house 2.0 (competition)
We attempted to illustrate the potential insights to be gained from studying homes with an exploratory study that maps the psychological ambiances (e.g., comfort, togetherness, Acceptance) that people desire in their homes; we identified six broad ambiance dimensions (restoration, kinship, storage, stimulation, intimacy, productivity) that show mean differences across rooms. We then made an effort to connect these findings to existing work on situation selection in emotion regulation. These ideas provide only an initial foray into the domain of residential space, but they hint at the productive roles that homes and other spaces could play in psychological theorizing and research.
