Why it matters
Shows social connection helps people understand and regulate emotion.
Core term · Stanley Schachter
Affiliation Under Anxiety
The tendency to seek others, especially similar others, when anxious or uncertain.
Areas of life
Friendshipcrisisgroup belonging
How to handle it
When anxious, seek people who can steady and clarify rather than intensify the feeling.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
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