The Routledge International Handbook of Human Significance and Mattering

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

List of Figures

List of Tables

Part 1: Introduction

1 The Supreme Human Quest- Arie W. Kruglanski, Isaac Prilleltensky, and Amiram Raviv

Part 2: Significance and Mattering Across the Lifespan

2 Mattering in Childhood: A Developmental Attachment Perspective- Jessica A. Stern and Jude Cassidy

3 Mattering, Self-Esteem, and First-Generation College Students- Gregory C. Elliott, Emily J. Siff, and Jardelle Johnson

4 An Attachment Perspective on the Quest for Significance And Mattering- Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver

5 Significance And Mattering in Late Adulthood- Jessie Dezutter and Laura Dewitte

6 A Terror Management Theory Perspective on the Human Needs For Self-Esteem, Meaning, Close Relationships, and Significance- Tom Pyszcynski and Jonathan Morgan

Part 3: Significance And Mattering Across Life Domains

7 The Quest For Significance and Mattering in Education- Maurice J. Elias, Danielle R. Hatchimonji, Samuel J. Nayman, and Arielle C.V. Linsky

8 Mattering and Work- David L. Blustein, Camille M. Smith, Karley Guterres, and Brenda Tsai

9 Communities: Sites, Sources, and Subjects of Significance- Michael P. Scarpa

Part 4: Significance and Mattering Across Societies and Cultures

10 Making "Us" Matter: Social Identity, Leadership, and Collective Agency- Katherine J. Reynolds, Emina Subasic, Benjamin Jones, and Haochen Zhou

11 Gender, Significance, and Mattering- Amanda B. Diekman, Andrew D. White, and Samantha L. Heiman

12 "Good Trouble": Nonviolent Activism and the Quest for Psychological Significance in a Racialized Society- Angela P. Cole-Dixon and Cynthia E. Winston-Proctor

13 Significance Quest and International Relations: On the Psychology of Foreign Affairs- Marketa Kocmanova, Karl Kaltenthaler, and Arie W. Kruglanski

14 Love, Motivated: Partner Merit And Appreciation as Sources of Significance- Molly Ellenberg, Arie W. Kruglanski, Ewa Szumowska, and Huixian Yu

15 Significance: The Missing Link Between Frustration and Aggression- Molly Ellenberg, Arie W. Kruglanski and Brad J. Bushman

16 Mattering as Citizens: Conditions- Isaac Prilleltensky, Michael P. Scarpa, Salvatore Di Martino, Dina von Heimburg, and Ottar Ness

17 Mattering as Citizens: Correlates and Consequences- Michael P. Scarpa, Salvatore Di Martino, Dina von Heimburg, Ottar Ness, and Isaac Prilleltensky

18 Gaining and Maintaining Significance: The Role of Group Membership- John M. Levine and Dominic Abrams

19 Significance and Mattering in Migration- David Webber, Erica Molinario, Katarzyna Jasko, and Arie W. Kruglanski

20 Down The Yellow Brick Road: How Socialization Through Early Narratives Shapes the Quest for Significance- Sophia Moscalenko

Part 5: Significance and Mattering in Mental Health

21 Self-Worth in Mental Health: At the Intersection of Mattering and Significance- Melissa Hagan, Brianna Hernandez, and Abigail W. Batchelder

22 Conservation of Resources Theory and Traumatic Stress Placed in the Context of Meaning Making: An Evolutionary Ecological Perspective- Steve Hobfoll and Wai Kai Hou

23 The Narcissism Spectrum Through the Prism of Significance-Quest Theory- Amiram Raviv, Ami Sha'ked, and Darya Maoz

24 Feelings of Not Mattering Among Lonely People: Is the Loneliness Epidemic Due to an Epidemic of Feeling Insignificant? - Gordon L. Flett, Alison L. Rose, and Joel O. Goldberg

25 Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Practical Applications- Isaac Prilleltensky, Amiram Raviv, and Arie W. Kruglanski