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Mattering to Others: Implications for the Counseling Relationship
Author(s) -
Rayle Andrea Dixon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00432.x
Subject(s) - psychology , counseling psychology , social psychology , identity (music) , empirical research , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy , physics , acoustics
Although first conceived in the 1980s, mattering to others has only recently earned well‐deserved attention in social science research and literature. Subsequently, it seems that mattering may serve as a powerful dynamic in strengthening counseling relationships. This article reviews the empirical validation study of mattering recently conducted by G. C. Elliott, S. Kao, and A. M. Grant (2004), which was published in the journal Self and Identity . Implications for counselors, the counseling relationship, and counseling research are considered.