Questions about how children grow up in their social worlds are of enormous significance for
parents, teachers, and society at large, as well as for children themselves. Clearly children …

The fourth edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the
key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on …

Wellbeing is a fundamental human goal—we all have a desire for our life to go well. The
experience of life going well involves both feeling good and functioning well. Feeling good …

Objective To investigate a framework of correlates of both mental illness and wellbeing in a
large, current, and nationally representative sample of children in the United Kingdom …

Research conducted in England over the last decade has documented sustained, significant
decreases in children's wellbeing. While recent changes to curriculum policy promoting …

The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, it reviews the empirical evidence showing the
existence of linkage between wellbeing and possible co-benefits, investigating in particular …

The study explored the relationship between student wellbeing and academic achievement
among 7–11 years old students and whether the relationship was moderated by gender and …

Using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2006-PIRLS) and the
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2007-TIMSS), we investigate the …

It is well known that children growing up in poor families leave school with considerably
lower qualifications than children from better off backgrounds. Using a simple decomposition …

The issue of behaviour has, and always will be, a main dilemma facing schools.
Encouraging positive relationships whilst preventing disruption, and motivating students to …