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Bhatt, Anjali M.; Goldberg, Amir; Srivastava, Sameer B. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
When the social boundaries between groups are breached, the tendency for people to erect and maintain symbolic boundaries intensifies. Drawing on extant perspectives on boundary maintenance, we distinguish between two strategies that people pursue in maintaining symbolic boundaries: boundary retention--entrenching themselves in pre-existing…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Interpersonal Relationship, Group Dynamics, Personal Space