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Subjective Well-Being and Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Children: Multidisciplinary perspectives

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In recent years it is possible to see a significant increase in reports of children and adolescents not accepting the sex assigned at their birth, questioning it, rejecting it or experiencing it differently. Discomfort with bodies and social roles is reported by adolescents on a scale that exceeds previous statistics. This Special Issue aims to facilitate further understanding of transgender and gender-nonconforming children and youth’s subjective well-being and their social, emotional, and mental health needs from multidisciplinary perspectives.

Keywords: well-being, mental health, gender-nonconforming, children, transgender

We are particularly interested in material on such topics as:

- Well-being of trans and gender-nonconforming children and their education, social and emotional needs.

- Indicators of the well-being of gender-nonconforming children and how the social environment can be changed to improve the psychological well-being of these children.

- Effective intervention

Articles reviewing the recent, relevant literature on those issues are welcome, as well as those based on research conducted using a range of methodologies or of differing theoretical perspectives. Also, those presenting differing perspectives on the issues, examining challenges to effective intervention, or considering prospects for developing theories or conducting research are welcome.

This Special Issue is intended to enable the community of scholars and practitioners to consider the latest thinking on these issues.

The special issue will be published in the Child Indicator Research journal. The deadline for proposal submissions is 2023. Prospective authors will find it useful to consult information about publishing in CIR on its website: https://www.springer.com/journal/12187 .This issue will be guest edited by Marcin Gierczyk, Ewa Jarosz and Dagmara Dobosz

Proposals should include a title and a 250–500-word abstract, name(s) of author(s), and contact information for the corresponding author.

The tentative timeline for this special issue is as follows:

• Manuscript proposals due September 1, 2023.

• Authors are notified of proposal acceptance no later than October 1, 2023. (The acceptance of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance of submitted manuscripts, as final manuscripts will go through masked review and must be accepted through the journal’s review process.

• Manuscripts due no later than March 1, 2024.

Submit proposals as an attached Word document by e-mail to a Guest Editor of the Special Issue, Marcin Gierczyk (marcin.gierczyk@us.edu.pl). Submissions of the complete manuscripts will be via the CIR online submission page: https://www.editorialmanager.com/isci

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact the Guest Editorial Staff at marcin.gierczyk@us.edu.pl, ewa.jarosz@us.edu.pl and dagmara.dobosz@us.edu.pl.

Editors

  • Marcin Gierczyk Marcin Gierczyk , 

    Marcin Gierczyk

    Marcin Gierczyk, doctor of social sciences in the field of pedagogy, associate professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Silesia in Katowice. His scientific interests concern environmental and educational support for gifted children and youth, methodological solutions for diagnosing and optimizing their well-being, as well as issues of gender status in various social and educational contexts.

  • Ewa Jarosz Ewa Jarosz  &

    Ewa Jarosz

    Ewa Jarosz is a Full Professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Silesia in Katowice. She conducts research in the area of children's rights, in particular on the social participation of children and youth and violence against children. She is the author of over 170 scientific articles as well as the author and scientific editor of several books. A Member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland. She cooperates with non-governmental organizations to protect children against violence and promote social participation of young people.

  • Dagmara Dobosz Dagmara Dobosz

    Dagmara Dobosz

    Dagmara Dobosz, doctor of social sciences in the field of pedagogy. Assistant professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Silesia in Katowice. She has written several dozen scientific publications. Her research interests revolve around the issues of socio-cultural gender, human sexuality, sexualization of culture and the well-being of children and youth.

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