the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role
Word origin
[1960–65; re- + socialize + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, go-go, parvovirus, pop art, power playre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert; -ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: pagination, plantation, polarization, polymerization, transportation
Examples of 'resocialization' in a sentence
resocialization
Resocialization groups were resocialized for 3 or 7 days after isolation.
Hamidreza Famitafreshi, Morteza Karimian 2018, 'Assessment of Improvement in Oxidative Stress Indices with Resocialization in MemoryRetrieval in Y-Maze in Male Rats', Journal of Experimental Neurosciencehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1179069518820323. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subjects were then group housed (“resocialization”) in novel triplets.
Morgan Lavoie, Ryan Toma, Flip Phillips, Hassan H. López 2018, 'Effects of Post-Weaning Social Isolation and Oxytocin on Adult Anxiety and Sociabilityin Female Rats', Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journalhttps://impulse.appstate.edu/articles/2018/effects-post-weaning-social-isolation-and-oxytocin-adult-anxiety-and-sociability-femal. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Resocialization may also be activating other regulatory mechanisms besides an antioxidant defense.
Hamidreza Famitafreshi, Morteza Karimian 2018, 'Assessment of Improvement in Oxidative Stress Indices with Resocialization in MemoryRetrieval in Y-Maze in Male Rats', Journal of Experimental Neurosciencehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1179069518820323. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper analyzes modern concepts of identity in connection with the processes of resocialization.
Savina Olga, Magomed-Eminov Madrudin, Kvasova Olga 2018, 'Digital identification in the context of resocialization problems', SHS Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185502026. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition to a lack of resocialization, potential job loss, and social stigmatization, the newly acquired subcultural contacts facilitate reoffending.
Sebastian Schildbach, Carola Schildbach 2018, 'Criminalization Through Transinstitutionalization: A Critical Review of the PenroseHypothesis in the Context of Compensation Imprisonment', Frontiers in Psychiatryhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00534/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)