In boarding schools, students are often required to wear only school uniforms and with a standardized haircut. What does Belk (1988) argue in his article Possessions and the Extended Self regarding this situation?

In boarding schools, students are often required to wear only school uniforms and with a standardized haircut. What does Belk (1988) argue in his article Possessions and the Extended Self regarding this situation?



-It restores a new sense of self which involves more of a shared group identity


-It is an elimination of uniqueness and it accompanies with a loss or lessening of self


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