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This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project's methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings.

Featured topics include:

• Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India.
• Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy.
• Mapping psychological well-being in Romania.
• Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka.
• Culturally specific res

ilience and vulnerability in Tanzania.

Longing for a balanced life - the voices of Chinese-American/immigrant youth in the United States.

The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.

International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Psychological Well-Being Project.- Chapter 3. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Brazil.- Chapter 4. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Estonia.- Chapter 5. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Greece.- Chapter 6. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Mumbai, India.- Chapter 7. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Chandigarh, India.- Chapter 8. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Italy.- Chapter 9. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Mexico.- Chapter 10. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Puerto Rico.- Chapter 11. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Romania.- Chapter 12. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Russia (Samara).- Chapter 13. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Slovakia.- Chapter 14. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 15. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Tanzania, East Africa.- Chapter 16. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being Among Chinese Americans in Boston, MA, USA.- Chapter 17. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being Among African Americans in New Orleans, LA, USA.- Chapter 18. Universal and Unique Perspectives on Psychological Well-Being: Influence of Culture and Context.- Chapter 19. Children's Voices and Child Rights.- Chapter 20. Facilitating Children's Psychological Well-Being: Practitioner's Model.