PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIPS

Module 9
 According to Ciccarelli and
White (2014),there are
several rules ofATTRACTION:

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 1.
PHYSICAL
ATTRACTIVENESS
Attraction usually starts because physical
beauty influences the choices ofperson.

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 2.
PROXIMITY
Refers to being physically near someone like
living along the same street, seating next to
each other, or working in the same
company.

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 3.
SIMILARITY
People with similar attitudes, beliefs,
and interests are engage in similar
activities orbehaviors

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 4.
COMPLEMENTARY
Complementary qualities are
characteristics in one person that fill a
need in the other.

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Reciprocity of liking
Strong inclination to like a person
because you knew he/she likes
youtoo; norm of reciprocity

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Biblical definition
- The definition of love given is already the perfect
kind of love: love that is selfless and all giving.
- An ideal standard to strive for in a relationship.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient, love is
kind”

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In scientific perspective
Love is a powerful drive that excites the brain
and sets a neurological condition, such that
neurotransmitters release different chemicals
in the body. Such neurotransmitters elicit are
dopamine, norepinephrine (adrenaline),
serotonin, and oxytocin.

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Philosophicalfoundations
Philosophers of ancient Greece had pondered on
love. Their thoughts led them into thinking about
love in different ways.
- “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting
two bodies.” – Aristotle
- “At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet”
- Plato
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Four kinds of love according to philosophy
Eros - sexual or passionate love, and is the type
most akin to our modern construct of romantic love
Philia – brotherly love that characterizes friendship
Storge – love for family and close companions
Agape – divine and unconditional love of God for
man

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 Passion
Physical aspectof
love; hugs, kisses,
appreciating
Intimacy looks of the Commitment
Shares common person
Choice onemakes
emotional ties to one
about arelationship
another;attachment

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Forms of LOVE
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Liking (intimacy only)
-When the person feels a
sense of emotional
closeness such as sharing
deep information about
each other.
- True friendship.

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Infatuation (passiononly)
- “LOVE AT FIRSTSIGHT”
- Physical attraction is what
keeps the relationshipgoing
- Often experienced by
adolescents

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Empty love
(Commitment only)
Fixed marriages for example
can start as an empty love
wherein the person is likely
to stay in the relationship
even without intimacy and
passion.

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Romantic love (Intimacy + Passion)
- Attachment are not caused
by physical attributes but
emotional aspects.
- Usually kind of love
experienced by coupleswho
are about to get married.

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Companionate love
(Intimacy + Commitment)
- Usually observed in some long-
time marriages where passion
(physical closeness) was gone
but emotional closeness and
commitment persist.

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Fatuous love (passion + commitment)
- Whirlwind courtship
- Hardly know each other
and already decided to
be in a relationship and
soon get married.

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Consummate love
(intimacy + passion + commitment)
Ideal and perfect kind of love that many
people would like to have but
apparently only few can achieve.

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 This meansthat
adolescents whose
relationship becomelonger
mayhavemore chanceof
performing sexualacts.

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YOUNG ADULT FERTILITY& SEXUALITY (YAFS4) STUDY
University of the Philippines
Population Institute (2013)

Since 1994, therehas

been a rise in the
proportion of 18-24
old youth having sex
before the age of 18.

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YOUNG ADULT FERTILITY& SEXUALITY (YAFS4) STUDY
University of the Philippines
Population Institute (2013)

Among 19,178
respondents showed1
out of 3 Filipino youth
had premarital sex,
most of them young
adults aged20-24
(54%).
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Do you know…
× Adolescents usually engage in vaginal
intercourse.
× Some participate in anal or oral intercourse to
avoid early pregnancy and maintain virginity.
× These activities may lead in acquiring sexually
transmitted infections.

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Premarital sex
A sexual activity done by
people outside the
boundary of marriage.

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Teenage pregnancy
According to National
Demographic and Health Survey
(2012),as reported by the
Philippine Statistics Authority, one
in ten Filipino teenage women
(from ages 15to 19)has begun
pregnancy.

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Outcomes:
✓ Poor/less education
✓ Socio-economic status (poor family)
✓ Drug use
✓ Inadequate food intake –low birth weight and
poor prenatalcare
✓ Possible premature delivery –high risk of having
developmental disabilities
✓ Financial difficulties
✓ Lacks maturity, skills and social support to be
good parents
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“That’s why it is imperative to
enable them to develop into
responsible adolescents
capable of making rational
decisions based on adequate
information and better
understanding ofreproductive
health,”
-Sec. Leonor Briones (2018)

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Sexually
transmitted
infections
Are acquired through sexual contact
and are usually acquired by teenagers
with early sexual activity exposure
and/or unprotectedsex
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Genital warts
- Caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) –
leading cause of cervical cancer
- Soft skin growths that occur on the genitals
that can cause discomfort or itch.
- It may also appear on other areas of the
body like mouth, tongue or throat if the
person had oral sex with an infected person.

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 WARNING

SENSITIVE
PICTURES AHEAD
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Pharyngeal gonorrhea
- Very common infectious disease that can be
transmitted through sexual activity or can
be spread prenatally from the mother to the
infant duringchildbirth.
- It contaminates the cervix, uterus, and
fallopian tubes in womenand urethra in both
men andwomen.

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Genital herpes
- Chronic,recurring, often painful and highly
contagious disease which affects the
immune system or a newborn infant if the
mother is infected at the time of childbirth.
- Sores typically look as blisters on or around
the area of genitals, rectum or mouth.

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Humanimmunodeficiency virus (hiv)
- The virus that causes acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is
acquired by bodily fluids such as the blood
and semen through sharing intravenous
needles or sexual contact.
- It attacks the immune system that will put
the person at risk in acquiring fatal diseases.

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Humanimmunodeficiency virus (hiv)
- HIV stands for human immunodeficiency
virus, which is the virus that causes HIV
infection. The abbreviation “HIV”can refer to
the virus or to HIVinfection.
- AIDSis the most advanced stage of HIV
infection (AidsInfo,2019).

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Healthy expressions of love
× Respect eachother
× Exercise give and take in the
relationship
× Give each other space to grow

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Personal responsibility
you must always consider
taking fullresponsibility of
your own emotional,
spiritual, physical and
mentalwell-being

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