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An Invitation to Health: Building Your Future, Brief Edition, 9eDianne Hales

Your Social Health

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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