TY - JOUR
T1 - Home-like architectural features of residential environments
AU - Thompson, T.
AU - Robinson, Julia W
AU - Graff, M.
AU - Ingenmey, R.
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - Adults who had no experience in the area of mental retardation viewed slides of residential settings, five providing housing for people with mental retardation, and rated their 'home-likeness' (1 = home-like, 5 = institutional). Of 55 two-way comparisons, the mean home-likeness ratings of 48 such pairs differed significantly from one another. A .98 log-linear correlation was found between number of residents in a given facility and institutional ratings. Of 26 features of living rooms studied in detail, furniture position, lighting type, and lighting flexibility were highly correlated with home-likeness, whereas building code-specific features and seating type were minimally related to home-likeness.
AB - Adults who had no experience in the area of mental retardation viewed slides of residential settings, five providing housing for people with mental retardation, and rated their 'home-likeness' (1 = home-like, 5 = institutional). Of 55 two-way comparisons, the mean home-likeness ratings of 48 such pairs differed significantly from one another. A .98 log-linear correlation was found between number of residents in a given facility and institutional ratings. Of 26 features of living rooms studied in detail, furniture position, lighting type, and lighting flexibility were highly correlated with home-likeness, whereas building code-specific features and seating type were minimally related to home-likeness.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2261164
AN - SCOPUS:0025173472
SN - 0895-8017
VL - 95
SP - 328
EP - 341
JO - American Journal on Mental Retardation
JF - American Journal on Mental Retardation
IS - 3
ER -