TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Crowding and children's mental health: the role of house type
JO  - Journal of environmental psychology
A1  - Evans, Gary W.
A1  - Lercher, Peter
A1  - Kofler, Walter W.
SP  - 221
EP  - 231
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - An important and largely unstudied aspect of the apparent relation between residential crowding and mental health is the potential role of environmental design to moderate this relation. An epidemiological investigation reveals that the type of housing children inhabit alters mental health correlates of residential crowding. Third and fourth grade Austrian children (n=1,236) from small towns and agricultural areas who reside in multiple family dwellings manifest significantly stronger associations between residential density and a standardized self-report index of psychological health (KINDL) as well as teacher ratings of behavioral conduct in the classroom (Needleman) in comparison to their counterparts residing either in single family detached homes or in row houses. These findings occur independently of mother's educational level among children residing in relatively low-density housing.<p /> 
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SN  - 0272-4944
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2002.0256
ID  - ref1
ER  -