Feelings Of Belongingness

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Using the results of the Factor Analyses and how the items fit into the specified factors, it would be safe to conclude that Belongingness is “having feelings of Acceptance and Security, Self-Assurance and Willingness, and Self-Importance when being with friends.” This definition means that a person’s feelings of Belongingness to group of friends depend on one’s feelings Acceptance and Security when being with friends, on one’s feelings of Self-Assurance and Willingness to be with friends and on one’s feeling of Self-Importance when being with friends. Furthermore, belongingness is not only the need to be with other people as stated in previous researches and even in theories. It also involves the feelings one gets when being with other people

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