More and more people are living in tall buildings, but do they promote or diminish mental heath? This blog reviews the psychology research findings.Highrise living in four Chinese cities. Clockwise from top left: Shenzhen, Changchun, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Photos by Jason M. Barr.
Psychology of highrise living. What do people who live in towers think about the high life?The specialist in psychology and environmental design published a groundbreaking analysis in 2007 of more than 100 studies on whether highrises improve or diminish well-being. Its gone viral.
in the late 19th century. e Consequences of Living in High-Rise Buildings. Department of Psychology and School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8S 2H1, Canada.
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Ive lived in high-rise apartment buildings in urban settings for 24 of the past 26 years.I live on the 13th floor of my building and ride the elevator every day. For a couple of years, I cringed anytime I felt the elevator slowing to a halt on the 8th floor.
Residents of high-rise blocks tend to suffer from more stress, mental health difficulties and neurosis.Living at one storey is probably the most healthy thing for the human animal. But it is so much worse for the environment as a whole.
High-rise living in Dallas, towards vertical exclusionAn interview by Manoel Rodrigues Alves on High Rise project
This study examined language, living arrangements, and various outcomes among Latina adolescent mothers. Living with mothers was associated with increased self-esteem for all adolescents, and lower depression for English-speaking and bilingual adolescents only.
