The Adolescent Mattering Experience: Gender Variations in Perceived Mattering, Anxiety, and Depression

Dixon, Andrea L.; Scheidegger, Corey; McWhirter, J. Jeffries

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00111.x

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“…In fact, research indicates that individuals with a strong sense of mattering tend to have a positive self-esteem (Pearlin and LeBlanc 2001), and a greater sense of well-being (Thoits 2012). Those with low levels of mattering are more likely to experience depression and anxiety (DeForge and Barclay 1997; Dixon, Scheidegger, and McWhirter 2009;Marcus 1991;Rayle 2005;Rosenberg and McCullough 1981). Further, adolescents who feel as though they do not matter are more likely to engage in suicide ideation (Elliot, Colangelo, and Gelles 2005).…”

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The Self-Concept as a Side Bet: How Stripping Enhances the Self-Views of Men who Dance for Women

Scull

2015

Deviant Behavior

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Because stripping is considered a form of "dirty work," it has the capacity to negatively influence exotic dancers' self-definitions. While some researchers have looked at the ways in which stripping impacts the self-concepts of women who dance for men and men who dance for men, there have been very few studies of the self-views of men who dance for women. Using qualitative methods, I examine how stripping shapes the self-concepts of male strippers. Overall, I found that the positive effect on dancers' self-definitions was an important side bet that kept them committed to the occupation.

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The Self-Concept as a Side Bet: How Stripping Enhances the Self-Views of Men who Dance for Women

Scull

2015

Deviant Behavior

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“…For more than 2 decades, the concept of mattering, “the individual's feeling that he or she counts, makes a difference” (Rosenberg, , p. 215), has been studied in many disciplines, including social psychology (e.g., Elliott, Kao, & Grant, ), adolescent studies (e.g., Marshall, ; Rayle, ), education (e.g., A. L. Dixon & Tucker, ), and counseling (e.g., Powers, Myers, Tingle, & Powers, ). Many researchers who studied adolescents and young adults, such as A. L. Dixon, Scheidegger, and McWhirter () and S. K. Dixon and Kurpius (), have found that a higher sense of mattering is associated with better mental health outcomes among this population. On college campuses, mattering has been used to predict a student's adjustment to the college environment (Schlossberg, Lassalle, & Golec, ; Tovar, Simon, & Lee, ).…”

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Interpersonal and Societal Mattering in Work: A Review and Critique

Jung

2015

The Career Development Quart

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The need exists for a comprehensive literature review of the concept of mattering with regard to work. In response, this review examined a theoretical framework of societal and interpersonal mattering, mattering within the work context, and existing psychometric measures of mattering. The author analyzed the research on the current state of mattering at work, identified core frameworks and psychometric issues that have been investigated to date, and suggests the use of a more comprehensive framework for work mattering that illuminates both the relational and social aspects of the work experience. Several promising directions for future research and potential benefits of incorporating work mattering in career counseling practice emerged and are discussed.

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“…Yet other researchers (e.g., Dixon, 2007; Dixon, Scheidegger, & McWhirter, 2009; Taylor & Turner, 2001), not focused expressly on intimate relationships, showed that mattering to friends and peers inversely affected depressive symptoms. Using data from a large urban community sample in Canada (n = 1,300), Taylor and Turner (2001) showed that women and men, ages 18-55, who reported higher levels of mattering experienced fewer depressive symptoms.…”

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Strained Dating Relationships: A Sense of Mattering and Emerging Adults? Depressive Symptoms

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Manning³

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J Depress Anxiety

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Dating relationships become increasingly important as individuals transition into young adulthood. Such relationships often involve positive and negative interactions, which may have implications for psychological well-being. We analyzed data from the fourth interview of the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS), when respondents were ages 18-24, to assess the influence of relationship dynamics on depressive symptoms. Using ordinary least squares regression models, among individuals currently dating (n=422), we first examined the influence of a sense of mattering as well as strained dynamics of dating relationships (e.g., communication awkwardness, conflict, sexual non-exclusivity and influence attempts) as correlates of depressive symptoms. Next, we tested whether these correlates differed for male and female daters. We found that a sense of mattering, communication awkwardness, conflict, sexual non-exclusivity and influence attempts were significant correlates of depressive symptoms. However, gender interactions were not significant suggesting that these same correlates were associated with depressive symptoms in a similar manner for both men and women in dating relationships. We also found that a sense of mattering mediated the relationship between conflict and depressive symptoms, and partially mediated the relationship between communication awkwardness, partner sexually non-exclusivity and partner influence dynamics and depressive symptoms. This suggested that feeling that one matters is important in dating relationships and may reduce the risk of depressive symptoms.

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The Adolescent Mattering Experience: Gender Variations in Perceived Mattering, Anxiety, and Depression

Cited by 64 publications

References 29 publications

The Self-Concept as a Side Bet: How Stripping Enhances the Self-Views of Men who Dance for Women

The Self-Concept as a Side Bet: How Stripping Enhances the Self-Views of Men who Dance for Women

Interpersonal and Societal Mattering in Work: A Review and Critique

Strained Dating Relationships: A Sense of Mattering and Emerging Adults? Depressive Symptoms

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