Bøger i Social Indicators Research Series serien

The book explores, through a reflection on food, the complexity of the concept of well-being. It starts from the consideration that food is a fundamental element for human well-being, and for well-being of the planet as a whole. Not only does food guarantee the survival of human beings, it is also a cultural expression. With regard to the Italian socio-cultural context, the contributors explore how food relates to aspects such as history, tradition, new food styles, health, and the old and new technologies used to produce food. The studies in the book do not simply analyse indicators to illustrate the Italian situation in the "here and now". As part of the tradition of studies on social indicators, they provide valid and well-founded indications to contribute to an improvement in the quality of life for years to come.This work on the theme of food represents a very useful contribution to the general reflection on well-being and its statistical, sociological, and multidisciplinary study, due to the importance historically given to food in Italy and the socio-cultural implications of food in various life contexts.

The third, thoroughly revised and enhanced edition of this bestselling book analyses and discusses the most up-to-date research on the psychology of quality of life. The book is divided into six parts. The introductory part lays the philosophical and academic foundation of much of the research on wellbeing and positive mental health, showing the beneficial effects of happy people at work, health, and to society at large. Part 2 (effects of objective reality) describes how sociocultural factors, income factors, other demographic factors, and biological and health conditions affect wellbeing and positive mental health. Part 3 focuses on subjective reality and discusses how individuals process information from their objective environment, and how they manipulate this information that affects wellbeing and positive mental health. Part 4 focuses on the psychology of quality of life specific to life domains, while Part 5 reviews the research on special populations: children, women, the elderly, but also the disabled, drug addicts, prostitutes, emergency personnel, immigrants, teachers, and caregivers. The final part of the book focuses on theories and models of wellbeing and positive mental health that integrate and unify disparate concepts and programs of research. The book addresses the importance of the psychology of quality of life in the context of public policy and calls for a broadening of the approach in happiness research to incorporate other aspects of quality of life at the group, community, and societal levels. It is of topical interest to academics, students and researchers of quality of life, well-being research, happiness studies, psychotherapy, and social policy.

The book provides a new theory of well-being designed to integrate many disparate concepts of well-being, such as subjective well-being, personal happiness, mental well-being, emotional well-being, psychological well-being, hedonic well-being, social well-being, life satisfaction, domain satisfaction, and eudaimonia.

Part 4 focuses on the psychology of quality of life specific to life domains, while Part 5 reviews the research on special populations: children, women, the elderly, but also the disabled, drug addicts, prostitutes, emergency personnel, immigrants, teachers, and caregivers.

This open access book provides an empirical account of the psychological and social experiences of 3500 African migrants to 6 European countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, France, and the UK.

It discusses original time-series research for the period 1970-2018 as well as contemporary trends in quality of life and well-being research for the period since 2018, and provides innovative research findings into the nature, history, and status of 160 of the world's economically advanced and developing nations.

Chapter 1. The Importance of  Teaching Quality of Life Theory and Methodology  in Social Sciences Programs (Graciela Tonon).- Chapter 2. Well-Being and Quality of Life as Resources for Teaching Sociology (Tobia Fattore).- Chapter 3. Teaching Philosophy in Relation with Well-Being (Dan Weijers).- Chapter 4. Training Statisticians in the Field of Quality of Life: A New Challenge for the University System. The Case of QoLexity Master in Italy (Filomena Maggino).- Chapter 5. Nurturing Holistic Development in University Student Through Leadership Courses: The Hong Kong Experience (Daniel Shek).- Chapter 6. Teaching Quality of Life in Political Science (Takashi Inoguchi).- Chapter 7. Introducing Concepts of Well-Being and Quality of Life in Marketing Courses (M. Joseph Sirgy).- Chapter 8. Teaching Quality of Life in Economics from a Nonviolent Perspective (Jorge Guardiola).- Chapter 9. Teaching and Learning Quality of Life in Urban Studies (Javier Martinez).- Chapter 10. Teaching Quality of Life Studies in Impoverished or Low Socio-Economic Contexts (Shazly Savahl).- Chapter 11. Putting Gender on the Quality of Life Agenda (Liz Eckermann).- Chapter 12. How to Teach Quality of Life in Online Higher Education (Mat├¡as Popovsky  and Graciela Tonon).- Chapter 13. Teaching Quality of Life and Well-Being in Public Health (Chelsea Wesner, Diana Feldhacker and Whitney Lucas-Molitor).- Chapter 14. Teaching Quality-of-Life and Well-Being Within the Context of Sport:  The What, Why, How and For Whom! (Diane E. Mack,  Philip M. Wilson, Caitlin Kelley, & Jennifer Mooradian).- Chapter 15. The Teaching of Quality of Life in International Relations (L├¡a Rodriguez de la Vega).-  Chapter 16.  Statistics, Knowledge, Policy: Putting the Quality back into Life (Jon Hall).- Chapter 17. The Capability Approach to Quality of Life: Some Ideas for Teaching in Social Science and Development (Paul Anand).

This volume examines the questions of what constitutes a good life and how one can achieve happiness and well-being, and analyses different ways in which people can strive for a good life.

This book describes why conventional methods fall short to solve the comparability problem and introduces three successive innovations to overcome these shortcomings.

This volume reviews methods for improving each of the ten quality of life domains, and the overall Quality of Life. The steps outlined here offer a framework for intervention that could lead to a better tomorrow, providing a handbook for community workers.

At the risk of sounding frivolous, there is a good case to be made for the argument that women constitute the revolutionary force behind contemporary social and economic transformation.

The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used in approximately 29 countries and recommended in the U.N.'s Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses: The 2020 Round, which includes disability as a core topic to be collected in censuses.

This volume explores the use and relevance of qualitative methods for the study of quality of life.

Further part three focuses on comparisons of elements and levels of hope across cultures discussing methods and techniques to improve hope and thus increase overall well-being.

This is the first volume addressing the importance of teaching quality of life theory and methodology in different domains: social sciences, philosophy, sociology, political science, marketing, education, urbanism, statistics, economics, online learning, public health, sports, and constraint contexts in terms of their relationship with the Capability Approach. The chapters are written by important authors from Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania, and present the syllabus and references of courses, making this volume important and necessary to university professors, students as well as teachers in general.

This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent's development.

This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In particular, starting from the classical theory of composite indicators many interesting approaches have been developed to overcome the weaknesses of composites.

This volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity.

This volume presents a compilation of composite indicators created in order to measure important aspects of the quality of European societies.

This volume provides an overview of the ways the Italian school of quality of life studies addresses well-being and quality of life, from both a substantive and a methodological point of view.

This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). Through the availability of wealth data in recent international surveys, this volume explores the multiple relations between wealth and SWB.

This volume sheds new light on the use of quantitative, qualitative and synthetic indicators for the measurement of quality of life in different countries of Latin America.

Both international studies and global development have become specialized and fragmented, whereas this work assembles all of these development fragments together in order to determine whether common ground exists to make headway in reducing global suffering.

This book presents new scientific knowledge on using developmental science to improving lives of children and youth across the globe. It highlights emerging pathways to sustainability as well as the interconnectedness and interdependence of developmental science and sustainable children and youth development globally. Presenting cross-cultural views and current perspectives on the role of developmental science in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals for children and youth development, contributors from different disciplines from low-and-middle-income countries or scholars working in these countries capture ground realities of the situation of children and youth in these regions. This book addresses developmental issues related to inequity, gender, health, education, social protection, and needs of vulnerable populations of children and youth. Other areas of focus are improving mechanisms and monitoring frameworks of development and well-being indicators.

Further part three focuses on comparisons of elements and levels of hope across cultures discussing methods and techniques to improve hope and thus increase overall well-being.

This is the first volume devoted to the topic of dance and quality of life. The volume will interest dance specialists, quality of life researchers, and anyone interested in exploring dance's contribution to quality of living and being.

Taken together, the contributions from scholars around the world reflect Michalos' stance that even though there may be differences in individual scientific positions, the language in the field of quality of life has no limits and boundaries.