The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (Joiner, 2005) proposes that the need to belong is fundamental; when met it can prevent suicide and when thwarted it can substantially increase the risk for suicide. We investigate one source of group-wide variation in belongingness among college students--changes in the social composition of college campuses across academic semesters-...

The need to belong can motivate belief in God. In Study 1, 40 undergraduates read bogus astrophysics articles "proving" God's existence or not offering proof. Participants in the proof-for-God condition reported higher belief in God (compared to control) when they chronically imagined God as accepting but lower belief in God when they imagined God as rejecting. Additionally, in Study 2 (72 unde...

Few empirical studies have explored the mechanisms through which racial identity, the importance of racial group membership, affects well-being for racial/ethnic minorities. Using a community sample of 161 African American adults, the present study examined whether the association between racial identity (centrality, public regard, and private regard) and life satisfaction is mediated by two id...

Research implicates experiences of discrimination in exacerbating cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk. Belongingness has been suggested as a buffer against the adverse effects discrimination. However, when occurs an environment to which one feels they belong, then potential benefits belongingness may dissipate or even exacerbate In present study, we examined these competing hypotheses on how cam...

Four experiments are reported that investigated the role of the perceived coplanarity of a moving target with respect to a frame of reference in the third dimension on the perceived path of that target. When a target dot and small moving frame appeared coplanar, the dot's perceived trajectory was governed entirely by its changing position relative to the moving frame. However, when the target a...

Physical activity has positive effects on self-esteem and sense of belongingness vice versa. The experience sampling method allows for a level analysis the within-subject temporal dynamics these interactions. We hypothesized that physical would predict prospective increases in flow daily life, Additionally, we at beep level. study included 781 individuals (17.4 ± 3.5 years; 59% female) who resp...

This multisource field study applied belongingness theory to examine whether thwarted belonging, defined as the perceived discrepancy between one's desired and actual levels of belonging with respect to one's coworkers, predicts interpersonal work behaviors that are self-defeating. Controlling for demographic variables, job type, justice constructs, and trust in organization in a multilevel reg...

This paper examines the impact of reflective leadership on workplace belongingness, with a particular focus gender differences. Through combined approach thematic and quantitative analyses, study explores factors that contribute to belongingness investigates potential variations in these based gender. The findings reveal positively influences employees perceiving higher levels their leaders rep...

Attneave has recently pointed out an important correspondence between information distribution and the Gestalt principles of perceptual organization that leads him to interpret the good Gestalt as a figure with high internal redundancy (2). In agreement with this interpretation, an auditory experiment reported by Cherry (3) showed that in simultaneously spoken messages highly redundant verbal g...