Perspectives on Wellbeing: Applications from the Field

Andrew Azzopardi, Ed.D. (2005), University of Malta, Associate Professor, Dean, Faculty for Social Wellbeing. Lecturing and research focus include inclusive education, sociology, critical pedagogy, disability politics, youth and community studies. He believes that democratisation of knowledge is fundamental. Marilyn Clark, Ph.D. (1999), is Associate Professor with the Department of Psychology. She is a social psychologist, and has a particular interest in addiction, criminal careers, victimization and the safety of journalists. She has published extensively in international fora. Ruth Falzon, Ph.D. (2016), University of Malta, is a Department of Counselling founding member. She has published on wellbeing, school counselling and Specific Learning Difficulties, including a chapter in the International Handbook for Policy Research on School-based Counseling (Springer, 2017).

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAndrew Azzopardi, Marilyn Clark and Ruth FalzonPART 1: Adolescents and Emerging Adults1 Promoting Resilience and Wellbeing in Children and Young PeopleCarmel Cefai2 “Teachers Teach Me, You Help Me Grow!”: Maltese PSD Methodology toward Emotional Literacy and WellbeingAmanda Bezzina and Ruth Falzon3 Preparing Our Students to Leap: Learning from the Experiences of Maltese Female Adolescents in Their Transition to Further EducationKatya DeGiovanni4 Social Wellbeing as a Contributor to Young People’s LeisureJoanne Cassar and Miriam TeumaPART 2: Professional Issues5 Promoting Wellbeing: A Counselling PerspectiveMelanie E. Demarco and Carla Willig6 Reflective Practice and Reflexivity for Developing Practitioner WellbeingMaureen Cole, Natalie Kenely and Claudia PsailaPART 3: Gender Perspectives7 Women and Substance Use: Current Status, Future DirectionsMarilyn Clark and Anna Maria Vella8 Re-writing Motherhood: Insights from a Feminist Ethnography with Teenage Mothers in MaltaAndreana Dibben9 Desperately Seeking Wellbeing: Toxic Media Portrayals and the Pursuit of HappinessBrenda MurphyPART 4: Systemic Perspectives10 Civil Society Should Be a Strong Political ForceAndrew Azzopardi11 Families and Poverty in European Malta: A Research AgendaSue VellaPART 5: Reflections on Wellbeing12 Translating Transcultural Well-Being into Practice: A Holistic Counselling ApproachMarlene Cauchi and Dione Mifsud13 Residents’ Perceptions of Dignity in Nursing Homes for Older Persons: A Maltese Case-StudyAnabel Scolaro and Marvin Formosa14 Wellbeing in Corrections: Prisoners and Prison Officers Sandra Scicluna and Trevor CalafatoIndex