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Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing 1/2015

01.09.2015 | Short Report

Urban environment and well-being: cross-cultural studies on Perceived Residential Environment Quality Indicators (PREQIs)

verfasst von: Marino Bonaiuto, Ferdinando Fornara, Susana Alves, Ines Ferreira, Yanhui Mao, Eva Moffat, Gloria Piccinin, Leila Rahimi

Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing | Sonderheft 1/2015

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Abstract

Architectural and environmental psychology literature has shown the importance of urban design in provoking stress feelings or enhancing well-being and quality of life. The aim of this contribution is to show the main results of a set of cross-cultural survey studies concerning the perceived quality of urban features at the neighbourhood level. A questionnaire was used including the extended or the short version of the 11 scales measuring Perceived Residential Environment Quality Indicators (PREQIs), which cover architectural, social, functional, and contextual aspects. Both versions of PREQIs showed a similar factorial structure and a good (or at least acceptable) reliability across different geographical contexts, even though some differences emerged in those countries that are more distant from the Western linguistic and cultural milieu. The development of tools like PREQIs should increase a “user-centred” vision on urban issues.

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Fußnoten
1
Samples were balanced for gender and age classes.
 
2
Cronbach’s alpha coefficients are dependent on the number of items, i.e. with the same intercorrelation among the items, the lower the number of items, the lower is the alpha value.
 
3
In the case of two-item factors, the significance of Pearson’s r bivariate correlation was considered for testing the factors’ internal consistence.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Urban environment and well-being: cross-cultural studies on Perceived Residential Environment Quality Indicators (PREQIs)
verfasst von
Marino Bonaiuto
Ferdinando Fornara
Susana Alves
Ines Ferreira
Yanhui Mao
Eva Moffat
Gloria Piccinin
Leila Rahimi
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Cognitive Processing / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0691-z

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