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The Adolescent Mattering Experience: Gender Variations in Perceived Mattering, Anxiety, and Depression
Author(s) -
Dixon Andrea L.,
Scheidegger Corey,
McWhirter J. Jeffries
Publication year - 2009
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.1556-6678.2009.tb00111.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , depression (economics) , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , macroeconomics , economics
Individuals who perceive that they matter to others are likely to experience lower anxiety and depression levels. The effects of young adolescents' perceived mattering on their anxiety and depression levels were examined. Results indicated that female adolescents reported lower anxiety levels but greater depression levels than did male adolescents, perceived mattering was inversely related to adolescents' anxiety and depression levels, and the associations between mattering and anxiety and between mattering and depression varied by gender.