The psychology of mattering : understanding the human need to be significant /
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English. |
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London, United Kingdom :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; The Psychology of Mattering; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction and Significance in People's Lives; 1 Introduction; Themes Throughout This Book; Goals of This Book; Why Has Mattering Been Ignored?; Overview of This Book; 2 Life Stories of Mattering and Anti-Mattering: A Narrative Perspective; Transforming Lives Through Mattering Experiences; Mattering in the World of Fiction; Mattering in the Real World; Anti-Mattering in the Real World; II. Definition, Conceptualization, and Assessment.
- 3 Mattering: Definitional Considerations and Historical AdvancesThe Origins of Mattering; Marginalization and Antimattering: The Destructiveness of Not Mattering to Others; Mattering in the 1990s and 2000s; 4 Mattering as a Psychological Construct; Mattering and the Relational Self; Mattering as a Reflected Appraisal: Through the Looking Glass; The Temporal Stability of Mattering and Factors That Influence It; The Mattering Construct and Associated Personality and Self-Concept Factors; Mattering and the Five-Factor Model; Mattering, Agency, and Communion.
- Mattering, Not Mattering, and the Interpersonal CircumplexMattering and Perfectionism; Components of the Mattering Construct; Mattering and Motivation; The Cognitive Component of Mattering; The Temporal Component of Mattering; 5 The Assessment of Mattering; Construct Validity; Assessing the Assessment of Mattering; Mattering Measures; The General Mattering Scale; The Mattering Index; Mattering to Others Questionnaire; The Anti-Mattering Scale; Scale Development; Summary; 6 The Development of Mattering; Toward a Developmental Model of Mattering; The Validity of a Lifespan Perspective.
- Mattering to ParentsParental Behaviors and Characteristics That Influence Perceived Levels of Mattering; Attachment Style Differences; Exposure to Maltreatment; Additional Developmental Considerations; III. Mattering in Positive and Negative Adjustment; 7 Mattering and Positive Psychology; Mattering and the Positive Self; Self-compassion; Unconditional Self-acceptance; Self-efficacy; Social Self-esteem; Authentic Self-presentation; Adaptive Interpersonal Disengagement; Social Hope/Social Optimism; Mattering in Life Satisfaction, Happiness, Wellbeing, and Positive Affect.
- Hedonic Wellbeing: Empirical Research on Mattering, Life Satisfaction, and HappinessMattering, Happiness, and Positive Affect; Eudaimonic Wellbeing: Mattering and Domains of Wellbeing; Physical Wellbeing; Summary; 8 Mattering Versus Not Mattering in Mental Illness: Associations With Anxiety, Depression, Suicide, and Personality Dysfunction; Overview of This Chapter; How Deficits in Mattering Contribute to Dysfunction; Clinical Expressions of Not Mattering; Mattering Versus Not Mattering in Eating Disorders; Mattering Versus Not Mattering in Anxiety and Social Anxiety.