Individual differences in critical tendencies and noise annoyance

摘要: Abstract Results of a survey ( N = 163) in physically homogeneous neighborhood revealed substantial differences among individuals their evaluations the neighborhood's environmental quality. These individual were consistent across topics. In other words, some residents tended to give consistently positive ratings noise, privacy, air quality, amenities, and general satisfaction, whereas others more negative all categories. This variation tendency was termed critical-uncritical dimension. An individual's standing on this dimension explained 32% r 0·56) variability annoyance reactions noise sources. A second interview same community 131) completed after new highway through opened traffic. The results showed that could be used predict how these would react problem. correlation between measure critical tendencies which included no questions assessed seven months later 0·46, p