Verifying the operational definition of neighborhood for the psychosocial impact of structural deterioration
dc.contributor.author | Kruger, Daniel J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-01-04T20:07:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-07T20:01:16Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2008-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kruger, Daniel J. (2008). "Verifying the operational definition of neighborhood for the psychosocial impact of structural deterioration." Journal of Community Psychology 36(1): 53-60. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57514> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0090-4392 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1520-6629 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57514 | |
dc.description.abstract | The physical decay of neighborhoods is associated with social conditions such as disease risk, poor mental health, and fear of crime. Researchers assessing neighborhood effects commonly operationalize neighborhoods via municipal boundaries such as U.S. Census Tracts, although more sophisticated analyses examine structures within a defined radius of respondents, typically .25-mile. This study verifies the .25-mile heuristic as a sound operational definition for neighborhood residential structures consequential to social conditions with measures of social contact with neighbors, perceptions of social capital, fear of neighborhood crime, and satisfaction with neighborhood quality of life. Deteriorating commercial structures cluster in smaller areas than deteriorating residential structures; however, the peak consequential radius appears to occur at 4 times the distance of residential structures. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 129334 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 3118 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | Verifying the operational definition of neighborhood for the psychosocial impact of structural deterioration | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan ; School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57514/1/20216_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20216 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Community Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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