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Belongingness is the human emotional need to be an accepted member of a group.Whether it is family, friends, co-workers, a religion, or something else, some people tend to have an 'inherent' desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves.
[1]: 157 McMillan & Chavis define a sense of community as "a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together." [5] J.R. Gusfield identified two dimensions of community: territorial and relational. [6]
[1] [5] Strong feelings of school belonging have also been shown to improve overall academic performance and achievement, as shown by increases in grade point averages. [8] [16] [20] [28] A sense of belonging at school can also improve academic self-efficacy, or in other words, students' belief in their ability to succeed in school. [2] [8]
The concepts predate this terminology and other variations sometimes include terms such as belonging, justice, and accessibility. As such, frameworks such as inclusion and diversity ( I&D ), [ 3 ] diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging ( DEIB ), [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] justice, equity, diversity and inclusion ( JEDI or EDIJ ), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] or ...
An intimate community is one in which some members recognize and are recognized by all of the others, and most of the members recognize and are recognized by many of the others. This is in contrast to (usually larger) communities where members are known and interact mostly within their own subgroup, such as neighborhood, department, or occupation.
In lexicology, an appurtenance is a modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses "belongingness". In the English language, appurtenances are most commonly found in toponyms and demonyms , for example, 'Israeli', 'Bengali' etc. have an -i suffix of appurtenance.
The need for affiliation (N-Affil) is a term which describes a person's need to feel a sense of involvement and "belonging" within a social group.The term was popularized by David McClelland, whose thinking was strongly influenced by the pioneering work of Henry Murray, who first identified underlying psychological human needs and motivational processes in 1938.
Social support is the help, advice, and comfort that we receive from those with whom we have stable, positive relationships. [11] Importantly, it appears to be the perception, or feeling, of being supported, rather than objective number of connections, that appears to buffer stress and affect our health and psychology most strongly.