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1. The document discusses the importance of personal relationships, including family, friends, and partnerships. It notes that healthy relationships are vital for health and well-being. 2. Research shows that strong social relationships can help people live longer, deal with stress, and be healthier. Conversely, loneliness and isolation are linked to higher risks of depression, decreased immune function, and higher blood pressure. 3. Building and maintaining relationships requires skills, shared experiences, proximity, emotional bonding, and social support to fully benefit from relationships.

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PersonalDevelopment Week11

1. The document discusses the importance of personal relationships, including family, friends, and partnerships. It notes that healthy relationships are vital for health and well-being. 2. Research shows that strong social relationships can help people live longer, deal with stress, and be healthier. Conversely, loneliness and isolation are linked to higher risks of depression, decreased immune function, and higher blood pressure. 3. Building and maintaining relationships requires skills, shared experiences, proximity, emotional bonding, and social support to fully benefit from relationships.

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WEEK 11 MODULE | PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Name:
Strand:
BUILDING AND MAINTANING RELATIONSHIPS
1. discuss an understanding of teen-age relationships, including the acceptable and unacceptable expressions of
attractions,
2. express your ways of showing attraction, love, and commitment; and
3. identify ways to become responsible in relationships

Reading: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS?


The concept of relationship is very broad and complex. In our model, personal relationships refer to close connections between people,
formed by emotional bonds and interactions. These bonds often grow from and are strengthened by mutual experiences. Relationships
are not static; they are continually evolving, and to fully enjoy and benefit from them we need skills, information, inspiration, practice,
and social support. In our model there are three kinds of personal relationships:
Family
The concept of "family" is an essential component in any discussion of
relationships, but this varies greatly from person to person. The Bureau of the
Census defines family as "two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage,
or adoption and who live together as one household." But many people have family
they don't live with or to whom they are not bonded by love, and the roles of family
vary across cultures as well as throughout your own lifetime. Some typical
characteristics of a family are support, mutual trust, regular interactions, shared
beliefs and values, security, and a sense of community.
Although the concept of "family" is one of the oldest in human nature, its definition has evolved considerably in the past three
decades. Non-traditional family structures and roles can provide as much comfort and support as traditional forms.
Friends
A friendship can be thought of as a close tie between two people that is often built
upon mutual experiences, shared interests, proximity, and emotional bonding. Friends
are able to turn to each other in times of need. Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler,
social-network researchers and authors of the book Connected, find that the average
person has about six close ties—though some have more, and many have only one or
none. Note that online friends don’t count toward close ties—research indicates that a
large online network isn’t nearly as powerful as having a few close, real-life friends.
Partnerships
Romantic partnerships, including marriage, are close relationships formed between two people
that are built upon affection, trust, intimacy, and romantic love.
We usually experience this kind of relationship with only one person at a time.
Reading: WHY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT
Healthy relationships are a vital component of health and wellbeing. There is compelling evidence that strong relationships contribute
to a long, healthy, and happy life. Conversely, the health risks from being alone or isolated in one's life are comparable to the risks
associated with cigarette smoking, blood pressure, and obesity. Research shows that healthy relationships can help you:
• Live longer
A review of 148 studies found that people with strong social relationships are 50% less likely to die prematurely. Similarly,
Dan Buettner’s Blue Zones research calculates that committing to a life partner can add 3 years to life expectancy
(Researchers Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler have found that men’s life expectancy benefits from marriage more than
women’s do.)
• Deal with stress
The support offered by a caring friend can provide a buffer against the effects of stress. In a study of over 100 people,
researchers found that people who completed a stressful task experienced a faster recovery when they were reminded of
people with whom they had strong relationships.
(Those who were reminded of stressful relationships, on the other hand, experienced even more stress and higher blood
pressure.)
• Be healthier
According to research by psychologist Sheldon Cohen, college students
who reported having strong relationships were half as likely to catch a
common cold when exposed to the virus. In addition, 2012 international
Gallup poll found that people who feel they have friends and family to
count on are generally more satisfied with their personal health than
people who feel isolated. And hanging out with healthy people increases
your own likelihood of health—in their book Connected, Christakis and
Fowler show that non-obese people are more likely to have non-obese friends because healthy habits spread through our
social networks.
• Feel richer
A survey by the National Bureau of Economic Research of 5,000 people found that doubling your group of friends has the
same effect on your wellbeing as a 50% increase in income!

On the other hand, low social support is linked to a number of health consequences, such as:
• Depression
Loneliness has long been commonly associated with depression, and now research
is backing this correlation up: a 2012 study of breast cancer patients found that
those with fewer satisfying social connections experienced higher levels of
depression, pain, and fatigue.
• Decreased immune function
The authors of the same study also found a correlation between loneliness and immune system dysregulation, meaning that a
lack of social connections can increase your chances of becoming sick.
• Higher blood pressure
University of Chicago researchers who studied a group of 229 adults over five years found that loneliness could predict
higher blood pressure even years later, indicating that the effects of isolation have long lasting consequences.
According to psychiatrists Jacqueline Olds and Richard Schwartz, social alienation is an inevitable result of contemporary society's
preoccupation with materialism and frantic "busy-ness." Their decades of research support the idea that a lack of relationships can
cause multiple problems with physical, emotional, and
spiritual health. The research is clear and devastating: isolation is fatal.

LEARNING ASSESSMENT WEEK 11 [PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT]


[PASS THIS PAGE ONLY, DON’T FORGET TO WRITE YOUR NAME]
[For offline modular, print and pass this page only. Compile with the other modules and insert in a brown envelope with
NAME, STRAND, and SUBJECT written outside]
NAME:
STRAND:

“MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE”


1. How important is building and maintaining relationships for you?

2. What are the factors that destroy or hinder a healthy relationship?

“HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP”
Provide ways on how we can build and maintain a healthy and harmonious relationship with other people. (minimum 10)

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