What Means Wellbeing? Distinction of Two Discourses on Well-being – Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections

TY - JOUR

T1 - What Means Wellbeing? Distinction of Two Discourses on Well-being – Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections

AU - Wistoft, Karen

PY - 2021/6

Y1 - 2021/6

N2 - The article offers a new contribution to an existing discussion about well-being in defining the difference between a public health discourse and a pedagogical discourse, and the difference between a causal logical and a reflectivity paradigm, build on empirical informed theoretical analysis. The principal conclusion is: If efforts to promote well-being can be seen as a cross-professional responsibility, it is crucial that the relevant professionals meet across these well-being discourses, that children and young people’s well-being is viewed as a complex matter and challenge, and that professionals are challenged on their understanding, and capable of meeting different expectations, of well-being.

AB - The article offers a new contribution to an existing discussion about well-being in defining the difference between a public health discourse and a pedagogical discourse, and the difference between a causal logical and a reflectivity paradigm, build on empirical informed theoretical analysis. The principal conclusion is: If efforts to promote well-being can be seen as a cross-professional responsibility, it is crucial that the relevant professionals meet across these well-being discourses, that children and young people’s well-being is viewed as a complex matter and challenge, and that professionals are challenged on their understanding, and capable of meeting different expectations, of well-being.

KW - Well-being

KW - Discourses

KW - Public health

KW - Pedagogy

KW - Reflectivity

KW - Expectations

KW - Trivsel

KW - Well-being

KW - Discourses

KW - Public Health

KW - Pedagogy

KW - Reflecivity

KW - Exspectations

M3 - Review

SN - 2641-4317

VL - 4

JO - International Journal of Psychiatry Research

JF - International Journal of Psychiatry Research

IS - 3

ER -