Türkiye Sosyal Hizmet Araştırmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Seda ATTEPE-ÖZDEN, Merve Deniz PAK, Arzu İÇAĞASIOĞLU-ÇOBAN

Konular:Sosyal

Anahtar Kelimeler:Well-being,Well-being Theories,Social Work

Özet: Throughout history, people have tried to maintain their lives in the best possible way. In agricultural, technological, human-generated health, education, management, urban and all systems, the ultimate goal has always been better. The conditions to provide ‘good’, what is happening differed according to the collecting from society and the soul of time. Social work profession is also a result of the efforts of the human being to achieve wellbeing. Although the emergence of the profession aims to eliminate the individuals living in poverty, in the later periods, ‘well-being’ for every individual, group and community in society has been one of the cornerstones of the profession. Even today, well-being for all population groups is now regarded as a right and is often guaranteed by law. The main aim of this study is to examine what the concept of well-being is and to show why the notion of well-being is important in the social work literature and what dimensions the concept includes. In the study, first of all, it will be mentioned how to define the concept of well-being, the theories explaining the concept. After that, the importance of well-being in terms of social work will be discussed.

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