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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Community Health

Background:

  • Social belonging is crucial for well-being.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the complexity of belonging in community settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a transdisciplinary conceptualization of social belonging.
  • To guide measurement approaches for community-based programs serving people with disabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a narrative scoping review of peer-reviewed literature (1990-2011).
  • Used 'sense of belonging' as a key search term across multiple databases.
  • Augmented search by reviewing reference lists until theoretical saturation.

Main Results:

  • Identified five intersecting themes: subjectivity, groundedness, reciprocity, dynamism, and self-determination.
  • Theoretical saturation was reached after analyzing 40 articles, including 22 qualitative accounts.

Conclusions:

  • Defined social belonging as a subjective feeling of value and respect from reciprocal relationships.
  • Belonging is grounded in context and chosen group affiliation.
  • Environmental and personal factors dynamically influence belonging.