Well-Being, Resilience and Quality of Life from Children’s Perspectives [electronic resource] : A Contextualized Approach /
Exenberger, Silvia.author.
Juen, Barbara.author.
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 culture on child development, and shows how two prototypical environments favor either the independent or interdependent self-model. After an exploration of the shifts and changes in the child well-being indicator movement and trends of child well-being measurements, the book turns to research on Tsunami-affected children.  The first part of the study gives these children and their caregivers a voice, formulating in their words what constitutes child well-being for them in the given circumstances. The concepts provided are processed in detail, contrasted, and then made into indicators. The second part of the study describes the introduction of a child well-being index based on these indicators. The book ends with four main conclusions reflected in a theoretical model of contextualized child well-being indicators.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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 culture on child development, and shows how two prototypical environments favor either the independent or interdependent self-model. After an exploration of the shifts and changes in the child well-being indicator movement and trends of child well-being measurements, the book turns to research on Tsunami-affected children.  The first part of the study gives these children and their caregivers a voice, formulating in their words what constitutes child well-being for them in the given circumstances. The concepts provided are processed in detail, contrasted, and then made into indicators. The second part of the study describes the introduction of a child well-being index based on these indicators. The book ends with four main conclusions reflected in a theoretical model of contextualized child well-being indicators.
Quality of life.
Maternal and child health services.
Child psychology.
School psychology.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Quality of Life Research.
Maternal and Child Health.
Child and School Psychology.
Community and Environmental Psychology.

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