Flett, Gordon L <br/><br/>
The Psychology of Mattering   Understanding the Human Need to Be Significant 

 - London  Elsevier  2018 
 - 345p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>Part 1 Introduction and significance in people`s lives   1. Introduction ...3  2. Life stories of mattering and anti-mattering : A narrative perspective ...15  Part II Definition,conceptualization and assessment   3. Mattering: Definitional considerations and historical advances ...31  4. Mattering as a psychological construct ...51  5. The assessment of mattering ...75  6. The development of mattering ...107  Part III Mattering in positive and negative adjustment   7. Mattering and positive psychology ....129  8. Mattering versus not mattering in mental illness: Associations with anxiety depression suicide and personality dysfunstion ...157  9. The need to matter in clinical and counseling settings: The treatment process and the client - therapist relationship ...193  Part IV Mattering in life contexts  10. Mattering at school ...223  11. Mattering at work ...245  12. Mattering in the community ...265  Part V Knowledge mobilization and future directions   13. The psychology of Mattering: Knowledge implementation recommendations ....281  14. The psychology of mattering : Issues and future directions ....295 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780128094150  6857 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>O18  / F638