Outdoor Environmental Supportiveness and Older People's Quality of Life: A Personal Projects Approach

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dc.authoridWard Thompson, Catharine/0000-0002-9563-0026
dc.authoridAlves, Susana/0000-0002-6831-8192
dc.authoridCurl, Angela/0000-0002-8325-190X
dc.authorscopusid56982817900
dc.authorscopusid55666699100
dc.authorscopusid57204877337
dc.authorscopusid7004258184
dc.authorwosidWard Thompson, Catharine/JFA-9237-2023
dc.authorwosidAlves, Susana/E-5314-2016
dc.authorwosidCurl, Angela/J-5879-2019
dc.contributor.authorCurl, Angela
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Catharine Ward
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Susana
dc.contributor.authorAspinall, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-25T11:17:29Z
dc.date.available2024-05-25T11:17:29Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentOkan Universityen_US
dc.department-temp[Curl, Angela] Univ Glasgow, Urban Studies, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS, Lanark, Scotland; [Thompson, Catharine Ward; Aspinall, Peter] Univ Edinburgh, Edinburgh Coll Art, OPENspace Res Ctr, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; [Alves, Susana] Okan Univ, Dept Architecture, Istanbul, Turkeyen_US
dc.descriptionWard Thompson, Catharine/0000-0002-9563-0026; Alves, Susana/0000-0002-6831-8192; Curl, Angela/0000-0002-8325-190Xen_US
dc.description.abstractWe present an approach to exploring the role of environmental supportiveness in contributing to older people's quality of life (QoL), based on Little's ecological model (2010) inwhich individual and situational factors influence the personal projects of salience to individuals. Personal projects are self-generated and purpose-oriented activities or goals in which an individual is engaged (Little, 1983). The efficacy with which the pursuit of these activities is achieved depends on the nature of the project and the degree to which it is supported by external factors such as the environment. We explore the relationship between the outdoor environment and QoL, drawing on the concept of "environmental support" as presented by Sugiyama and Ward Thompson (2007a). There is a positive relationship between the number of outdoor personal projects older people participated in and measures indicative of their QoL. The relationship between perceived environmental support and QoL measures was significant in projects involving nature but not for other project types.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/S29102/01, EP/D079861/1]; Edinburgh College of Art; EPSRC [EP/D079861/1] Funding Source: UKRI; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/D079861/1, GR/S29102/01] Funding Source: researchfishen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was undertaken as part of the I'DGO (Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors) research project supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Project no. GR/S29102/01). and I'DGO TOO Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors2) funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant no. EP/D079861/1. The I'DGO consortium consists of Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University, Oxford Brookes University and the University of Salford. The Sensory Trust, RICAbility, the Housing Corporation and Dementia Voice were non-academic partners in this I'DGO project. The project has also been supported by Edinburgh College of Art. The I'DGO TOO consortium is led by OPENspace at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University, with partners in Salford and Warwick Universities. We are grateful for the support of Sustrans and I'DGO partners in this project.en_US
dc.identifier.citation27
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02763893.2015.1087925
dc.identifier.endpage16en_US
dc.identifier.issn0276-3893
dc.identifier.issn1540-353X
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84962550003
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2015.1087925
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/250
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000386649500001
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectpersonal projectsen_US
dc.subjectoutdoor activityen_US
dc.subjectquality of lifeen_US
dc.subjectelderlyen_US
dc.titleOutdoor Environmental Supportiveness and Older People's Quality of Life: A Personal Projects Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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