Title: Understanding The Motivation: Why Do People Join Gangs | BetterHelp
Headings: Understanding The Motivation: Why Do People Join Gangs
Understanding The Motivation: Why Do People Join Gangs
The Need to Belong
The Need to Feel Loved
Children Face Stress When Seeking to Belong
Human Needs & Gangs
People Join Gangs Because….
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Content: This lack of belonging and lack of feeling loved leads to young people to seek this through gang affiliation. The need to belong is never more present than during late childhood and adolescence. Children Face Stress When Seeking to Belong
The need to belong is present in the lives of so many children and adolescents. Adolescents may feel alienated from their peers. Children and adolescents may have trouble making friends due to social awkwardness or other issues associated with social situations. In addition, in some cities or neighborhoods, children may face immense peer pressure to join particular groups or gang. The pressure to fit in or gain protection from bullies or other groups. Children and young teens are often tasked with filling large amounts of free time, and finding connections with those in organized groups can be a way to fill this excess. There are particular risk factors that increase an individual's susceptibility to gangs. A lack of parental supervision, children and adolescents who are exposed to poverty , and those who may experience early academic failure or lack of healthy social attachment.