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Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, FamilyMatters: 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
- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (January 27, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1405162422
- ISBN-13: 978-1405162425
- Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. What Does It Mean to Matter?
2. Mattering Matters.
3. Researching Mattering: An Overview.
4. Mattering and Anti-Social Behavior.
5. Mattering and Self-Destructive Behavior.
6. Inducing Mattering.
Appendix: Researching Mattering: A Scientific View.
References.
Index.
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