Robert L Rubinstein’s research while affiliated with Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia PA and other places

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Personal Identity and Environmental Meaning in Later Life
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June 1990

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Journal of Aging Studies

Robert L Rubinstein

This article examines the relationship of personal identity to environmental meaning in later life. Four key elements of personal identity are described for each of three elderly informants who were questioned in a series of ethnographically-based qualitative interviews for a research project on the meaning of home. The manner in which each of these elements of personal identity is expressed environmentally is then described. The article supports the view that the subjective construction of the life course plays an important role in accounting for older person's environmental meanings.

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... Home is a multidimensional entity that can harbour mundane and dramatic life experiences and meet individuals' physical, psychological and social needs across different stages of life [18,19]. The psychological effects of a home are closely associated with housing quality and attributes [20][21][22][23][24][25][26], in which structural quality, space, density, noise, cleanliness, privacy and neighbourhood quality, in addition to infestation and dampness, as well as hazards and children's resources, are associated with mental distress [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. ...

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The effect of dwelling size on the mental health and quality of life of female caregivers living in informal tiny homes in Hong Kong
Personal Identity and Environmental Meaning in Later Life
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  • June 1990

Journal of Aging Studies