Traffic-related exposures,constrained restoration,and health in the residential context |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Applied Social and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland;2. Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Box 514, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden;3. Department of Hygiene, Microbiology & Social Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria;1. University of Michigan School of Public Health, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, 2669 SPH Tower, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA;2. University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA;3. University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA;1. Dept of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India;1. College of Biology & Pharmacy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China;2. Innovation Center for Geo-Hazards and Eco-Environment in Three Gorges Area, Hubei Province, Yichang, 443002, China;3. Engineering Research Center of Hubei Agricaltural Environment Monitoring, Hubei Province, Yichang, 443002, China |
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| Abstract: | Traffic-related exposures may undermine the restorative character of the home, and this may in turn undermine health and residential satisfaction. We addressed this possibility with data for adults residing in a large valley near Innsbruck, Austria (N=572). We joined objective measures of traffic-related sound and air pollutants with reports from door-to-door surveys concerning perceived disturbance from traffic-related exposures, restorative qualities of the living environment, self-perceived health and residential satisfaction. We analyzed these data with successive tests of nested structural equation models, with and without the restorative quality variables. The results suggest that the negative impact of traffic-related exposures on self-perceived health and satisfaction with the living environment involves the constraint of restorative qualities of the living environment, over and above the share traditionally attributed to such exposures viewed as stressors. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of the distinction between environmental stressors and constraints on restoration. |
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| Keywords: | Transportation Sound sources Air pollution Restoration Disturbance |
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