This document discusses interpersonal relationships, defining them as social interactions between two or more individuals. Interpersonal relationships are important for personal growth, sense of security, and understanding for individuals. For nurses, strong interpersonal relationships can improve team communication and decision-making. Relationships also help patients feel secure and foster trust. Relationships exist in dyads, triads, and groups. Common types include friendships, family, professional colleagues, love interests, and marriage. Relationships progress through different phases and can be hindered by situational, personal, or sociocultural barriers, though effective communication can help overcome obstacles.

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