Well-Being from the Understanding of Children and Adolescents: a Qualitative Metasynthesis
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2021
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Abstract
Within the framework of the increasing academic valuation of the use of qualitative
methodologies for the study of the well-being of children and adolescents, a systematic
review of the available empirical production was developed through the “Qualitative
Metasynthesis” methodology. The purpose of the study was to analyze and describe,
jointly and integratively, the main common and shared aspects of the available knowledge on the dimensions that, according to the children and adolescent’s understandings,
are significant for their well-being. During the second semester of the year 2018, the
SCOPUS and Web of Science databases were reviewed, identifying a total of 76
articles of which 13 met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed following the
methodology of constant comparison, interpretation of results and conceptual reinterpretation proposed by Sandelowski and Barroso (2007). The results brought about the
delimitation and description of five categories: “Positive notion of oneself”; “Good
treatment and support relations”; “Recognition”; “Significant activities”; and “Contextual aspects”. The obtained results contribute to the systematization of the knowledge
about well-being provided from qualitative methodologies, thus contributing to the
development of indicators for the study of well-being with information on domains and
significant areas for children and adolescents.
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Carrillo, G., Alfaro, J., Aspillaga, C. et al. Well-Being from the Understanding of Children and Adolescents: a Qualitative Metasynthesis. Child Ind Res 14, 1677–1701 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-021-09816-1
Keywords
Understandings of well-being in children and adolescents, Qualitative metasynthesis, Qualitative research