Handbook of child well-being : theories, methods and policies in global perspective

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 rch on, with, and by Children. - Mapping Domains and Indicators of Children's Well-Being. - Indices of Child Well-Being and Developmental Contexts. - Positive and Protective Factors in Adolescent Well-Being. - Different Sources of Information. - Mixed Methods in Research on Child Well-Being. - Ethics of Researching Children's Well-Being. - Section XVII: Interventions and policies that promote child Well-Being. - Overview: Social Policies and Child Well-Being. - Children in State Care 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.