DETAILS DESCRIPTION OF INTERPERSONAL RELATION

1. INTERPERSONAL RELATION
Ms Saheli C
Lecturer
IACN

2. DEFINITION
➢ Interpersonal relationship refers to social and emotional
interaction between two or more individuals in an
environment.
➢ Interpersonal relationship is also defined as the close
association between the individuals who share common
interest and goals.

3. IMPORTANCE OR PURPOSES

4. A. Interpersonal relationshipfor anindividual:
- Personalgrowth and development.
- Source of enjoyment.
- Sense of security.
- Context of understanding.
- Interpersonal needs.
- Establishing personal identity.

5. B. Interpersonal relationship for nurses :
➢ Building a positive functional multidisciplinary team.
➢ Improving intra or inter team communication,
coordination and cooperation.
➢ Building mutual understanding and cooperation.
➢ Understanding self.
➢ Improved decision making and problem solving.

6. C. Interpersonal relationship
for patients :
➢ Developing a sense of
security and comfort.
➢ Fostering trust and
cooperation.
➢ Facilitating communication.
➢ Improving socialization.
➢ Developing and maintaining
positive feelings.

7. DYNAMICS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

8. A. DYAD:
➢ A dyad consists of two interacting
people.
➢ One person delivers a message and
the other person listen.
➢ The interaction ends when one
constituent of the dyad refuses to
listen or share his or her message.
➢ Focus of listening and
communication is centered on only
one person.

9. B. TRIAD:
➢ A triad consists of three
interaction people.
➢ The members engage in the relay
and reception of thoughts and
ideas.
➢ It is more stable than the dyad as
third member may act as a
mediator when there is a conflict
between the other two.

10. C. GROUP :
➢ A group consists of more than
three members and is a
collection of triads and dyads.
➢ It is the most stable form
of interpersonal relationship.

11. TYPES OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP

13. 1) FRIENDSHIP:
➢ The theories of friendship emphasize on the concept as
a freely chosen association between individuals.
➢ They develop common ground of thinking and
behaviour like mutual understanding, love, trust,
respect and unconditional acceptance for each other.
➢ Friendship is a relationship with no formalities and the
individuals enjoy each others presence.

14. 2) FAMILY AND KINSHIP:
➢ Family communication pattern establish roles and
identify and enable personal and social growth of
individuals.
➢ Family relationships can get distorted if there is an
unresolved conflict between members.

15. 3) PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP :
➢ Individual working for the same organization are said to
share a professional relationship and are called as
colleagues.
➢ Colleagues may or may not like each other.
4) LOVE:
➢ A informalized intimate relationship characterized by
passion, intimacy, trust and respect is called love.
➢ Individuals are deeply attached to each other and share
a special bond.

16. 5) MARRIAGE:
➢ It is a formalize intimate relationship where two individuals
decide to enter into wedlock and stay together life long
after knowing each other well.
6) PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP:
➢ A relationship between two individuals without feelings of
sexual desire for each other is called a platonic relationship.
➢ In such a relationship ; a man and a woman are just friends
and do not mix love with friendship.

17. 7) CASUAL RELATIONSHIP:
➢ In this type of relationship; individuals usually develop a
relationship that exclusively lacks mutual love that does
not extend beyond one night.
8) BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD:
➢ Individuals united for common cause and interest such
as formal membership in the societies, associations,
organization etc.
➢ Individuals are committed to doing good deeds for
fellow members and people.

18. 9) ACQUAINTANCES:
➢ It is a type of relationship where someone is simply
known to someone by introduction or by a few
interaction.
➢ There is an absence of close relationship and the
individuals lack in depth personal information about
her.
➢ This could also be a beginning of a future close
relationship.

19. PHASES OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP

20. PHASES OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

25. BARRIERS OF IPR

26. BARRIERS OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP
1. SITUATIONAL BARRIERS .
2. PERSONAL BARRIERS .
3. SOCIOCULTURAL BARRIERS .

27. SITUATIONAL BARRIERS
• Complex interaction settings .
• Large distance.
• Lack of time.
• Adverse environmental situations.
• High density of an individual.
• Lack of tarrito riality.

28. PERSONAL BARRIERS
➢ Fear of rejection.
➢ Lack of flexibility.
➢ Ineffective
communication.
➢ Lack ofhonesty and trust.
➢ Feeling of insecurity.
➢ Gender
➢ Lack of compatibility
➢ Lack of respect for
rights of other.
➢ Psychiatric problem.

29. SOCIOCULTURAL
BARRIERS
~Cultural diversity.
~Language diversity.
~Social diversity.
~Ethnic diversity.

30. METHODS OF OVERCOMING
BARRIERS OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATION

31. • Be open to others opinion
• Use simple words to convey the message.
• To have an effective process
of interpersonal communication, you have to simplify
language
• Choose your words carefully
• Pay attention to verbal cues
• Look for similarities
• Work with the facts
• Admit when you are wrong
• Smile
• Learn the art of listening