Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Rich Countries

Bradshaw, Jonathan; Martorano, Bruno; Natali, Luisa; Neubourg, Chris de

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“…Moreover, children's SWB can act as an important buffer against negative outcomes. On the other hand, studies focusing on what may affect children's SWB have suggested that children's happiness may be influenced by factors such as housing, safety, bullying, school achievements or social interactions (Bradshaw et al 2013). However, much is still to be learned about these relationships and deeper research is necessary in order to grasp a Child Ind Res (2015) 8:1-4 …”

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Findings from the First Wave of the ISCWeB Project: International Perspectives on Child Subjective Well-Being

Dinisman¹,

Fernandes

Main

2015

Child Ind Res

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Subjective well-being (SWB) -here understood as a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his/her life as whole and with regard to particular aspects of his/her life (Rees et al. 2010) -is an important concept. Its relevance arises for a number of reasons, including its important role in understanding variations in the well-being of populations and in identifying what aspects and factors are most salient in people's lives. As such, SWB has received growing attention, both from academia and the political world.Most SWB studies have, however, focused on adults' SWB, whereas interest in children's SWB is quite recent (Casas 2011; Ben-Arieh 2012). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's acknowledgment of the importance of taking into account children's views in matters that affect their lives heavily contributed to this recent trend.Current studies on the SWB of children have produced evidence on how children's life satisfaction seems to be important to their positive development, but also in identifying possible risks and vulnerabilities (Rees et al. 2010). Moreover, children's SWB can act as an important buffer against negative outcomes. On the other hand, studies focusing on what may affect children's SWB have suggested that children's happiness may be influenced by factors such as housing, safety, bullying, school achievements or social interactions (Bradshaw et al. 2013). However, much is still to be learned about these relationships and deeper research is necessary in order to grasp a Child Ind Res (2015) 8:1-4

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Findings from the First Wave of the ISCWeB Project: International Perspectives on Child Subjective Well-Being

Dinisman¹,

Fernandes

Main

2015

Child Ind Res

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“…In addition, it has been underlined to include the young person's subjective perspectives of the living conditions when assessing his/her wellbeing while being in care (for instance, Barendregt et al 2015;Bradshaw et al 2013;Clery et al 2014;Main and Bradshaw 2012). The use of subjective perspectives as (part of) a monitoring system enables young people having a say in articulating those elements that matter to their own well-being (UNICEF Office of Research 2013).…”

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Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)

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The Best Interest of the Child − Self-report questionnaire (BIC-S) is designed as a tool to ensure young people in secure residential care have a voice about their living environment. The primary aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the BIC-S. Second, we wanted to map the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to assess the experiences of young people with the BIC-S instrument in this cross-sectional study. Based on a sample of 74 young people staying in secure residential care in the Netherlands (2015), we explored the construct validity and reliability of the BIC-S through a Mokken Scale Analysis. The sample consisted of 38 boys and 36 girls (mean age 15.5). After evaluating the psychometric properties of the instrument, we focused on the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. The results show that eleven out of the fourteen BIC-S conditions form a moderate scale to measure how young people perceive the quality of their living environment (H = .40; Rho = .86). With regard to the residential environment, the participants often raise issues which relate to personal safety, to activities within the institute, or to the relationship they have with care professionals. The results indicate that the BIC-S has the potential to serve as an instrument for young people to voice opinions on their living environment while in residential care.Keywords Construct validity . Self-report questionnaire . Best interest of the child . Secure residential youth care . Mokken scale analysis Child Ind Res

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“…While there is an extensive literature on childhood deprivation and its possible impacts (cf., Bradshaw, Hoelscher, & Richardson, 2007;Bradshaw, Martorano, Natali, & Neubourg, 2013;Forrest & Riley, 2004;Gregg & Machin, 1999;Hobcraft, Hango, & Sigle-Rushton, 2004;UNICEF, 2007), the meaning of social exclusion among children is often taken for granted. This is apparent, for example, in various studies which relate the concept to the socio-psychological basis of peer group rejection among teenagers, or to the neurobiological roots and impact of isolation and ostracism among children (Crowley, Wu, Molfese, & Mayes, 2010;Gunther Moor et al, 2012;Hawes et al, 2012;Sebastian, Viding, Williams, & Blakemore, 2010).…”

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Descendants of Hardship: Prevalence, Drivers and Scarring Effects of Social Exclusion in Childhood

Vrooman

Hoff

Guiaux³

2015

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The social exclusion of children is problematic for two reasons. Young people typically inherit their marginal position from their family, and therefore cannot be held responsible for their hardship themselves; and social exclusion in childhood may affect their wellbeing and subsequent development, possibly leading to a "scarring effect" in later life. In this contribution we develop an instrument for measuring social exclusion among children. Social exclusion is regarded as a theoretical construct with four sub-dimensions: material deprivation, limited social participation, inadequate access to social rights, and a lack of normative integration. First we analyse data from a survey of 2,200 Dutch children, which contains a large set of social exclusion items. We applied nonlinear principal components analysis in order to construct a multidimensional scale. Measured in this way, the prevalence of social exclusion among children is 4.5%. Boys and children living in large families are more likely to experience social exclusion than girls and children with few siblings. The parental level of education and dependency on social security benefits are also important driving factors of childhood social exclusion. Subsequently we investigate the scarring effect. Longitudinal administrative income and household data covering 25 years were combined with a new survey of just under 1,000 Dutch adults, a third of whom were poor as a child. The survey assessed their past and current degree of social exclusion, and their health and psychosocial development, educational career, past family circumstances, etc. In an absolute sense scarring turns out to have been limited during this period: a very large majority of those who were poor or excluded as a child are above the threshold values in adult life. However, the "descendants of hardship" are still more likely to be socially excluded as adults than people who grew up in more favourable conditions. A causal analysis suggests that low educational achievements are the main mediator of scarring risks.

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Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Rich Countries

Cited by 116 publications

References 20 publications

Findings from the First Wave of the ISCWeB Project: International Perspectives on Child Subjective Well-Being

Findings from the First Wave of the ISCWeB Project: International Perspectives on Child Subjective Well-Being

Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)

Descendants of Hardship: Prevalence, Drivers and Scarring Effects of Social Exclusion in Childhood

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