[4] Social networks and the self: Exploring group identity and connection

In this episode, Aubrey and Courtney talk about how human connection is an innate human need, why we feel the deep urge to connect with others, what happens when we are (or are not) connected to others, and how to make moves in your own community to find more connection. ** Corrected reference made to the ancient diving people from near the Philippines: The Bajau people live across the southern Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia (Wikipedia). Resources: Social inhibition, sense of belonging and vulnerability to internalizing problems by Elisabeth L.de Moor, JohanDenollet, Odilia M. Drunk Tank Pink by Adam Alter Tribe by Sebastian Junger How We Became so Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us by Will Storr Connected: The surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler It’s all done with mirrors: Neurological and sociological integration in the case of limb transplants Alexandra Catherine Hayes Nowakowski Empathy, mirror neurons and SYNC by Ryszard Praszkier Purposely stoic, accidentally alone? Self-monitoring moderates the relationship between emotion suppression and loneliness By Veronica Smith, Elicia C. Lair, Sean M. O’Brien Effects of Social Exclusion on Cognitive Processes: Anticipated Aloneness Reduces Intelligent Thought By Baumeister, Roy F Social Exclusion Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact By Paolo Riva and Jennifer Eck Religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning among African Americans: The mediating role of religious support by Holt CL, Wang MQ, Clark EM, Williams BR, Schulz E. Groups 4 Health: Evidence that a social-identity intervention that builds and strengthens social group membership improves mental health by Haslam C, Cruwys T, Haslam SA,  Dingle G, Chang MX The Different Behavioral Intentions of Collectivists and Individualists in Response to Social Exclusion Social by Matthew Leiberman Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-are-wired-to-connect/ Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-chemistry/201712/the-neuroscience-loneliness ***** Connect with us in Instagram! @structuresofself Connect with Courtney @courtneypeacockcoach Connect with Aubrey @aubtron Email us with suggestions & questions at [email protected] If you liked what you heard, please rate & subscribe! Thank you for listening!