Chris Davidson (1999) writes about the three dimensional model of Okayness. (click here to download PDF of subsequent article)

The OK Corral seems to suggest that there is only one other "dimension" in the equation (which could in fact be one or more people) when in reality there is often more than one dimension. For example, the behaviour of young people in gangs may demonstrate that they believe "We are Okay" and perhaps in conversation with other gangs in their neighbourhood give them the message that "You are okay", and including the message "They are not okay" in relation to an individual or gang from another neighbourhood. This dynamic often occurs at work as well. People within a team give each other OK messages, whilst at the same time making other teams or individuals (i.e. "Them") not OK. We find a person (or persons) who we like and then in conjunction with them, gossip and put other people down. We are therefore saying that we believe we are okay but those others are not (underneath this there may be a belief that we are not okay either but we feel better by putting someone else down). In this way the two dimensional model of okayness becomes three dimensional. (See downloadable article for more on this)