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The sense of identity is viewed as the outcome of a process of continued interaction of three links of integration, namely the spatial, temporal and social links.
By spatial link we understand the relation with the different parts of the self including the bodily self, maintaining its cohesion and enabling the comparison and contrast with objects; it tends to the self–non-self differentiation, i.e. individuation. We call it the link of spatial integration.