future research should examine how neighborhood characteristics influence stress over time.