Social Craving

A Social Craving is a craving state that involves intense desire for social interaction and interpersonal connection with other individuals.

• AKA: Social Hunger, Connection Craving, Interpersonal Desire State.
• Context:
  • It can typically arise from social isolation through connection deprivation.
  • It can typically motivate social seeking behavior through approach motivation.
  • It can typically activate attachment systems through bonding needs.
  • It can typically influence social cognition through interpersonal focus.
  • It can often generate prosocial behavior through affiliation motivation.
  • It can often enhance social perception through attention bias.
  • It can often create emotional vulnerability through connection needs.
  • It can range from being a General Social Craving to being a Specific Social Craving, depending on its target specificity.
  • It can range from being a Mild Social Craving to being an Intense Social Craving, depending on its urgency level.
  • It can range from being a Quantity Social Craving to being a Quality Social Craving, depending on its interaction focus.
  • It can range from being a Physical Social Craving to being a Virtual Social Craving, depending on its presence type.
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• Example(s):
  • Intimate Social Cravings, such as:
    • Romantic Connection Craving for intimate partnership.
    • Family Contact Craving for kinship bonds.
    • Friendship Craving for peer connection.
  • Group Social Cravings, such as:
    • Community Belonging Craving for group membership.
    • Team Collaboration Craving for collective work.
    • Party Atmosphere Craving for social energy.
  • Specific Social Cravings, such as:
    • Conversation Craving for dialogue interaction.
    • Physical Touch Craving for tactile connection.
    • Shared Activity Craving for joint experience.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Solitude Craving, which seeks social withdrawal.
  • Social Satiation, which involves connection satisfaction.
  • Social Anxiety, which creates interaction avoidance.
• See: Craving State, Social Need, Belongingness, Attachment Theory, Social Connection, Interpersonal Motivation, Conversation Craving, Loneliness, Social Isolation, Human Need.

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