Handbook of Child Well-Being

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxv

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2. Multifaceted Concept of Child Well-Being

   • Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frønes, Jill E. Korbin

   Pages 1-27

3. Multiple Perspectives on Child Well-Being

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. History of Children’s Well-Being

      • Bengt Sandin

      Pages 31-86

   3. Culture, Context, and Child Well-Being

      • Thomas S. Weisner

      Pages 87-103

   4. Children, Gender, and Issues of Well-Being

      • Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, Barrie Thorne

      Pages 105-130

   5. Childhood and Intergenerationality: Toward an Intergenerational Perspective on Child Well-Being

      • Leena Alanen

      Pages 131-160

4. Multiple Approaches to Child Well-Being

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Child Well-Being: A Philosophical Perspective

      • Alexander Bagattini

      Pages 163-186

   3. Child Well-Being: Children's Rights Perspective

      • Jaap E. Doek

      Pages 187-217

   4. Neuroscience and Child Well-Being

      • Adeline Jabès, Charles A. Nelson

      Pages 219-247

   5. Educational Science and Child Well-Being

      • Sabine Andresen

      Pages 249-278

   6. Geographies of Children’s Well-Being: in, of, and for Place

      • John H. McKendrick

      Pages 279-300

   7. Child Healthcare and Child Well-Being: From the Past to the Future

      • Christopher Greeley, Howard Dubowitz

      Pages 301-315

   8. Public Health Aspects of Child Well-Being

      • Sally Brinkman, Fiona Stanley

      Pages 317-350

   9. Well-Being of Children: A Criminologic Perspective

      • Mimi Ajzenstadt

      Pages 351-361

   10. Economics of Child Well-Being

       • Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman

       Pages 363-401

   11. Social Work and Child Well-Being

       • Sheila B. Kamerman, Shirley Gatenio-Gabel

       Pages 403-413

   12. Children’s Well-Being and Politics

       • Jo Moran-Ellis, Anna Bandt, Heinz Sünker

       Pages 415-435

   13. Mediated Well-Being from the Perspective of Media and Communication Studies

       • Divina Frau-Meigs

       Pages 437-484

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.

• 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

“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)

• Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Asher Ben-Arieh

• Research Institute of Quality of Life, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

  Ferran Casas

• Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  Ivar Frønes

• Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

  Jill E. Korbin

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.

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