Measuring Person-Environment Fit in Nursing Homes

Person, Environment, and Person-Environment Fit as Influences on Residential Satisfaction of Elders

“…P-E congruence along commensurate dimensions of person and environment has been studied in institutional contexts (Buffum, 1988;Coulton, 1979;Kahana, Liang, & Felton, 1980). Such settings represent examples of environmental presses that are independent of personal preferences and choice.…”

The General Environment Fit Scale: A Factor Analysis and Test of Convergent Construct Validity

“…These include, college residence halls (Tracey, Sherry, and Keitel, 1986), elderly living environments (Buffum, 1988; O’Connor and Vallerand, 1994), residential mental health care settings (Lehmann, Mitchell, and Cohen, 1978; Timko & Moos, 1998; Segal et al, 1989) residential addiction recovery settings (Timko & Moos, 1998) and mutual support recovery groups (Humphreys & Woods, 1993; Luke, Roberts, & Rappaport, 1993; Mankowski et al, 2001; Morgenstern, Kahler, & Epstein, 1998; Ouimette, Humphreys, Moos, Finney, Cronkite, & Federman, 2001). In community settings, P-E fit has been found to be related to social integration (Segal, Silverman, & Baumohl, 1989), and intent to stay in a setting (Verquer, Beehr, & Wagner, 2003), as well as attendance at support group meetings (Humphreys & Woods, 1993; Luke, Roberts, & Rappaport, 1993) and 12-step group involvement (Mankowski, Humphreys, & Moos, 2001).…”

“…Even though much of the recent theoretical and empirical investigation of P-E fit has come from I/O psychology and business management, past research has explicitly and implicitly applied the theory to topics relevant to community psychology, such as individual fit with residential community settings and mutual-help support groups. Examples of these settings include, college residence halls (Tracey et al 1986), elderly living environments (Buffum 1988;O'Connor and Vallerand 1994), residential mental health care settings (Lehmann et al 1978;Segal et al 1989;Timko and Moos 1998), residential addiction recovery settings (Timko and Moos 1998) and mutual support recovery groups (Humphreys and Woods 1993;Luke et al 1993;Mankowski et al 2001;Morgenstern et al 1998;Ouimette et al 2001). In community settings, P-E fit has been found to be related to social integration (Segal et al 1989), attendance of support group meetings (Humphreys and Woods 1993;Luke et al 1993), and 12-step group involvement (Mankowski et al 2001).…”

Health Issues in International Tourism: The Role of Health Behavior, Stress and Adaptation

“…Later on, the model was applied in a wider and more general context to psychosocial stress (cf. Howell, Krantz, & Barnard, 1995; see also Buffum, 1987-88;O'Connor & Vallerand, 1994). The interaction between specific characteristic s of the person and specific features of the environment is so important and unique that it is considered to be the most relevant variable in the development of health problems.…”