This book takes a new, critical, and multidisciplinary look at experiences and meanings of social intervention in different social contexts, taking the approaches of social constructionism as a theoretical approach. The volume collects the results of theoretical-practical experiences that social science professionals with critical and constructionist visions linked to social work intervention have carried out in different spaces. It considers the way social work intervention models are built, their foundation, and their application. It provides the findings on tested intervention models built according to the basis of social constructionism in specific social scenarios, providing interesting findings that show intervention alternatives beyond traditional approaches. The social intervention strategies discussed take place in diverse situations, including health recovery and reconstruction in breast cancer, family abandonment issues of institutionalized adolescents, institutional care of refugee families, women caregivers of children with disabilities, men who exercise violence, and more.

Este breve manual de estudio facilitará la formación a los estudiantes del máster de Problemas Sociales del Departamento de Tendencias Sociales de la UNED, de la asignatura "La investigación en el análisis de los problemas sociales". También será muy útil para los estudiantes que proceden de carreras distintas a la Sociología y desconocen las técnicas de investigación social. Sus autores explican el carácter científico de la Sociología y muestran el esquema de un proyecto de investigación social y algunas de sus técnicas más importantes, distinguiendo entre técnicas de gabinete, cualitativas, cuantitativas y técnicas prospectivas.

El presente texto estructurado en cuatro partes pretende ser un material de referencia para los alumnos de la materia de Técnicas de Investigación Social I. La primera parte busca fijar el significado de las técnicas de investigación social introduciendo al lector en las técnicas de investigación social. La segunda parte está destinada a las prácticas cualitativas con especial referencia a las denominadas técnicas grupales. La tercera parte centra sus tres apartados en la encuesta mediante cuestionario estandarizado. La cuarta y última parte estudia las diferentes formas de análisis. Al final de cada tema el lector dispone de una serie de preguntas que permiten un repaso rápido de lo leído.

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to leisure and recreation, and physical activity and its relationship to quality of life. Divided into two parts, the text presents the analysis of leisure and recreation studies and physical activities and sports, with diverse populations. The first part deals with leisure and recreation in relation to quality of life, with different perspectives on different age groups, ethnic groups, the approach of an Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being focusing on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being etc. The second part deals with physical activities and sports in relation to quality of life, discussing the consideration that "exercise is good for you", associating physical exercise with other conditions of life in society, its impact on people with disabilities, etc. It is of interest to researchers and students, legislators, educators, providers of leisure services.