The History of the Children's Worlds Study

  • Sagit Bruck Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Haruv Institute, Jerusalem
  • Asher Ben-Arieh Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Haruv Institute, Jerusalem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/soci.68411
Keywords: children’s well-being, child indicators, quality of life, time use

Abstract

The paper presents the rational, development and history of one of the most unique and large scale studies carried out to study the well-being of children. The study presented in the paper is based on the understanding that children are active human-beings in their own right and during childhood and that childhood is also a stage of itself. Further, it is based on the understanding that well-being is also a subjective phenomenon and thus should be studied based on the researched population reports. In our case it is children ages 8-12 and this multi-national studies includes a representative sample of children from 40 countries in a number of phases. The paper presents not only the basis for the study but also its development through 3 stages and its current status and is ended with some thoughts for the future.

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Published
2020-06-30
How to Cite
Bruck S. y Ben-Arieh A. (2020). The History of the Children’s Worlds Study. Sociedad e Infancias, 4, 35-42. https://doi.org/10.5209/soci.68411
Issue
Vol. 4 (2020): Childhoods in the focus of research and children's experiences of the pandemic
Section
Monographic

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