Chapter 6. Inducing Mattering
Published Online: 4 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305784.ch6
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) Inducing Mattering, in Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444305784.ch6
Publication History
- Published Online: 4 MAR 2009
- Published Print: 16 JAN 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405162425
Online ISBN: 9781444305784
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- inducing mattering;
- mattering - fundamental and necessary in everyday lives of people;
- absence of mattering - leading to antisocial and self-destructive behavior;
- social structures in orientations and activities of family members;
- social-structural underpinnings of mattering;
- predicted scores on Mattering to Family Index;
- teaching children to understand they matter - crucial issue;
- awareness - realization that others know we exist;
- importance being established - by investing one's resources in another and showing they matter;
- parenting tactics and inducing a sense of mattering to family
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Social-Structural Underpinnings of Mattering
A Different Perspective
Teaching Children That They Matter
Parenting Styles and Mattering to Family
Parenting: It's Not About the Parent
Too Much Mattering?
The Future of Mattering