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An Invitation to Health: Building Your Future, Brief Edition, 9eDianne Hales
Your Social Health
4
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After reading this chapter, the student should be able to:
• Explain the meaning of the term social health, using examples
• Outline various ways of communicating, including gender specific ones
• Examine how relationships contribute to the social health of individuals
Objectives
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• Evaluate the impact of modern technology on communicating
• Identify current trends in dating among young people
• Explain the significance of love to an individual’s well-being
• Summarize the impact of dysfunctional relationships
Objectives (cont’d.)
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• Describe the trends, factors, and forms of long-term partnering in America
• Summarize the changes that have taken place in the American household over time
Objectives (cont’d.)
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• Social health includes the ability to:– Interact effectively with people and with the
social environment
– Develop satisfying personal relationships
– Fulfill social roles
• Social support affects physical health– People of all ages function best in socially
supportive environment
The Social Dimension of Health
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• Learn to listen– Relationships always involve an emotional
investment
– Opening yourself up to others increases your own self-knowledge and understanding
• Be agreeable but assertive– Communicate your wishes calmly and clearly
Communicating
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• Communication traits of young boys– Make less eye contact
– Vocabulary includes fewer “feeling” words
– Faces become less emotional as they grow
• Communication traits of adult men– Use fewer words than women
– Interrupt more
– Make more eye contact when speaking to women than to men
Communication Differences Between Men and Women
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• As much as 90 percent of communication is nonverbal
• Body language– Includes tone of voice, body position
• Culture differences affect interpretation of body language– Example: eye contact interpreted as hostile or
challenging in one culture• Conveying friendliness in another culture
Nonverbal Communication
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• Friendship– Basic source of happiness
– Source of solace in times of trouble
• Emotional closeness declines 15 percent per year in the absence of face-to-face contact
• Loneliness– Adolescents, the elderly, adults who live
alone, and single parents most affected
Forming Relationships
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• 10 to 15 percent of children born with predisposition to shyness– Others become shy due to rejection, shame,
or lack of learning proper social responses
• Types of shyness– Fearfully shy
– Self-consciously shy
• Social anxiety disorder– Affects about seven percent of the population
Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder
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• Altruism– Helping or giving to others
– Enhances self-esteem
• Volunteerism– Helps those who give as well as those who
receive
– May lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Building a Healthy Community
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• Almost one-third of the world’s population uses the Internet– 77 percent of Americans
• Social networking a growing trend– Individuals who socialize online show same
psychological sense of community as those who interact in person
• Facebook provides greater social support than Twitter
Living in a Wired World
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• 94 percent of college students maintain a social networking profile
• Motivations– Nurturing or maintaining existing relationships
– Seeking new relationships
– Enhancing reputation
– Avoiding loneliness
– Keeping tabs on others
– Self-esteem
Social Networking on Campus
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• What was once shared with one other person is now often shared publicly
• Negative aspects of social networking– Sexting
• Can have unintended consequences
– Excessive cell phone and Internet use
– Cyberbullying
– Cyberstalking
Self-Disclosure and Privacy
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• Many young people socialize in groups before venturing into a romantic relationship
• Hooking up– Casual sexual encounter
– No expectation of emotional intimacy or relationship
– Those who participate more likely white, attractive, outgoing, and nonreligious
Dating on Campus
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• Love is a basic need– Essential to physical and psychological well-
being
• Intimacy– Open, trusting, sharing of confidential
thoughts and feelings
– Requires time and nurturing
– Does not require sex
Loving and Being Loved
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• Top reasons for attraction– Warmth and kindness
– Desirable personality
– Something specific about the person
– Reciprocal liking
• Infatuation– Being head-over-heels in love
– Feelings are temporary
What Attracts Two People to Each Other?
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• Types of committed relationships– Heterosexual marriages
– Heterosexuals who never marry
– Homosexuals who partner or marry
• Emerging adulthood– Occurs in the late teens and early twenties
– Time marked by volatility and identity formation
– Brain still developing until age 25
Partnering Across the Lifespan
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• Previous generation: 70 percent of Americans married– Number is 50 percent today
– Men more likely to be single than women• Every age bracket
• Married people are healthier and live longer than non-married people– A happy marriage boosts mental well-being in
both spouses
Marriage
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• Families are very diverse– Gender role reversal more common in African
American families
– Chinese American families often have two working parents
• Wife may not have equal role in decision-making
– Blended families occur in three of 10 households
• Children of previous relationships
Family Ties