Older Women Living Alone

Abstract

Relationships of subjective residential satisfaction to psychological well-being have been demonstrated, but it has proved difficult to document relationships between objective environmental variables and well-being. In this study, environmental variables were selected on the basis of a theoretical model for relevance to human needs and were measured with technical assessment items scaled for internal consistency. Outcomes were two factors derived from a battery of instruments in the domain of psychological well-being. Direct effects of objective environmental measures on psychological well-being were observed as well as indirect effects through subjective satisfaction with home and neighborhood.