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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Psycho-social dependency

Psycho-social dependency

  • Unquestioning psycho-social dependency

Nature

Dependency is a state in which people (or groups) assume that they will be taken care of by others because they cannot take care of themselves. Dependent persons rely on others to meet their emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual needs.

Broader

Dependence
Excellent
Manipulation of the individual by mass media
Yet to rate

Narrower

Co-dependency
Presentable
Institutionalized members of society
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Over-acceptance of socio-economic dependency
Excellent

Aggravated by

Manipulation of civic education
Presentable

Strategy

Questioning psycho-social dependency
Yet to rate
Depending
Yet to rate

Value

Unsociable
Yet to rate
Unquestionable
Yet to rate
Dependence
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Psychology » Psychology
  • Societal problems » Dependence
  • Society » Social
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G8400
    DOCID
    11784000
    D7NID
    132798
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020