Flouri, E;
Midouhas, E;
Joshi, H;
(2014)
The role of urban neighbourhood green space in children's emotional and behavioural resilience.
Journal of Environmental Psychology
, 40
pp. 179-186.
10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.007.
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Abstract
This study explored the role of relative quantity of green space in urban English neighbourhoods in predicting parent-reported emotional and behavioural problems from early to middle childhood (ages 3, 5, 7) and in buffering the effects of multiple risk factors (neighbourhood disadvantage, family poverty and adverse life events) on child adjustment. We modelled data from 6384 Millennium Cohort Study children using multilevel growth curve modelling. Neighbourhood green space was measured with the percentage of green space within a standard small area. We found that access to garden and use of parks and playgrounds were related to fewer conduct, peer and hyperactivity problems. Neighbourhood green space was generally unrelated to child adjustment, but poor children in urban neighbourhoods with more greenery had fewer emotional problems from age 3 to 5 than their counterparts in less green neighbourhoods. Neighbourhood green space may promote emotional well-being in poor urban children in early childhood.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The role of urban neighbourhood green space in children's emotional and behavioural resilience |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.007 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Emotional and behavioural problems, Green space, Millennium Cohort Study, Neighbourhoods, Socio-economic disadvantage |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1480864 |
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