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Meagher BR, Cheadle AD. Distant from others, but close to home: The relationship between home attachment and mental health during COVID-19. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 72:101516. [PMID: 36540649 PMCID: PMC9756114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant consequences for Americans' daily lives. Many people are spending more time in their homes due to work from home arrangements, stay at home orders, and closures of businesses and public gathering spaces. In this study, we explored how one's attachment to their home may help to buffer their mental health during this stressful time. Data were collected from a three-wave, longitudinal sampling (n=289) surveyed at baseline, two, and four weeks after. We found a clear relationship between an individual's attachment to home and positive mental health. Across all three waves, home attachment was negatively associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Furthermore, participants' home attachment at baseline was predictive of subsequent mental health two weeks after, which suggests that one's relationship to their home was particularly important during the initial onset of the national response to the outbreak. Predictors of home attachment included conscientiousness, agreeableness, and restorative ambience. Over the course of the study, kinship ambience also emerged as a predictor of home attachment. In the midst of increased mental health concerns and limited resources due to COVID-19, the home may buffer some individuals from depressive and anxiety-related symptoms by functioning as a source of refuge, security, and stability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin R Meagher
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 43022, USA
- Hope College, Holland, MI, 49423, USA
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Zhang Y, Mao P, Li H, Xu Y, You D, Liu H, Huang W, Yuan J. Assessing the Safety Risks of Civil Engineering Laboratories Based on Lab Criticity Index: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E6244. [PMID: 32867336 PMCID: PMC7504602 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17176244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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With the rapid development of the construction industry, an increasing amount of attention were paid by universities to the development of civil engineering experiment courses so as to improve the practical research abilities of students. In recent years, due to the frequent occurrence of civil engineering laboratory accidents, it has become an urgent issue regarding on what factors influencing safety risks and how to assess and reduce the safety risks in civil engineering laboratories. Based on the lab criticity index (LCI) model, the research specificities of civil engineering laboratories were analyzed through literature review and expert interviews and 13 risk factors of civil engineering laboratories, from the four aspects of man, object, management, and environment, identified. The data for each parameter in the LCI model was obtained through a questionnaire survey, and finally the LCI value was calculated to evaluate priority. Among them, insufficient safety awareness of operators, danger due to equipment failure, imperfect management policies, and complex floor conditions were listed as the most common risk factors. Based on the LCI model, the worsening factors of these four risk factors were further analyzed. The LCI model is applied to the new research field of safety risk assessment in civil engineering laboratories that few researchers have studied before and a risk list for civil engineering laboratories was created. We revealed the safety status of civil engineering laboratories in Jiangsu Province and provided feasible suggestions for improving the management and supervision of civil engineering laboratories at universities. It can strengthen operator awareness of the risks in civil engineering laboratories and improve the social group's attention to the safety risks of the laboratories, thus reducing the accidents' possibility and seriousness of civil engineering laboratories.
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- Yi Zhang
- Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.X.); (D.Y.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.X.); (D.Y.); (H.L.)
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- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China;
- School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.X.); (D.Y.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.X.); (D.Y.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.X.); (D.Y.); (H.L.)
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- School of Civil Engineering, Sanjiang University, Nanjing 210012, China;
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- Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
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Render A, Siebertz M, Günther B, Jansen P. Working Desks as a Classification Tool for Personality Style: A Pilot Study for Validation. Front Psychol 2019; 10:2588. [PMID: 31803121 PMCID: PMC6873899 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We shape our surroundings; form the rooms we live in, so that we feel comfortable in them. This shows parts of our personality – it can be inferred from our environment. In this study, we created stereotypical desks embodying different personality styles and let 190 students choose which desk fits – in their subjective perspective – the most to their personality. To determine their personality style, the personality style and disorder inventory (PSSI) was used. Correspondence analysis (CA) was conducted to investigate the relationship between personality styles and choice of desks. Results did not show convergence of personality styles and desks. Contrary to the popular scientific idea, personality and creation of surroundings were not related; regarding our study, the relation is uninterpretable suggesting an individual’s desk choice is not statistically dependent on one’s individual’s highest PSSI subscale. The study can be regarded as a pilot project for desk designs as classification tool for personality.
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- Anna Render
- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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