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Lívia Maria Bedin1, Jorge Castellá Sarriera2, Jaime Alfaro3
1Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 50 Independência Avenue, apartment 803, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-070 Brazil.
Abstract:
This Special Issue was compiled to advance an interdisciplinary understanding of the complexity of conceptualizations, determinants, consequences, and measurement of child well-being of children and adolescents fully devoted to Latin-American. It seeks to enhance by contributing with studies on socioeconomic determinants and access to material goods, as well as regarding the conditions of urban life, the school, the neighbourhood, including personal aspects, while considering contributions in instrumental resources for research. This is an important step forward for the well-being researchers in a region of the world that still needs a lot of new scientific knowledge, and where many new actions should be undertaken to improve children and adolescent's well-being. We hope that as a result of this special issue, the scientific research in this field will increase in Latin America.
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