Mental health: Emotional well-being

There is no one definition of well-being, but it is considered to be an over-arching concept concerning the quality of people's lives. Well-being is a multi-factorial concept, and includes emotional well-being. The Coalition Government are committed to measuring the populations' well-being and using this as an indicator for measuring the quality of our lives. The Office for National Statistics is leading on the development of a national measure, and this work will include measuring the well-being of children and young people.

This list of resources brings together key information and links relating to children’s and young people’s emotional well-being. If you have any suggestions on resources to add contact us.

• The Well-being Zone
  This Children's Society website is aimed at children and young people. It provides resources which look at wellbeing, such as the Happy-ometer.
  
  Publisher: Children's Society
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• The good childhood report 2012: a review of our childen's wellbeing
  This report is calling for a radical new approach to childhood as the charity's landmark research identifies the keys to children's happiness. It unveils six key priorities needed for a happy childhood, after interviewin ...
  
  Publisher: Children's Society
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Edward Rudolf Lecture delivered by the Most Revd & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
  This is the transcript of the lecture given at the same time as the launch of the Children's Society's Good Childhood report 2012.
  
  Publisher: Children's Society
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Well-being knowledge bank (ONS website)
  Measuring national well-being is one of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS's) key analysis programmes. This website is a repository of links, information and plans relating to well-being. It includes a section on c ...
  
  Publisher: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Initial investigation into subjective well-being from the opinions survey
  The analysis in this report provides an initial investigation into some of the differences between four overall monitoring questions introduced into ONS surveys from April 2011.
  
  Publisher: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• What matters for wellbeing in early childhood: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study (presentation)
  Presentation by Kathleen Kiernan and John Hobcraft, University of York, looking at the findings of the Millenium Cohort Study and the key messages arising from the evidence. Presented at the Children's Public Health in t ...
  
  Publisher: University of York
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Children's wellbeing in the UK, Spain and Sweden: the role of inequality and materialism
  This report, commissioned by Unicef UK, explores the links between inequality, materialism and experienced well-being in children, and the policy implications of this for the UK context. It compares children’s experience ...
  
  Publisher: Ipsos MORI
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Understanding children's wellbeing. Links between family economic factors and children’s subjective well-being: Initial findings from Wave 2 and Wave 3 quarterly surveys
  Describes the initial findings of new research on the link between household economic factors and children’s subjective well-being (SWB).
  
  Publisher: The Children's Society
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Measuring wellbeing: an introductory briefing (Need 2 Know)
  This briefing provides a basic 'need to know' introduction to measuring wellbeing. It looks at various definitions of wellbeing, summarises previous work on measuring wellbeing across the UK, and sets out the potential b ...
  
  Publisher: Mental Health Foundation
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• The Good Childhood Index
  The Children's Society has launched a new index aimed at measuring children and young people's wellbeing. The progress of this two-year research project are presented in the report Understanding children's wellbeing: a ...
  
  Publisher: The Children's Society
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Can government measure family wellbeing? A literature review
  This review analyses current definitions, theoretical models, and measurement tools and examines quality issues such as validity and transferability, as well as the conceptual and practical measurement challenges posed b ...
  
  Publisher: Family and Parenting Institute (FPI)
  Published Date: 2010