Full Description
This volume presents key findings from the EU funded Measuring Youth Well-being (MYWeB) project which assessed the feasibility of a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (ELSCYP). It draws on the original empirical data from a panel of experts in the field of child well-being as well as field experiences from a number of European countries. MYWeB explored strategies and methodological challenges for involving children and young people in well-being research in order to fight poverty and social exclusion. It does so by evaluating different options to measure the well-being of children and young people across Europe using a child centric approach.
Written by experts researching children and young people from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the areas of sociology, psychology, political science, education, philosophy, economics, social policy, and evaluation.
Contents
Part 1. The Complex Nature of Well-being: From Academic Definitions to Policy Programmes.- Chapter 1. The Notion of Well-being Across Contexts and Countries (Gary Pollock).- Chapter 2. Child and Youth Well-Being on the European Political Agenda (Britta Busse).- Chapter 3. A Comparative Expert Survey on Measuring and Enhancing Well-being in Europe (Jessica Ozan).- Chapter 4. Conceptions of Well-being and Differences Among Children and Young People in Europe (Alexandros Sakellariou).- Part 2. Measuring Children and Young People's Well-being.- Chapter 5. Strengths and Shortcomings of Survey of Children and Young People Well-being (Haridhan Goswami).- Chapter 6. Longitudinal Research on Children and Young People in Europe and Beyond (Britta Busse).- Chapter 7. Current Attempts to Measure Children and Young People Well-being (Zsuzsa Szántó).- Chapter 8. How to Develop Well-being Survey Questions for Young Children: Lessons Learned from Cross-cultural Cognitive Interviews (Renata Franc).- Part 3. Possibilities for Further Research.- Chapter 9. Challenges in Conducting a New Longitudinal Study on Children and Young People Well-being in European Union (Gary Pollock).- Chapter 10. Strategies and Methodological Challenges for Involving Children and Young People in a Research on Wellbeing (Mariona Ferrer-Fons).- Chapter 11. With a View Towards the Future: Different Options to Measure the Well-being of Children and Young People Across Europe longitudinally (Jessica Ozan).- Chapter 12. The Potential Policy Benefits of Measuring Child Wellbeing Across Europe (Chris O'Leary).
