Overview
- Addresses the theme of child well-being from a variety of angles and disciplines
- Edited by four authorities in the field of child well-being
- Enables readers from a vast scope of professions and disciplines to have a profound overview of the complexities and implications of the scientific and practical pursuit of children's well-being
- The only interdisciplinary handbook on Child Well-Being in the field
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About this book
The well-being of children represents a challenge not yet fully confronted and The Handbook of Child Well-being supplies its readers with a thorough overview of the complexities and implications regarding the scientific and practical pursuit of children's well-being. The handbook addresses the concept of well-being through an in-depth analysis of the perspectives and vocabularies of various disciplines such as, philosophy, theology, psychology and sociology. It covers important issues in child well-being and the problems of the general politics of well-being as well as the implementation of interventional programs and measures. In addition the handbook deals with the methods of measuring well-being for a scientifically grounded understanding and also for policy-making. The interdisciplinary set up of the handbook makes it a unique work that offers readers from a vast scope of child-related disciplines and professions a profound overview of the complexities and implications of thescientific and practical pursuit of children’s well-being.
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Keywords
- Arts, Creativity and Child Well-Being
- Body Image and Child Well-Being
- Child Healthcare and Child Well-Being
- Child Protection and Child Well-Being
- Child Well-Being
- Childhood and Intergenerationality
- Children's Rights Perspective
- Children's Social Networks
- Children's Social and Emotional Relationships
- Children’s Activities and Well-Being
- Economics of Child Well-Being
- Economy and Material Child Well-Being
- Educational Science and Child Well-Being
- Family Patterns
- Indicators of Children's Well-Being
- International Comparisons of Child Well-Being
- Life Course and Child Well-Being
- Maltreated Children
- Media and Communication and Child Well-Being
- Objective Well-Being
- Parenting Styles and Child Well-Being
- Positive Psychology
- Psychology of Child Well-Being
- QOL
- Quality of Life
- Schooling and Children's Subjective Well-Being
- Social Policy
- Social Work and Child Well-Being
- Spirituality, Religion and Child Well-Being
- Youth Well-Being in Muslim Countries
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Multiple Perspectives on Child Well-Being
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Reviews
“The intended audience of the Handbook … appears to be researchers. … Handbook of Child Well-Being offers a vast collection of fascinating and important works by highly respected international scholars representing numerous diverse disciplines. … this compendium represents an invaluable resource that is sure to broaden the theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural perspectives of sophisticated scholars throughout the world.” (Laura E. Berk, Gregory S. Braswell, Adena B. Meyers, Rocío Rivadeneyra and Maria Schmeeckle, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60 (28), July, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Asher Ben-Arieh focuses his research on the nature of children’s well-being and the factors affecting it, the methodology of social indicators, and the use of indicators of children’s well-being in the process of making and implementing public policy regarding children. The theoretical approach guiding his work is based on the concepts of the power of information, childhood as a sociological stage in itself, and children’s rights. As a member of the team of researchers from Clemson University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago, Dr. Ben- Arieh is examining the effects of Strong Communities in building and strengthening norms of mutual assistance and of collective responsibility for family support. Also, as the Israeli representative in the EU’s COST A/19 working group on child welfare, Dr. Ben-Arieh is both learning from and contributing to the intergenerational perspective framing COST’s work, particularly in relation to children’s roles in advancing their own status.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Child Well-Being
Book Subtitle: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective
Editors: Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frønes, Jill E. Korbin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9062-1Published: 07 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9063-8Published: 13 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 3258
Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Child and School Psychology