Validation Seeking Behavior
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A Validation Seeking Behavior is a social behavior that drives personal decisions toward obtaining social confirmation evidence.
- Context:
- It can (typically) manifest Core Need through approval seeking.
- It can (typically) influence Decision Making through social feedback.
- It can (typically) shape Relationship Dynamics through validation exchange.
- It can (typically) seek External Approval through conformity behavior.
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- It can (often) affect Self Esteem through validation success or validation failure.
- It can (often) create Dependent Patterns through external affirmation.
- It can (often) manifest through Social Media Activity via like seeking and follower accumulation.
- It can (often) emerge in Personal Relationships via reassurance seeking and approval checking.
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- It can range from being a Normal Social Need to being a Validation Addiction, depending on its severity level.
- It can range from being a Situational Response to being a Persistent Pattern, depending on its context stability.
- It can range from being a Social Validation Pattern to being a Professional Validation Pattern to being a Personal Validation Pattern, depending on its validation domain.
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- Example(s):
- Social Validation Patterns (to gain peer approval), such as:
- Approval Seeking Actions (to obtain group acceptance), such as:
- Opinion Conformity like adapting views for peer approval.
- Behavioral Adaptation like modifying actions for social acceptance.
- Digital Interactions (to secure online validation), such as:
- Like Seeking like posting for social confirmation.
- Comment Fishing like crafting content for engagement validation.
- Approval Seeking Actions (to obtain group acceptance), such as:
- Professional Validation Patterns (to obtain workplace approval), such as:
- Performance Validation Actions (to gain work recognition), such as:
- Achievement Display like showcasing work accomplishments.
- Feedback Seeking like requesting performance reviews.
- Competence Validation Actions (to confirm professional worth), such as:
- Skill Display like demonstrating technical expertise.
- Knowledge Sharing like offering unsolicited advice.
- Performance Validation Actions (to gain work recognition), such as:
- Personal Validation Patterns (to secure emotional approval), such as:
- Relationship Validation Actions (to gain interpersonal assurance), such as:
- Reassurance Seeking like asking for affirmations.
- Attention Seeking like creating emotional drama.
- Self-Worth Validation Actions (to boost personal esteem), such as:
- Appearance Validation like posting selfies.
- Achievement Validation like sharing personal successs.
- Relationship Validation Actions (to gain interpersonal assurance), such as:
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- Social Validation Patterns (to gain peer approval), such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Self Validation, which lacks external confirmation dependence.
- Independent Decision Making, which lacks approval seeking.
- Authentic Expression, which lacks validation motivation.
- Autonomous Behavior, which prioritizes internal guidance over external validation.
- Self-Directed Action, which operates without social confirmation need.
- See: Status Seeking, Recognition Craving, Social Approval, External Validation, Self Worth, Self Esteem, Approval Seeking, Social Media Behavior, Personal Worth, Social Confirmation, Behavioral Pattern.