Perspectives in Wellbeing: Narratives from the Field

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72791-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Studies in Inclusive Education

Through this third volume of the series Perspectives in Wellbeing, we offer students, academics, researchers and other stakeholders, an opportunity to listen to people, whose lived experiences ought to be closely considered in policy and practice. The book invites readers to explore and identify issues affecting different populations' social wellbeing, enticing the reader to go beyond their comfort zones in space, cultures, ideas, and ideology. If you wish to deepen your understanding of the complex factors affecting the wellbeing of diverse groups and communities, or aim to undertake research in these areas, this book is a valuable resource for you.

Contributors are: Roberta Attard, Andrew Azzopardi, Pat Bonello, Daniel Brincat, Anne-Marie Callus, Tea Cekic,Marilyn Clark, Joanne Cremona, David De Bono, Angele Deguara, Ruth Falzon, Marvin Formosa, Vickie Gauci, Natalie Kenely, Greta Darmanin Kissaun, Sue Vella, Mary Grace Vella and Mark Vicars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Azzopardi, Andrew

Clark, Marilyn

Falzon, Ruth

Vella, Sue

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction Marilyn Clark and Sue Vella

PART 1: Narratives on Inclusion

1 Our Own Bermuda Triangle Andrew Azzopardi

2 Living with a Disability: Social Relational Narratives Anne-Marie Callus and Vickie Gauci

3 Clients with Sexual Dysfunctions: Listening to Maltese Counsellors Daniel Brincat and Ruth Falzon

4 In Other Worlds: We’re Here, There, and Everywhere – Social Wellbeing and Transdisciplinarity Mark Vicars

5 The Semicolon: Reflecting on Research Issues Surrounding Children’s Trauma-Laden Narratives Roberta Attard

PART 2: LGBTIQ + Narratives

6 Stories of Faith, Same-Sex Desire, and the Construction of a Self-Affirming Narrative Angele Deguara

7 “Maybe One Day There Will Be Someone Who Loves Me the Way I Am!”: Narratives of Older Trans Women Tea Cekic and Marvin Formosa

PART 3: Women’s Narratives

8 An IPA Analysis of Transitions in Self-Identity in the Narratives of Addiction Career Trajectories of Women in Malta Greta Darmanin Kissaun, David de Bono and Marilyn Clark

9 My Body – My Choice: Narratives of Social Control and Resistance Mary Grace Vella

10 Before There Was a Mother, There Was a Woman Natalie Kenely and Joanne Cremona

11 Moving from Practitioner to Academic: A Case of Mistaken Identity? Patricia Bonello

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Azzopardi is Professor in Community Development, former Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, and former Head of the Department of Youth, Community and Migration Studies, at the University of Malta. His lecturing and research focus on social inclusion and community studies.

Marilyn Clark is Professor of Psychology at the University of Malta. Her main research interests include addiction and criminal careers, youth, victimisation, and violence against journalists. She has been widely published in international texts and journals.

Ruth Falzon is Associate Professor and a founder member of the Department of Counselling at the University of Malta. Her research and publication interests include school counselling, neurodiversity, emotional literacy, and auto/ethnography. She strongly believes in community engagement.

Sue Vella, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Social Policy at the University of Malta. Her research and publication interests include families; poverty, employment and social security; migration; and the voluntary sector. Sue recently co-authored Social Policy in Malta (Midsea Books, 2022).