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Community integration has been conceptualized as comprising of three dimensions: physical integration, social integration and psychological integration. Drawing from the capabilities approach for integration as proposed by Ware and colleagues (2007), the current study examined how two specific person-environment relationships predict community integration among 418 adult persons with SMI residing in supported housing. More specifically, the study examined whether coping mediates the relationship between two aspects of the housing environment (i.e., community tolerance and neighborhood quality) and three dimensions of community integration (i.e., physical, social, and psychological integration). Analyses revealed that (1) coping significantly mediated the relationship between community tolerance and psychological integration, and that (2) coping significantly mediated the relationship between neighborhood quality and both social integration and psychological integration. 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More specifically, the study examined whether coping mediates the relationship between two aspects of the housing environment (i.e., community tolerance and neighborhood quality) and three dimensions of community integration (i.e., physical, social, and psychological integration). Analyses revealed that (1) coping significantly mediated the relationship between community tolerance and psychological integration, and that (2) coping significantly mediated the relationship between neighborhood quality and both social integration and psychological integration. 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