Resilience to Interpersonal Stress: Why Mattering Matters When Building the Foundation of Mentally Healthy Schools

Flett, Gordon L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89842-1_20

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“…Promotion-focused clinical interventions as well as interventions that target perceptions of negative social feedback could be used to help improve the well-being of people who feel like they do not matter. Possible interventions are discussed at length in Flett (2018b) and Flett et al (2019).…”

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“…Clearly, it should be the case that the person who feels a sense of mattering should be resilient and psychologically healthy, whereas the person who feels a sense of not mattering may be prone to various forms of distress given the psychological pain that should accompany a personal sense of being unimportant and insignificant. Mattering may be especially relevant in promoting a resilient orientation to interpersonal stress, which refers to stress arising from adverse social interactions that may contribute to the experience of distress (see Flett, 2018b).…”

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“…This research is important to conduct specifically with university students for various reasons, most notably, the troubling increase over the last decade in the prevalence of mental health problems among undergraduate students, including increases in mood and anxiety disorders, and suicide-related outcomes (see Duffy et al, 2019). The relevance of mattering in student mental health has been identified as a key focus (see Flett, 2018b).…”

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“…which refers to stress arising from adverse social interactions that may contribute to the experience of distress (see Flett, 2018b). Rosenberg (1985) suggested that mattering could be the most important component of the self-concept and Oyserman and colleagues (2007) concluded that a feeling of mattering is " .…”

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Mattering Versus Self-Esteem in University Students: Associations With Regulatory Focus, Social Feedback, and Psychological Distress

Flett

Nepon

2019

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

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Although research has established that feelings of not mattering are associated with distress, the factors and processes that contribute to these associations have not received much consideration. The current study was conducted to address three themes. First, mattering was evaluated from a motivational perspective by examining mattering and regulatory focus. Second, the uniqueness of low mattering in predicting distress was investigated when considered along with other predictors (i.e., self-esteem and regulatory focus). Finally, a negative inferential style involving perceptions of negative social feedback was tested as a cognitive mediator of the link between mattering and distress. Mattering was correlated moderately with a promotion self-regulation focus. Regression analyses showed that mattering was also linked uniquely with distress beyond the variance predicted by self-esteem and regulatory focus. In addition, the association between low mattering and distress was mediated by negative social feedback. Our findings highlight the need for further investigation of mattering as a unique contributor to distress and the factors associated with mattering.

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Mattering Versus Self-Esteem in University Students: Associations With Regulatory Focus, Social Feedback, and Psychological Distress

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Nepon

2019

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“…The possibility of having the ISCS available also in the Malaysian context could open future perspectives for research and intervention in the new research area of psychology of sustainability and sustainable development [12][13][14] also in a cross-cultural perspective. In terms of research, the ISCS can extend the current investigations into personal resources like grit [27], self-compassion [28], mattering [29], and developmental assets [30] by focusing on the role of those resources directly for career and life challenges. These constructs go beyond what was already mentioned in the Introduction section.…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Scale in Malaysian University Students

2019

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The Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Scale (ISCS) is a 28-item measure intended to measure individual resources used to manage career and life challenges. The Intrapreneurial Self-Capital (ISC) is a higher order construct composed of seven specific constructs: core self-evaluation, hardiness, resilience, creative self-efficacy, decisiveness, goal mastery, and vigilance. In the new research area of the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development, ISC constitutes a promising core of resources to face the challenges of the 21st century. The aim of the current study was to determine the factor structure and psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and concurrent validity) of a Malaysian version of ISCS among university students. The self-report questionnaire was administered to 1491 university students in Sabah, Malaysia. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed to assess the latent structure of the Malaysian ISCS. The final indices of Goodness of Fit showed satisfactory fit to the data. The Cronbach's alpha of the Malaysian ISCS is 0.81. The Malaysian ISCS correlates with Career Adaptability r = 0.31 (p < 0.01) and with Life Project Reflexivity r = 0.44 (p < 0.01), thus showing an adequate concurrent validity evidence. The Malaysian ISCS provides a promising research area in psychology (both positive and sustainability). Malaysian parents, teachers and counselors can also use this tool for their development and intervention efforts.

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Mattering in the community: Domain and demographic differences in a US sample

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Zopluoğlu

Prilleltensky

2021

Journal Community Psychology

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Mattering is defined as experiences of feeling valued and adding value in different domains of life: self, relationships, work, and community. Mattering is a construct with great relevance across psychological and social issues. Research has suggested there may be value in understanding group differences in mattering. Following the recent validation of a scale which measures mattering across multiple domains of life (MIDLS), the present study analyzed a representative US sample to identify demographic group differences in domain-specific mattering. Despite the presence of few differences in Overall Mattering, significant differences were found among all domains and between groups for each demographic variable. Overall, high incomes, advanced degrees, and employment were most consistently associated with higher mattering across domains. In addition, individuals across demographic groups and domains were more likely to report adding value than feeling valued.Age, gender, ethnicity, and marital status correlations were found in certain domains. These results demonstrate the value of a multidimensional conception of mattering and provide initial insight into demographic differences in mattering in a United States, English-speaking sample.

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Resilience to Interpersonal Stress: Why Mattering Matters When Building the Foundation of Mentally Healthy Schools

Cited by 27 publications

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Mattering Versus Self-Esteem in University Students: Associations With Regulatory Focus, Social Feedback, and Psychological Distress

Mattering Versus Self-Esteem in University Students: Associations With Regulatory Focus, Social Feedback, and Psychological Distress

Psychometric Properties of the Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Scale in Malaysian University Students

Mattering in the community: Domain and demographic differences in a US sample

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