Evaluation of Children’s Well-being: International and Russian Experience in the Framework of the Theory of the New Sociology of Childhood*

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Abstract

The article considers approaches to the definition and operationalization of the concept of “subjective well-being of children” in Russian and foreign practice. The analysis of the development of the theory of the new sociology of childhood and the clarification of theoretical constructs is carried out. The advantages and disadvantages of the method of studyingchildren’s well-being by measuring its index are analyzed. The study of children’s well-being by measuring its index is promising from the point of view of the time paradigm, that is, the dynamics of a single summary indicator that researchers receive can be traced over time.

General Information

* The article was prepared based on the results of research conducted within the framework of the Fundamental Research Program of the National Research University HSE.

Keywords: children’s subjective well-being indicators, children‘s subjective well-being measurement tools, children‘s well-being index, social practices in childhood protection

Journal rubric: Age-Related Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/ssc.2022030208

Received: 24.11.2022

Accepted:

For citation: Telitsyna A.Yu. Evaluation of Children’s Well-being: International and Russian Experience in the Framework of the Theory of the New Sociology of Childhood [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sotsial’nye nauki i detstvo = Social Sciences and Childhood, 2022. Vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 120–131. DOI: 10.17759/ssc.2022030208. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Aleksandra Y. Telitsyna, PhD in Biology, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Nonprofit Sector, Associate Professor, School of Politics and Governance, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0186-3989, e-mail: atelitsyna@hse.ru

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