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dc.contributor.authorOIapegba, P.O-
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, S. K.-
dc.contributor.authorPaul Chism, N. F.-
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T08:55:20Z-
dc.date.available2018-10-11T08:55:20Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.otherui_art_olapegba_modeling_2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1902-
dc.description.abstractIn response to the rapid and unplanned growth that has led to the colocation of residential communities with refuse dumpsites in Lagos, Nigeria, we conducted a cross-sectional investigation of individuals living within the Olusosun community near a refuse dumpsite. Participants were 479 persons (>18 years of age, 52.6% male) who lived within 1 km of a refuse dumpsite. We examined the relationships between perceived quality of life and predictor variables, self-esteem, learned helplessness, and environmental expectations. Data analysis using structural equation modeling procedures partially supported our hypothesized explanatory model. Specifically, we found self-esteem had direct and indirect effects, through environmental expectations, on perceived quality of life. However, the indirect effect of learned helplessness on perceived quality of life was not supported. A limitation of our study, selective recruitment of participants who could read and write in English, emphasizes the need for future studies to recruit indigenous language speakers.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultationen_US
dc.subjectperceived quality of life, self-esteem, learned helplessness, environmental expectationsen_US
dc.titleModeling perceived quality of life for people living near a Nigerian dumpsiteen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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