Family Matters The Importance Of Mattering To Family In Adolescence 1st Edition Gregory C Elliott by Gregory C. Elliott 9781405162425, 1405162422 instant download after payment.

• 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