Chapter 1. What Does It Mean to Matter?
Published Online: 4 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305784.ch1
Copyright © 2009 Gregory C. Elliott
Book Title
Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence
Additional Information
How to Cite
Elliott, G. C. (2009) What Does It Mean to Matter?, in Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444305784.ch1
Publication History
- Published Online: 4 MAR 2009
- Published Print: 16 JAN 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405162425
Online ISBN: 9781444305784
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- notion of “mattering”;
- Morris Rosenberg - mattering as aspect of protective power of social connection;
- failing to matter - profound rejection of self in its entirety;
- What Does It Mean to Matter?;
- forms of mattering - taking several forms and being the focus of others' attention;
- relationship forms of mattering and element of choice being crucial;
- perceived social support - positively associated with mattering;
- self-consciousness - chronic tendency to be object of one's own attention;
- mattering - dimension of self concept and mattering in adolescence;
- symbolic interactionism
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction: A Thought Experiment
Defining Mattering: What It Is
Distinguishing Mattering: What It Is Not
A Similar Construct
Mattering and the Self as Entity
Mattering and the Self as Process
Mattering and the Life Course
Mattering in Adolescence
The Structure of the Book