Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective - gebonden uitgave, pocketboek

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Auteur van het boek: ben arieh, ben asher
Titel van het boek: handbook child well being, global well being

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Auteur: Asher Ben-Arieh; Ferran Casas; Ivar Frønes; Jill E. Korbin
Titel: Handbook of Child Well-Being - Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
3258 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 2013-10-08
Dordrecht; NL
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Taal: Engels
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XXXV, 3258 p. 142 illus., 76 illus. in color. Print + eReference. In 3 volumes, not available separately.

SA; Book + Online Access; BB; EA; Hardcover, Softcover / Soziologie/Methoden der empirischen und qualitativen Sozialforschung; Persönliche Gesundheit und Gesundheitswesen / Gesundheitserziehung; Verstehen; 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; A; Quality of Life Research; Child and School Psychology; Quality of Life Research; School Psychology; Social Sciences; Pädagogische Psychologie; BB

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 the scientific and practical pursuit of children’s well-being.

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 the scientific and practical pursuit of children’s well-being.

Opening Section: Multifaceted Concept of Child Well-Being.-  Section I: Multiple perspectives on children’s well-being.- History of Children's Well-Being.- Culture, Context, and Child Well-Being.- Children, Gender, and Issues of Well-Being.- Childhood and Intergenerationality: Toward an Intergenerational Perspective on Child Well-Being.- Section II: Multiple approaches to child Well Being.- Child Well-Being: a Philosophical Perspective.- Child Well-Being: Children's Rights Perspective.- Neuroscience and Child Well-Being.- Educational Science and Child Well-Being.- Geographies of Children's Well-Being: in, of, and for Place.- Child Healthcare and Child Well-Being: From the Past to the Future.- Public Health Aspects of Child Well-Being.- Well-Being of Children: A Criminologic Perspective.- Economics of Child Well-Being.- Social Work and Child Well-Being.- Children's Well-Being and Politics.- Mediated Well-Being from the Perspective of Media and Communication Studies.- Child Well-Being: Anthropological Perspectives.- Social Psychology and Child Well-being.- Psychology of Child Well-Being.- Section III: Theoretical Approaches to Child Well-being.- Understanding the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents Through Homeostatic Theory.- Sociology: Societal Structure, Development of Childhood, and the Well-Being of Children.- Children's Well-Being and Interpretive Reproduction.-Capability Approach as a Framework for Research on Children's Well-Being.- Section IV: children’s activities and well-being.-Schooling and Children's Subjective Well-Being.- Children's Work.- After-School Activities and Leisure Education.- Play and Well-Being in Children's Life.- Sport, Children, and Well-Being.- Artistic Activity and Child Well-Being in Early Schooling: Revisiting the Narratives.- Civic Engagement and Child and Adolescent Well-Being.- State of the Field: Youth Community Service in the USA.- Time Use, Inequality, and Child Well-Being.- Section V: Arts, creativity and child Well-Being.- Images of Child Well-Being in the Arts.- Role of Art and Creativity in Child Culture and Socialization.- Imagination, Play, and the Role of Performing Arts in the Well-Being of Children.- Section VI: Spirituality and religion.- Relation of Spiritual Development to Youth Health and Well-Being: Evidence from a Global Study.- Religion and Child Well-Being.- Religion, Spirituality, and Child Well-Being.- Islamic Education and Youth Well-being in Muslim Countries, with a Specific Reference to Algeria.- Section VII: An ecological perspective on children’s well-being.- Family and Child Well-Being.- Effects of School on the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents.- Community and Place-Based Understanding of Child Well-Being.- Children's Social Networks and Well-Being.- Ecological Perspective on Child Well-Being.- Section VIII: economy/ material well-being.- Poverty and Social Exclusion.- Well-Being and Children in a Consumer Society.- Children's Material Living Standards in Rich Countries.- Child costs.- Child Labor and Children's Economic Contributions.- Childhood and Inequalities: Generational Distributive Justice and Disparities.- Economics of Child Well-Being: Measuring Effects of Child.- Welfare Interventions.- Section IX: life course and child well-being.- Infancy and Well-Being.- Early Childhood: Dimensions and Contexts of Development and Well-Being.- Developmental Assets and the Promotion of Well-Being in Middle Childhood.- Child Well-Being and the Life Course.-Adolescence and Well-Being.- Monitoring the Health and Well-Being of Developing Children in Changing Contexts: A Framework for Action.- Transition to Adulthood.- Section X: interpersonal relations.- Allomothers and Child Well-Being.- Sibling Relationships and Children's Social Well-Being.- The Role of Peers in Children's Lives and Their Contribution to Child Well-Being: Theory and Research.- Children's Social and Emotional Relationships and Well-Being: From the Perspective of the Child.- Children as Caregivers.- Why Are Relationships Important to Children's Well-Being?.- Section XI : media and communication and child Well-Being.- Analysis of Children's Television.- Characters and Media Policies.- News Media and Child Well-Being.- Conflict, Media, and Child Well-Being.- Advertising and Child Well-Being.- Media Literacy and Well-Being of Young People.- Internet and Child Well-Being.- Children's Well-Being and Communication.- Section XII: Well-being and the family.- Conciliating Parents' Labor and Family Life.- Parenting Styles and Child Well-being. Does Family Matter? The Well-Being of Children Growing Up in Institutions, Foster Care and Adoption.- Family-Related Factors Influencing Child Well-Being.- Section XIII Health and child well-being.- Health and Child Well-Being.- Infant Rearing in the Context of Contemporary Neuroscience.- Illness and Child Well-Being.- HIV and AIDS and Its Impact on Child Well-Being

Cultural Roots of Well-Being and Resilience in Child Mental Health.- Body Image and Child Well-Being.- Section XIV Well-being and children’s rights.- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Child Well-Being.- Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Effect on Child Well-Being.- Child Participation, Constituent of Community Well-Being.- Children's Perspectives on Nurturance and Self-Determination Rights: Implications for Development and Well-Being.- "Because It's the Right (or Wrong) Thing to Do": When Children's Well-Being Is the Wrong Outcome.- Section XV: Risk and vulnerability.- Complex Roots and Branches of Antisocial Behavior.- Plight of Victims of School Bullying: The Opposite of Well-Being.- Crime Victimization and Child Well-Being.- Children at Risk: The Case of Latin American Street Youth.- Maltreated Children

Section XVI: Methods, Measures and Indicators.- Objective or Subjective Well-Being?.- Methodologies Used in the Construction of Composite Child Well-Being Indices.- Researching Children: Resea

Child Protection and Child Well-Being.- Key Elements and Strategies of Effective Early Childhood Education Programs: Lessons from the Field.- Advancing Child and Adolescent Well-Being Through Positive Youth Development and Prevention Programs.- Data-Based Child Advocacy.- Section XVIII: Global Issues in child Well-Being.- Reflections on the Well-Being of Child Soldiers.- Migration and Child Well-Being.- Well-Being of Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Children.- Child Well-Being and Ethnic Diversity in Affluent Societies.- Globalization and Children's Welfare.- International Comparisons of Child Well-Being.

“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)

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