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Social Health
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter in the text, the student should be able to:
1. Identify skills that improve communication.
2. Illustrate the gender differences in communication.
3. Discuss the pros and cons of online social networks.
4. Recount why students may have physical and mental-health benefits when involved
in intimate relationships.
5. Discuss the science of love, including the psychological, anthropological, and
biochemical views.
6. Identify characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
7. Recall the issues that couples in long-term relationships may confront.
Chapter Summary
Social health can enrich our lives through healthy relationships. The ability to
communicate, develop satisfying relationships, and live in harmony with others is an
important factor contributing to social health.
Lecture Outline
A. Social Health
1. Refers to the ability to interact effectively with other people and with the
social environment, to develop satisfying interpersonal relationships, and to
fulfill social roles.
a. Supportive relationships buffer us from stress and disease.
b. Social support refers to the way in which we provide information or
assistance, show affection, comfort, and confide in others.
c. More than any other component of social support, a sense of belonging
may have the greatest impact on college students’ health.
d. Social contagion is the process by which friends, friends of friends,
acquaintances, and others in our social circle influence our behavior and
health.
i. Obesity.
ii. Smoking.
II. Communicating and Relating
A. Learning to Listen
1. The more effectively we communicate, the more likely we are to create good
relationships built on honesty, understanding, and mutual trust.
B. Being Agreeable But Assertive
1. Agreeable people enjoy the benefits of strong relationships, less conflict,
happy marriages, better job performance, healthier eating habits and
behaviors, less stress, and fewer medical complaints.
C. How Men and Women Communicate
1. Adult men use fewer words and speak, at least in public, as a means of
putting themselves in a one-up situation.
2. Women speak to draw others closer.
D. Nonverbal Communication
1. More than 90 percent of communication may be nonverbal.
2. Culture has a great deal of influence over body language.
III. Forming Relationships
A. Friendship
1. Every culture has prized the respect, tolerance, and loyalty that friendship
builds and nurtures.
2. Dunbar’s number (150) is the maximum number of relationships one person
can maintain.
B. Loneliness
1. Only about a quarter of all Americans say they’re never lonely.
2. Loneliness is most likely to cause emotional distress when it is chronic rather
than episodic.
C. Shyness and Social Anxiety
1. Social phobias are when individuals typically fear and avoid social situation.
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2. Belittling.
3. Criticizing.
B. Codependency
1. Codependency includes any maladaptive behaviors learned by family
members in order to survive great emotional pain and stress.
a.Addiction.
b.Chronic mental or physical illness.
c.Abuse.
C. When Love Ends
VI. Partnering Across the Life Span
A. Relationships in Emerging Adulthood
1. Emerging adulthood spans the late teens and the 20s, and is marked by
volatility and identity formation.
B. Cohabitation
C. Long-Term Same-Sex Relationships
1. Seventy-five percent of lesbians and more than half of gay men are in
relationships with one person.
D. Marriage
1. Preparing for marriage.
a.Premarital assessment.
b.The benefits of marriage.
2. Same-sex marriage.
E. Issues Couples Confront
1. Money.
2. Sex.
3. Extramarital affairs.
4. Two-career couples.
5. Conflict in marriage.
F. Divorce
1. The divorce rate is almost 50 percent.
VII. Family Ties
A. Diversity Within Families
1. Blended families are those in which one or both of the partners bring children
from a previous union.
B. Unmarried Parents
1. The proportion of babies born to unmarried parents has grown from 4
percent in 1940 to 40 percent currently.
2. Unmarried African American mothers have the lowest marriage and
cohabitation and the highest break-up rates.
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Discussion Questions
• Discuss the concept of social contagion. Ask students if they have observed this
phenomenon and to share examples.
• Discuss the differences between the way men and women communicate. Ask students
to share their experiences communicating with the opposite sex.
• Discuss social networking. Have students give pros and cons of using social networks
in their own lives.
• Discuss the importance of friendships. Have students rate their top-five valued traits in
friends and share their results.
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Classroom Activities
Purpose: To assist students in identifying the importance of their social support groups.
Methods: Have students identify the five most important people in the last five years of
their lives. Ask students to categorize their relationships as positive/healthy or
negative/unhealthy relationships.
Discussion:
1. Ask students to share examples of the positive and/or negative ways people have
influenced their lives.
2. Have students reflect on their past experiences and identify ways to choose healthy
relationships and/or maintain healthier relationships.
3. Relate relationships to overall health.
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Books
Robinson, Jonathan. Communication Miracles for Couples: Easy and Effective Tools to Create
More Love and Less Conflict. Conari Press, 2009.
Provides exercises for couples looking to enhance an already good relationship or
troubleshoot relationship problems.
Rainey, Dennis and Barbara. Starting Your Marriage Right: What You Need to Know in the
Early Years to Make It Last a Lifetime. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2007.
The Raineys offer an upbeat and practical manual for marriage to guide couples
through the challenges they face as they start their lives together.
Bernstein, Jeffery. Why Can’t You Read My Mind? Overcoming the 9 Toxic Thought Patterns
that Get in the Way of a Loving Relationship. Da Capo Press, 2003.
This guide is the missing link for couples who want to beat the relationship odds
and sustain a loving marriage or long-term relationship.
Audiovisual Resources
After Happily Ever After. DVD. New York: Films Media Group, 2010.
With half of American marriages ending in divorce, why does 90 percent of the
nation still enter into matrimony? Is the Western notion of permanent, monogamous
marriage entering a new phase, a more flexible and adaptable one, or is it becoming
obsolete? Are there alternatives that make sense? This film presents an eclectic mix
of couples (both male-female and same-sex) who discuss how and why their unions
have succeeded, no matter how quirky, elusive, or poignant the reason.
Teen Romance: What’s Risky, What’s Not? DVD. New York: Films Media Group, 2009.
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It’s safe to say that dating, sex, and socializing preoccupy most teenagers—but how
often do young people really benefit from and participate in their relationships? This
video enables students to see teen romance in a clear light—exploring love, sex,
friendship, and how easily all three can get mixed up. With candid discussions
about jealousy, trust, peer pressure, and effective communication, the program
focuses on the mental and emotional aspects of teenage sex and romance, as well as
the best ways to cope with rejection and break-ups. Viewers also delve into “cyber
relationships,” both friendly and romantic, examining what is gained and lost when
technology mediates human connections.
Think b4 u Post: Your Reputation and Privacy on Social Networking Sites. DVD. New York:
Films Media Group, 2011.
Think b4 u Post uses a light touch to deliver some very serious information on how
people can protect their reputation and guard their privacy online while still having
a good time using social networking sites.
Internet Resources
CDC: Family Health: College Health and Safety
College is full of exciting new things, from meeting people to living away from home. But,
college can also be stressful as you try to develop new routines, live on a limited budget,
and manage responsibilities on your own. This website provides tips and information to
helps students stay safe and healthy in college. Specific information on healthy
relationships. Downloadable brochures.
http://www.cdc.gov/family/college/
The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live,
work, and age including the health system. These circumstances are shaped by the
distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels, which are,
themselves, influenced by policy choices. The social determinants of health are mostly
responsible for health inequities—the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen
within and between countries.
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
Language: Finnish
Kirj.
UNTO SEPPÄNEN
Oli kulunut jo aikaa siitä, kun aurinko oli ponnistellut itsensä irti
petäjänlatvustosta päin väljiä korkeuksia. Sen ilmoitti jo maantien
jytinäkin, kun lähikyliltä ajoi sirppiviiksisiä ajuriukkoja puolipäivän
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Eräässä Järvituitusta pyörivässä pölypilvessä ajoi ajuriukkojen
heimopäällikkö, Ruoska-Juones, asemalle. Hänellä oli kaikki
kuskipukin aatelismiehen merkit: lyhyt etukumarainen vartalo, uljaat
sirppiviikset, niiden välissä aurinkoa ja piiskaryyppyjä heijastava
nenä ja hauskasti käpertyvä leikkotukka, joka päästi täsmällisesti
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tuosta piiskansa varrella saapasnahkaa. Hän ei milloinkaan lyönyt
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hepallensa. Ja tuo tapa tiivistettiin sitten hänen nimeensäkin:
Ruoska-Juones. Hän oli seudun ajurivanhin ja ajeli asemastansa
tietoisena tyylikkäästi omat matkaviivansa; nenässä iloinen
veitikkuus ja samalla viiksien kärjillä syvä vakavuus.
— Nyt kun ovat taas siinä nokat väärällään, vai niin vai!
Hän näki kyllä, että kaikki olivat jo painautuneet kehään, mutta tuo
huuto kuului tärkeänä alkuna niihin menoihin, joihin juuri oltiin
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viivytteli toimituksen alkamista.
— Kuusitoista silmää!
— Lähdeppäs kyytiin!
— Posaalusta!
— Niettu!
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