resocializing

Rejoining the community

Resocializing is the process of learning new norms, values, and behaviors to replace previously learned ones.

The term appears in sociology and psychology when someone undergoes significant identity transformation—a prisoner adapting to incarceration, a cult member being deprogrammed, or an immigrant adjusting to a new culture: The program focuses on resocializing former gang members.

community

reintegration

Restoration to a group

support networks · fellowship · participation · reconnection · acceptance · solidarity · communal bonds · neighborhood · civic engagement · mutual aid

rehabilitation

reintegration

Restoration to a group

counseling · correctional · probation · parole · recidivism · healing · reform · detoxification · restoration · halfway house

adaptation

readjustment

Modifying something again

relearning · habituation · transition · adjustment · integration · conformity · acculturation · behavioral change · coping · normalization

interaction

reconnecting

Resuming a severed link

communication · dialogue · trust-building · exchange · active listening · reciprocity · turn-taking · small talk · eye contact · nonverbal communication

skills

empathy

Sharing another's emotions

conflict resolution · boundaries · emotional regulation · patience · respect · active listening · perspective-taking · self-awareness · impulse control · reciprocity

Opposites
social integration process

resocializingisolating

Setting apart from contact

alienating · ostracizing · excluding · marginalizing · segregating

social learning direction

resocializingdesocializing

Withdrawing from communal interaction

deconditioning · deprogramming · disengaging · detaching · regressing

behavioral conditioning direction

resocializingdesocializing

Withdrawing from communal interaction

deconditioning · brutalizing · corrupting · radicalizing · indoctrinating

Family

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