Gunter Graf & Gottfried Schweiger

Introduction: Conceptualizing Children’s Well-Being

The chapters in this volume are concerned with the adequate conceptualization and study of children’s well-being. Together, they do not present a coherent theory of children’s well-being but rather show the many different perspectives from which it can be approached. They are concerned with some of the key issues and problems that need to be addressed but certainly not with all that there are. This volume does not aim for completeness in regard to its main topic and it seems questionable if this could ever be a goal worth aspiring for. Children’s well-being is a highly complex, multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary issue, a multi-faceted concept that spans ...

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