Psychosocial Well-being of Children and Adolescents in Latin America [electronic resource] : Evidence-based Interventions /
Sarriera, Jorge Castellá.editor.
Bedin, Lívia Maria.editor.
This book discusses child well-being, with children and adolescents as key informants, from a Latin American perspective. It explores theoretical and empirical issues related to well-being and associated aspects, in order to understand the well-being of this population. Topics analyzed in this volume address for instance environment and community, rights, leisure time, technologies, interpersonal relationships and spirituality and their implications for changes in the well-being in children and adolescents. Especially relevant for scholars and professionals in the social and health sciences, as well as policy makers, seeking to promote child well-being, regardless of the area in which they operate.
Part I: Aspects related to children's well-being -- Chapter 1. Advances on Socio-Community Well-Being (Jorge C. Sarriera) -- Chapter 2. Spirituality and children and adolescents well-being: theoretical and empirical approach (Miriam R.W. Strelhow) -- Chapter 3. Well-being of children in residential care centers (Fabiane F. Schutz) -- Chapter 4. Use of software to improve child maltreatment detection (Tiago Calza) -- Chapter 5. Neighbourhood and housing as explanatory scales of children's quality of life (Graciela H. Tonon) -- Chapter 6. Socio-demographic profile of child well-being in Chile (Javier Guzmán) -- Chapter 7. Meanings and social contexts of well-being in children and adolescents from Chile (Jaime Alfaro) -- Chapter 8. School and Neighborhood: Influences of subjective well-being in Chilean children (Denise Oyarzún) -- Chapter 9. Fatherhood in adolescence and quality of life: a qualitative study of the experience of being an adolescent father (S.G. Câmara) -- Part II: Intervention on Children Psychosocial Well-Being -- Chapter 10. Defining psychosocial well-being indicators for children and adolescents (Jorge C. Sarriera) -- Chapter 11. Environmental Psychology and child well-being: promoting connections with nature and community (Francielli Galli) -- Chapter 12. Rights and material resources as indicators of child well-being: the challenge of promoting protagonism (Tiago Calza) -- Chapter 13. Leisure and technology as tools to promote child well-being (Fabiane F. Schutz) -- Chapter 14. Subjective well-being intervention: focus on children interpersonal relationships (Bibiana R. Santos) -- Chapter 15. Intervention in self-concept: a path to promote subjective well-being (Cristina Hasse).
This book discusses child well-being, with children and adolescents as key informants, from a Latin American perspective. It explores theoretical and empirical issues related to well-being and associated aspects, in order to understand the well-being of this population. Topics analyzed in this volume address for instance environment and community, rights, leisure time, technologies, interpersonal relationships and spirituality and their implications for changes in the well-being in children and adolescents. Especially relevant for scholars and professionals in the social and health sciences, as well as policy makers, seeking to promote child well-being, regardless of the area in which they operate.
Quality of Life
Developmental psychology.
Child Well-being.
Positive Psychology.
Quality of Life Research.
Developmental Psychology.