This document provides an overview of personal relationships and how to express love in healthy ways. It defines key terms like relationship, family, love, commitment, attraction, and responsibility. It discusses why personal relationships are important for health, stress management, and well-being. Maintaining strong social connections can help people live longer, stay healthier, and deal with stress better. In contrast, loneliness is linked to higher risks of depression, decreased immune function, and increased blood pressure over time. Finally, the document lists 10 ways to express love, such as showing gratitude, spending quality time together, keeping anger in check, and forgiving mistakes.

1. PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Quarter 2 – Module 1:
Personal Relationships

2. LEARNING
COMPETENCY:
Discuss an
understanding of teen-
age relationships,
including the acceptable
and unacceptable
expressions of
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of showing
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3. What is It
BASIC DEFINITIONS
1. Relationship
- a relation
between people; a
state of
connectedness
people
an
between
(especially
emotional
2 Personal relationships
- relationships between
people,
between
especially
friends,
those
lovers
and family.
Relationships are not
static; they are continually
evolving, and to fully enjoy
and benefit from them we
need skills, information,
inspiration, practice, and
social support.

4. *Family
The concept of
"family" is an essential
component
discussion
relationships,
varies greatly
in any
of
but this
from
person to person. The
Bureau of the Census
defines family as "two
or more persons who
But many people
have family they don't
live with or to whom
they are not bonded
by love, and the roles
of family vary across
cultures as well as
throughout your own
lifetime

5. 3. Love
- strong affection for another
arising out of kinship or
personalities. - attraction
based on sexual desire:
affection and tenderness felt
by lovers - affection based
on admiration, benevolence,
or common interests.
4. Commitment
- the act of binding yourself
(intellectually or emotionally) to
a course of action
5. Attraction
 attractive quality; magnetic
charm; fascination;
allurement; enticement
 a person or thing that
draws,
attracts, allures, or entices
6. Responsibility
- a form of trustworthiness;
the trait of being answerable
to someone for something or
being responsible for one’s
conduct.

6. WHY PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
ARE IMPORTANT?

7. Research shows that
healthy relationships can help
you:
Live longer. A review of
148 studies found that
people with strong social
relationships are 50% less
likely to die prematurely.
Deal with stress. The
support offered by a
caring friend can provide
a buffer against the
effects of stress
• Be healthier. According to
psychologist
research by
Sheldon Cohen, college
students who reported having
strong relationships were half
as likely to catch a common
cold when exposed to the
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l. richer. A survey by the
National Bureau of Economic
Research of 5,000 people found
that doubling your group of
friends has the same effect on
your wellbeing as a 50% increase
in income!

8. On the other hand, low social
support is linked to a number of
health consequences, such as:
• Depression. Loneliness has
long been commonly associated
with depression, and now
research is backing this
correlation up: a 2012 study of
breast cancer patients found that
those with fewer satisfying social
connections experienced higher
levels of depression, pain, and
fatigue.
• Decreased immune function.
The authors of the same study
also found a correlation between
loneliness and immune system
dysregulation, meaning that a
lack of social connections can
increase your chances of
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researchers who studied a
group of 229 adults over five
years found that loneliness
could predict higher
years
blood
later,
pressure
indicating
isolation
even
that
have
the effects of
long-lasting
consequences.

9. 10 WAYS TO EXPRESS LOVE

10. 1. Express
gratitude.
2. Send
time.
3 aside
4. Keep anger at
bay.
5. Be thoughtfully
generous with gifts..
6. Order fortune cookies
7. Offer an act of kindne
8. Write a note.
9. Make time
10.Be
forgiving.

11. Congrats! You have successfully completed Module 1.
May all your learning guide you towards developing and
maintaining strong relationships with family, friends,
and other love ones!