Elliott, Gregory.

Family matters : the importance of mattering to family in adolescence / Gregory C. Elliott. - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - xii, 263 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-249) and index.

What does it mean to matter? -- Mattering matters -- Researching mattering : an overview -- Mattering and anti-social behavior -- Mattering and self-destructive behavior -- Inducing mattering.

9781405162425 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405162422 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008-028045


Adolescent psychology.
Teenagers--Family relationships.
Teenagers--Conduct of life.
Parent and teenager.

BF724 .E49 2009