Vulnerability and Environmental Stress of Older Adults in Deprived Neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10833224 |
|---|---|
| Authors | MARIEKE VAN DER MEER (Medical Protective, corresponding author), Joos Droogleever Fortuijn (0000-0001-9687-9029, Medical Protective, corresponding author), Frans Thissen (Medical Protective, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-64 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00439.x |
| OpenAlex | W2065371805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 17 |
Recent policy rests on the assumption that it is better for older people to live independently within the community for as long as possible. A related assumption is that the local community forms a supportive context for vulnerable older people; the environment can compensate the limitations resulting from growing old. However, Lawton's ‘environmental docility hypothesis’, in which the interaction between characteristics of the environment and a person's competence is described, forms a reason to be more careful with this assumption. In a survey of 1,939 Dutch older adults carried out in 2002–2003 this hypothesis is explored for older people living in deprived and non‐deprived neighbourhoods. The results of the analysis seem to be in line with Lawton's hypothesis. In non‐deprived neighbourhoods, no differences in environmental stress are found between vulnerable and non‐vulnerable older adults, while in deprived neighbourhoods vulnerable older adults experience significantly higher levels of environmental stress than non‐vulnerable older adults
Competence (human resources · Context (archaeology · Geography · Older people · Vulnerability (computing · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0.92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |