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ects of Residential Environment Included in Residential Satisfaction
Questionnaires: A Systematic Review
Urška Smrke1, Matej Blenkuš2, Gregor Sočan3
1 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, urska.smrke@gmail.com
2 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, matej.blenkus@fa.uni-lj.si
3 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, gregor.socan@ff.uni-lj.si
Residential satisfaction is a frequently studied topic in recent decades as it can offer important
insights into the quality of residential environment, beneficial both from theoretical perspective
as well as for practical purposes. One of the most prominently used methods of measuring
residential satisfaction is the use of self-assessment questionnaires measuring satisfaction by
assessing satisfaction with individual aspects of the residential environment. Developmental
process of these questionnaires often takes an ad hoc approach, especially in terms of the
selection of aspects to be included in questionnaire items, i.e., for the purposes of the study at
hand, often without providing a solid rationale for the selection of these aspects. To authors’
best knowledge, there are no established criteria and justifications for including specific aspects
of the residential environment in the measurement of satisfaction and also no reviews of these
aspects to date. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to provide a systematic review of
aspects of residential environment (on dwelling with building and neighbourhood levels),
included in the residential satisfaction questionnaires. Since these include a great variability of
aspects on many levels of specificity, the additional aim of the study is to categorize these aspects
to possibly arrive at a comprehensive list of included aspects of environment in residential
satisfaction questionnaires while also recognizing the most prominent categories used in the
reviewed questionnaires.
Keywords: residential satisfaction, questionnaires, aspects of residential environment, systematic
review
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Questionnaires: A Systematic Review
Urška Smrke1, Matej Blenkuš2, Gregor Sočan3
1 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, urska.smrke@gmail.com
2 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, matej.blenkus@fa.uni-lj.si
3 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, gregor.socan@ff.uni-lj.si
Residential satisfaction is a frequently studied topic in recent decades as it can offer important
insights into the quality of residential environment, beneficial both from theoretical perspective
as well as for practical purposes. One of the most prominently used methods of measuring
residential satisfaction is the use of self-assessment questionnaires measuring satisfaction by
assessing satisfaction with individual aspects of the residential environment. Developmental
process of these questionnaires often takes an ad hoc approach, especially in terms of the
selection of aspects to be included in questionnaire items, i.e., for the purposes of the study at
hand, often without providing a solid rationale for the selection of these aspects. To authors’
best knowledge, there are no established criteria and justifications for including specific aspects
of the residential environment in the measurement of satisfaction and also no reviews of these
aspects to date. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to provide a systematic review of
aspects of residential environment (on dwelling with building and neighbourhood levels),
included in the residential satisfaction questionnaires. Since these include a great variability of
aspects on many levels of specificity, the additional aim of the study is to categorize these aspects
to possibly arrive at a comprehensive list of included aspects of environment in residential
satisfaction questionnaires while also recognizing the most prominent categories used in the
reviewed questionnaires.
Keywords: residential satisfaction, questionnaires, aspects of residential environment, systematic
review
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