Most social scientists converge to the view that trust has important effects on individual and social well-being. There are, however two categories of objects of trust: persons (interpersonal trust) and institutions (governmental institutions, political parties and so on). Moreover, any of these...

Life satisfaction, a global cognitive evaluation of one’s life, is a very frequently used indicator in quality of life research. This construct is usually measured by simple scales, differing one from another by the phrasing of questions and by the number of answer categories. Giving the need...

This is an appeal for enriching the mental health well-being dimensions of youth policy with the experience of quality of life and children well-being theorizing and research. The conceptual switches that characterize the 'children well-being' movement (from survival to well-being, from negative...