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Investigating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Experiences and Psychiatric Distress for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness

verfasst von: Bret Kloos, Greg Townley

Erschienen in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Ausgabe 2/2011

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Abstract

The present study examined the relationships between how research participants experienced their neighborhood, their neighborhood social climate, and psychological well-being. Participants (n = 525) were residents of supported housing programs who used mental health services at one of 17 community mental health centers in South Carolina. Hierarchical regression and mediation analyses were employed to answer research questions. Results suggest that neighbor relations, perceptions of neighborhood safety, and neighborhood satisfaction were significantly associated with perceptions of neighborhood social climate; and neighborhood social climate accounted for a significant amount of the variance in psychiatric distress. Of particular interest, perceptions of neighborhood social climate fully mediated the relationship between the specific reported neighborhood experiences and psychiatric distress. These findings have implications for interventions and policy aimed at promoting integration of individuals with serious mental illness into community settings.

Refer to Table 1 for a correlation matrix of the measures under review in this study.

Please note, the ‘sex’ variable consists of males and females, with females serving as the reference group for analyses. The ‘race’ variable is dummy-coded to include African Americans (50% of the sample) and non-African Americans (Whites, 43% of the sample, and Other race, 7% of the sample). The non-African American group is the reference group in analyses.

Please note, although not reported in the table, each of the steps has controlled for the demographic and symptomatic covariates.

Demographic variables (race, sex, age) and symptom variable (psychotic and paranoid) have been controlled for in each step but are not reported here in the interest of space and clarity.

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Titel: Investigating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Experiences and Psychiatric Distress for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
verfasst von: Bret Kloos
Greg Townley
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0307-y

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