PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

• TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS - Your relationship during this stage is pretty much different from what you had when you were still a child. During these years, you form friendships and start to develop intimate relationships with members of the opposite sex.
• Intimate or close relationships – characterized by self-disclosure and your capacity to trust others.
• RELATIONSHIP

  • Is a state of connectedness between people 

         (especially an emotional connection)
• Any form of relationship is said to be a two-way traffic.
• KINDS OF RELATIONSHIP

  • Privacy and Intimacy
  • Impersonal Relationship
  • Attraction
• Privacy and Intimacy - are two attributes describing personal relationships and level of commitment to another person/s
• Impersonal Relationship – commitment to an organization like a business entity, a principle  or purpose
• Attraction – it is a force that unites people and can grow into an attachment which eventually leads to commitment
• PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

   refers to the close connection between people, formed by emotional bonds and interactions. These bonds often grow from and are strengthened by mutual experiences.
• PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

  ~ the concept of relationship  is very  broad and complex
• CONCEPT OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

  • Attraction
  • Love
  • Commitment
• Attraction – the action or power of evoking interest,  or liking someone or  something: and a quality or feature that evokes  desire
• Attraction - it is a force that unites people and can grow into an the attachment  which eventually leads to commitment
• Love – strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties
• Commitment – it refers to the feelings and actions that keep partners working together to maintain the  relationship
• 9 THINGS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE IN NY RELATIONSHIP

  1. CHEATING
  2. PUTTING YOUR OWN DOWN
  3. NOT SUPPORTING YOUR DREAMS
  4. CONTROLLING
  5. LACK OF COMMUNICATION
  6. UNRELIABILITY
  7. FORGETTING THE MEMORABLE DAY
  8. SELF-DESTRUCTION
  9. NOT CARING ABOUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY
• TREE  KINDS OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

  • Family
  • Friends
  • Romantic
• FAMILY

  It is an essential component in any discussion of relationships, but this varies greatly from person to person
• Bureau of Census – defines family as “two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and who live together as one household.
• FRIENDS

  ~ Can be thought of as a close tie between two people that is often built upon mutual experience shared interests, proximity, and emotional bonding
• Some typical characteristics of a family are Support, Mutual trust, regular interaction, shared beliefs and values, security, and a sense of community
• Parker and Asaher (1993) Enumerates the types of friendship
• TYPES OF FRIENDSHIP

  • Acquaintances
  • Companions
  • Intimates or best friends
• Arthur (1999) Enumerates the types of peer groups
• TYPES OF PEER GROUPS

  • Clique
  • Crowd
• CLIQUE - Is an exclusive group of people who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them.
• CLIQUE - A narrow circle of friends.
• CROWD - Is a gathering individuals that it’s impossible to know everyone personality.
• CROWD - Formed to pursue a shared interest or purpose, and can feel and function like a community with similar likes, beliefs or convictions.
• In a study conducted by Furman (1999), it was found out that among girls, having friends as a source of social support is more common, compared with boys. Girls are more expressive than boys and usually show their intimacy by talking about personal matters; boys, on the other hand, show intimacy in non-verbal ways
• Real friends encourages you to do your best in your endeavors
• ROMANTIC PARTNERSHIPS

  ~including marriage, are close relationships formed between two people that are built upon affection, trust, intimacy, and romantic love
• ROMANTIC PARTNERSHIPS 

  We usually experience this kind of relationship with only one person at a time.
• Attraction is a feeling that draws you to become closer to another person.
• WAYS ON HOW ATTRACTION TO SOMEONE IS EXPRESSED

  Inspiration

  Distraction
• ACCEPTABLE WAYS TO EXPRESS YOUR ATTRACTION

  1. Offer the gift of listening
  2. Say please and thank you
  3. Tell your loved ones how much you love and appreciate them
  4. Offer to help someone’s need
  5. Write a letter or send a card to someone you love and mail it
  6. Practice the art of forgiveness
  7. Write your love ones a poem of gratitude
• UNACCEPTABLE WAYS TO EXPRESS YOUR ATTRACTION

  1. Acting that you own him/her
  2. Acting weird when you are with him
  3. Stalk him/her on social media
  4. obsession
• People engaged in romantic relationships experience a special type of feeling called LOVE.
• Romantic relationships are commonly observed among adolescents who are involved in girl and boy relationships.
• 3 PHASES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ( STEINBERG )

  1. Discovery of interest
  2. Dating
  3. Commitment