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The psychology of mattering : understanding the human need to be significant /
The Psychology of Mattering: Understanding the Human Need to be Significant is the first comprehensive examination of mattering that is discussed in terms of associated motives, cognitions, emotions and behaviors. As mattering involves the self in relation to other people, the book tackles key relat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.