Family matters
Subtitle: the importance of mattering to family in adolescence
By: Gregory C. Elliott.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781405162425; 9781405162432
Subjects: Adolescent psychology; Teenagers -- Family relationships; Teenagers -- Conduct of life; Parent and teenager
Description: Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence explores the inverse relationship between mattering and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What does it mean to matter?; title: Mattering matters; title: Researching mattering; title: Anti-social behavior; title: Self-destructive behavior; title: Inducing mattering.