Ideas in this flowchart

• The third level of human needs concerns belongingness after physiological and safety needs are fulfilled.
• It emerges when physiological and safety needs have been fulfilled.
• This level is interpersonal and involves feelings of belongingness.
• The need for belongingness is especially strong during childhood.
• In some circumstances, belongingness can override the need for safety.
• Children may cling to abusive parents despite unsafe conditions.
• Deficiencies may result from hospitalism, neglect, shunning, ostracism, and similar experiences.
• Such deficiencies can impair the ability to form and maintain emotionally significant relationships.
• These relationships include friendships, intimacy, and family relationships.