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social group
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two or more humans who interact with one another
A social group is simply two or more people who interact with each other. Social groups matter because humans naturally form them, and these interactions shape how we behave, think, and relate to one another in everyday life.
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Research
284,388 papers- The effects of social group interventions for depression: Systematic review.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Dingle GA, Sharman LS, Haslam C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.125
- Social group connections support mental health following wildfire.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Cruwys T, Macleod E, Heffernan T et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00127-023-02519-8
- Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development.ReviewPediatrics · 2017Dill-Shackleford KE, Ramasubramanian S, Behm-Morawitz E et al.DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-1758W
- Rise and fall of the (social) group.Social studies of science · 2022Armstrong DDOI: 10.1177/03063127221096389
- The Prevalence of Social Frailty Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Zhang XM, Cao S, Gao M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.10.007
- Affiliation to a Social Group as a Preventive Factor in Suicidal Behaviors in Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Grzejszczak J, Strzelecki D, Gabryelska A et al.DOI: 10.3390/children10020333
- Social group discovery, structure, and stereotype updating.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2025Martinez JE, Krasner RH, Rosero L et al.DOI: 10.1037/xge0001830
- The family as the primary social group.The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2025Klein JWDOI: 10.1017/S0140525X24001122
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Encyclopedic overview
Individuals in groups are connected to each other by social relationships. In the social sciences, a social group is defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity. Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties. For example, a society can be viewed as a large social group. The system of behaviors and psychological processes occurring within a social group or between social groups is known as group dynamics.
Definition
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