Well-Being, Resilience and Quality of Life from Children’s Perspectives A Contextualized Approach /

• Main Authors: Exenberger, Silvia (Author), Juen, Barbara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Maternal and Child Health.; Child and School Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

This book explores the broad view on child well-being and the quality of life research. It starts with a discussion of the origin of the social indicator movement and a review of literature on the concepts of quality of life, (subjective) well-being and resilience. It then discusses the force of cul...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Social Indicators and the Concepts of Quality of Life, Subjective Well-Being and Resilience
• Chapter 2: Culture and Child Well-Being
• Chapter 3: Child Well-Being
• Chapter 4: Development of Child Well-Being Indicators Four Years after the Tsunami Disaster
• Chapter 5: Children’s Voices on Their Well-Being: A Child Well-Being Index
• Conclusions
• References.