International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents

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

Bonnie Kaul Nastasi, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1986, School Psychology & Early Childhood Education), is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Science and Engineering, at Tulane University, and co-directs the Trauma Specialization in School Psychology at Tulane. Dr. Nastasi's research focuses on the use of mixed methods designs to develop and evaluate culturally appropriate assessment and intervention approaches for promoting mental health and reducing health risks such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, both within the US and internationally. She directed a multi-country study of psychological well-being of children and adolescents with research partners in 12 countries from 2008-2013, which forms the basis of this book. She has worked in Sri Lanka since 1995 on development of school-based programs to promote psychological well-being and conducted programming in the Southern province of Sri Lanka following the December 2004 tsunami. Shewas one of the principal investigators of an interdisciplinary public health research program to prevent STIs among married men and women living in the slums of Mumbai, India, from 2002-2013. She is active in promotion of child rights and social justice within the profession of school psychology and has directed the development of a curriculum for training school psychologists internationally on child rights, a joint effort of International School Psychology Association (ISPA), International Institute of Child Rights & Development (IICRD), Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Tulane University's School Psychology Program. Dr. Nastasi is an Associate of the IICRD since 2011; a past-president of APA's Division 16; 2013-2014 Co-Chair of APA's Committee on International Relations in Psychology; Chair of ISPA's Professional Development and Practices Committee; and President-elect of ISPA.





Amanda P. Borja, M. S.

(Tulane University,

"Nastasi and Borja offer a comprehensive overview of a global research approach regarding well-being with children and adolescents. ... This book could serve as a foundation for understanding how well-being develops, as well as techniques for increasing well-being. ... The chapters are well-organized and the direction of the project is easily followed by initially providing a description of the research format, then studies in particular countries, and an overview of results and recommendations." (Elaine A. Burke, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (20), May, 2017)