Social Craving
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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:
- Group Social Cravings, such as:
- Specific Social Cravings, such as:
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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.