Volume 1
Chapter 1: Multifaceted Concept of Child Well-Being; Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frønes, and Jill E. Korbin
Section I: Multiple Perspectives on Child Well-Being
Chapter 2: History of Children's Well-Being; Bengt Sandin
Chapter 3: Culture, Context, and Child Well-Being; Thomas S. Weisner
Chapter 4: Children, Gender, and Issues of Well-Being; Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen and Barrie Thorne
Chapter 5: Childhood and Intergenerationality: Toward an Intergenerational Perspective on Child Well-Being; Leena Alanen
Section II: Multiple Approaches to Child Well-Being
Chapter 6: Child Well-Being: A Philosophical Perspective; Alexander Bagattini
Chapter 7: Child Well-Being: Children's Rights Perspective; Jaap E. Doek
Chapter 8: Neuroscience and Child Well-Being; Adeline Jabès and Charles A. Nelson
Chapter 9: Educational Science and Child Well-Being; Sabine Andresen
Chapter 10: Geographies of Children's Well-Being: in, of, and for Place; John H. McKendrick
Chapter 11: Child Healthcare and Child Well-Being: From the Past to the Future; Christopher Greeley and Howard Dubowitz
Chapter 12: Public Health Aspects of Child Well-Being; Sally Brinkman and Fiona Stanley
Chapter 13: Well-Being of Children: A Criminologic Perspective; Mimi Ajzenstadt
Chapter 14: Economics of Child Well-Being; Gabriella Conti and James J. Heckman
Chapter 15: Social Work and Child Well-Being; Sheila B. Kamerman and Shirley Gatenio-Gabel
Chapter 16: Children's Well-Being and Politics; Jo Moran-Ellis, Anna Bandt, and Heinz Sünker
Chapter 17: Mediated Well-Being from the Perspective of Media and Communication Studies; Divina Frau-Meigs
Chapter 18: Child Well-Being: Anthropological Perspectives; Edward G. J. Stevenson and Carol M. Worthman
Chapter 19: Social Psychology and Child Well-Being; Ferran Casas, Mònica González, and Dolors Navarro
Chapter 20: Psychology of Child Well-Being; Arne Holte, Margaret M. Barry, Mona Bekkhus, Anne Inger Helmen Borge, LucyBowes, Ferran Casas, Oddgeir Friborg, Bjørn Grinde, Bruce Headey, Thomas Jozefiak, Ratib Lekhal, Nic Marks, Ruud Muffels, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb, Jens C. Thimm, Svenn Torgersen, Gisela Trommsdorff, Ruut Veenhoven, Joar Vittersø, Trine Waaktaar, Gert G. Wagner, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Bente Wold, and Henrik Daae Zachrisson
Volume 2
Section III: Theoretical Approaches to Child Well-Being
Chapter 21: Understanding the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents Through Homeostatic Theory; Robert A. Cummins
Chapter 22: Sociology: Societal Structure, Development of Childhood, and the Well-Being of Children; Jens Qvortrup
Chapter 23: Children's Well-Being and Interpretive Reproduction; William A. Corsaro
Chapter 24: Capability Approach as a Framework for Research on Children's Well-Being; Susann Fegter and Martina Richter
Chapter 25: Socialization and Childhood in Sociological Theorizing; Lourdes Gaitán
Section IV: Children’s Activities and Well-Being
Chapter 26: Schooling and Children's Subjective Well-Being; E. Scott Huebner, Kimberly J. Hills, Xu Jiang, Rachel F. Long, Ryan Kelly, and Michael D. Lyons
Chapter 27: Children's Work; Michael Bourdillon
Chapter 28: After-School Activities and Leisure Education; Jaume Trilla, Ana Ayuste, and Ingrid Agud
Chapter 29: Play and Well-Being in Children's Life; Jan Van Gils
Chapter 30: Sport, Children, and Well-Being; Yngvar Ommundsen, Knut Løndal, and Sigmund Loland
Chapter 31: Artistic Activity and Child Well-Being in Early Schooling: Revisiting the Narratives; Jolyn Blank
Chapter 32: Civic Engagement and Child and Adolescent Well-Being; Daniel Hart, Kyle Matsuba, and Robert Atkins
Chapter 33: State of the Field: Youth Community Service in the USA; Edward Metz
Chapter 34: Time Use, Inequality, and Child Well-Being; Sara Raley
Section V: Arts, Creativity and Child Well-Being
Chapter 35: Images of Child Well-Being in the Arts; Ellen Handler Spitz
Chapter 36: Role of Art and Creativity in Child Culture and Socialization; Khin Yee Lo and Koji Matsunobu
Chapter 37: Imagination, Play, and the Role of Performing Arts in the Well-Being of Children; Philip E. Silvey
Section VI: Spirituality and Religion
Chapter 38: Relation of Spiritual Development to Youth Health and Well-Being: Evidence from a Global Study; Peter C. Scales, Amy K. Syvertsen, Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Arturo Sesma, Jr.
Chapter 39: Religion and Child Well-Being; George W. Holden and Paul Alan Williamson
Chapter 40: Religion, Spirituality, and Child Well-Being; Kurt Bangert
Chapter 41: Islamic Education and Youth Well-Being in Muslim Countries, with a Specific Reference to Algeria; Habib Tiliouine
Volume 3
Section VII: An Ecological Perspective on Child Well-Being
Chapter 42: Family and Child Well-Being; Cigdem Kagitcibasi
Chapter 43: Effects of School on the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents; Francisco Juan Garcı´a Bacete, Ghislaine Marande Perrin, Barry H. Schneider, and Celine Blanchard
Chapter 44: Community and Place-Based Understanding of Child Well-Being; Claudia J. Coulton and James C. Spilsbury
Chapter 45: Children's Social Networks and Well-Being; Deborah Belle and Joyce Benenson
Chapter 46: Ecological Perspective on Child Well-Being; James Garbarino
Section VIII: Economy/Material Well-Being
Chapter 47: Poverty and Social Exclusion; Gerry Redmond
Chapter 48: Well-Being and Children in a Consumer Society; Ragnhild Brusdal and Ivar Frønes
Chapter 49: Children's Material Living Standards in Rich Countries; Gill Main and Kirsten Besemer
Chapter 50: Child Costs; Bruce Bradbury
Chapter 51: Child Labor and Children's Economic Contributions; Scott Lyon and Furio Camillo Rosati
Chapter 52: Childhood and Inequalities: Generational Distributive Justice and Disparities; Helmut Wintersberger
Chapter 53: Economics of Child Well-Being: Measuring Effects of Child Welfare Interventions; Anna Aizer and Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.
Section IX: Life Course and Child Well-Being
Chapter 54: Infancy and Well-Being; Heidi Keller
Chapter 55: Early Childhood: Dimensions and Contexts of Development and Well-Being; Elizabeth Fernandez
Chapter 56: Developmental Assets and the Promotion of Well-Being in Middle Childhood; Peter C. Scales
Chapter 57: Child Well-Being and the Life Course; Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Megan M. McClelland, and Alicia Miao
Chapter 58: Adolescence and Well-Being; Rita Žukauskiene
Chapter 59: Monitoring the Health and Well-Being of Developing Children in Changing Contexts: A Framework for Action; Bonnie Leadbeater, Wayne Mitic, and Michael Egilson
Chapter 60: Transition to Adulthood; Janel Benson
Section X: Interpersonal Relations
Chapter 61: Allomothers and Child Well-Being; Courtney L. Meehan
Chapter 62: Sibling Relationships and Children's Social Well-Being; K. Ripoll-Núñez and Sonia Carrillo
Chapter 63: The Role of Peers in Children's Lives and Their Contribution to Child Well-Being: Theory and Research; Daphna Gross-Manos
Chapter 64: Children's Social and Emotional Relationships and Well-Being: From the Perspective of the Child; Colette McAuley and Wendy Rose
Chapter 65: Children as Caregivers; Ruth Evans
Chapter 66: Why Are Relationships Important to Children's Well-Being?; Ross A. Thompson
Volume 4
Section XI: Media and Communication and Child Well-Being
Chapter 67: Analysis of Children's Television Characters and Media Policies; André H. Caron and Jennie M. Hwang
Chapter 68: News Media and Child Well-Being; Cynthia Carter
Chapter 69: Conflict, Media, and Child Well-Being; Dafna Lemish and Maya Götz
Chapter 70: Advertising and Child Well-Being; Agnes Nairn
Chapter 71: Media Literacy and Well-Being of Young People; Manisha Pathak-Shelat
Chapter 72: Internet and Child Well-Being; Veronika Kalmus, Andra Siibak, and Lukas Blinka
Chapter 73: Children's Well-Being and Communication; Florencia Enghel
Section XII: Well-Being and the Family
Chapter 74: Conciliating Parents' Labor and Family Life; Anna Escobedo
Chapter 75: Parenting Styles and Child Well-Being; María José Rodrigo, Sonia Byrne, and Beatriz Rodríguez
Chapter 76: Does Family Matter? The Well-Being of Children Growing Up in Institutions, Foster Care and Adoption; Christie Schoenmaker, Femmie Juffer, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Chapter 77: Family-Related Factors Influencing Child Well-Being; Lluís Flaquer
Section XIII: Health and Child Well-Being
Chapter 78: Health and Child Well-Being; Tim Moore and Frank Oberklaid
Chapter 79: Infant Rearing in the Context of Contemporary Neuroscience; Penelope Leach
Chapter 80: Illness and Child Well-Being; Noboru Kobayashi, Yoichi Sakakihara, Kengo Nishimaki, Hideo Mimuro, Junko Shimizu, Akira Matsui, Nobuaki Kobayashi, and Yuichiro Yamashiro
Chapter 81: HIV and AIDS and Its Impact on Child Well-Being; Eddy J. Walakira, Ismael Ddumba-Nyanzi, and David Kaawa-Mafigiri
Chapter 82: Cultural Roots of Well-Being and Resilience in Child Mental Health; Mónica Ruiz-Casares, Jaswant Guzder, Cécile Rousseau, and Laurence J. Kirmayer
Chapter 83: Body Image and Child Well-Being; Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, Ann Frisén, and Eileen Anderson-Fye
Section XIV: Well-Being and Children’s Rights
Chapter 84: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Child Well-Being; Laura Lundy
Chapter 85: Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Effect on Child Well-Being; Yehualashet Mekonen and Melhiku Tiruneh
Chapter 86: Child Participation, Constituent of Community Well-Being; Alejandro Cusiianovich Villarán and Marta Martínez Muñoz
Chapter 87: Children's Perspectives on Nurturance and Self-Determination Rights: Implications for Development and Well-Being; Martin D. Ruck, Michel.