内容简介
Combiningempiricalevidencewithindicestomeasuremattering,FamilyMatters:TheImportanceofMatteringtoFamilyinAdolescenceexplorestheinverserelationshipbetweenmatteringanddysfunctionalbehaviorinadolescence.Definesmatteringanddistinguishesamongthethreewaysthatpeoplecanmattertoothers:awareness,importance,andrelianceUtilizesempiricalevidencefromaquantitativeanalysesofdatafromanationwidesurvey2,004adolescentstosupportauthor’sassertionsExplorestheimpactofstructuralanddemographicfactorssuchasfamilystructureindevelopingofasenseofmatteringinadolescents.Includeshelpfulindices,includinghisMatteringIndexandRosenberg’sSelf–EsteemIndexSuggestshowparents,teachers,andothersignificantpeopleinthelivesofadolescentscanworktoinstillasenseofmatteringinthoseundertheircare