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A Study of Residential Satisfaction in High Rise Apartment Complexes


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Residential satisfaction in high rise apartment complexes have been emerged as influencing trameworks in psychology and personal life satisfaction, health and well-being. In the Indian context very few studies on residential satisfaction has been conducted in high rise residential complexes. The present study attempts to examine the main and interactional effects of floor level and gender on evaluation of complex amenities, community life style, health, happiness and residential satisfaction. Three hundred male and female residents participated in the present survey. A 2x2 factorial design structure involving gender (male vrs females) and two floor levels (higher vrs lower) was utilized. The main effects ol^gender and floor levels on maj or outcome variables were not found significant. While looking at the results it seems very clear that substantially large number of residents exhibited moderately high level of satisfaction with complex amenities, reported moderately high level of residential satisfaction and better community life style in the complex. Moreover, a large number of significant interactional effects between gender and floor levels on social support, health, happiness and residential satisfaction were found. Some of the results are found consistent with the previous studies. Implications of the results are discussed.

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Residential Satisfaction, Satisfaction with Amenities, Community Life, Health, Happiness.
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Authors

Jaya Jotwani
Department ofPsyehology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Dinesh Nagar
Department ofPsyehology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract


Residential satisfaction in high rise apartment complexes have been emerged as influencing trameworks in psychology and personal life satisfaction, health and well-being. In the Indian context very few studies on residential satisfaction has been conducted in high rise residential complexes. The present study attempts to examine the main and interactional effects of floor level and gender on evaluation of complex amenities, community life style, health, happiness and residential satisfaction. Three hundred male and female residents participated in the present survey. A 2x2 factorial design structure involving gender (male vrs females) and two floor levels (higher vrs lower) was utilized. The main effects ol^gender and floor levels on maj or outcome variables were not found significant. While looking at the results it seems very clear that substantially large number of residents exhibited moderately high level of satisfaction with complex amenities, reported moderately high level of residential satisfaction and better community life style in the complex. Moreover, a large number of significant interactional effects between gender and floor levels on social support, health, happiness and residential satisfaction were found. Some of the results are found consistent with the previous studies. Implications of the results are discussed.

Keywords


Residential Satisfaction, Satisfaction with Amenities, Community Life, Health, Happiness.

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