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Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Elliott, Gregory C.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-1-40-516242-5
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Description
Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, this book explores the inverse relationship between mattering and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence.
Key geatures:
Key geatures:
- Defines mattering and distinguishes among the three ways that people can matter to others: awareness, importance, and reliance
- Utilizes empirical evidence from a quantitative analyses of data from a nationwide survey 2,004 adolescents to support author’s assertions
- Explores the impact of structural and demographic factors such as family structure in developing of a sense of mattering in adolescents
- Includes helpful indices, including his Mattering Index and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Index
- Suggests how parents, teachers, and other significant people in the lives of adolescents can work to instill a sense of mattering in those under their care
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Elliott, Gregory C.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-40-516242-5
- Specialty:
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- Psychology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 288
- Publication Year:
- 2009