Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in AdolescenceISBN: 978-1-4051-6243-2
Paperback
288 pages
January 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering,
Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in
Adolescence explores the inverse relationship between mattering
and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence.
- 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
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