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Social Identity: Why We Feel the Need to Belong
By Exploring Your Mind — 2019
Social identity is the degree to which we identify with a certain group. It is the measure of how important a group is to us.
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People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.4