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Chapter 5: Building Healthy Relationships and Understanding Sexuality
This chapter discusses the different ways to improve communication skills and interpersonal interactions. Donatelle defines intimate relationship into four characteristics that include behavioral interdependence, need fulfillment, emotional attachment and emotional availability. Most common intimacy relationship is from family, partners, and close friends that usually involve healthy and unhealthy characteristics. This chapter explains on how to improve the ability to communicate with others by learning appropriate self-disclosure, becoming a better listener, using non-verbal communication and resolving conflict through communication. Finally, this chapter discusses how committed relationships to be important to develop successful relationships. In this chapter I learned that through healthy and unhealthy relationships with others fulfills ones inner needs that plays a crucial role to our health. Having a positive healthy, according to the book by Donatelle, are 50% are more likely to survive over time than those who are involve in a negative relationship. I also learned that being involve in a negative relationship can affect how the bodies immune system functions and more likely to deal with stress and anxiety. Acknowledging signs of a negative relationship and committing to changing behavior can offer an opportunity to save a relationship. Lastly, reading about this chapter I also learned about that great communication, recognizing my sexual identity, leads to satisfaction in sexuality. Learning about male and sexual anatomy brings maturity that can help derive pleasure and satisfaction.
Chapter 6: Considering Your Reproductive Choices. This chapter explains the different types on contraceptive methods and their effectiveness to help prevent unplanned pregnancy and avoid preventing transmitted sexual diseases. Approaches to avoid fertility today are male female condoms, the
This chapter discusses the different ways to improve communication skills and interpersonal interactions. Donatelle defines intimate relationship into four characteristics that include behavioral interdependence, need fulfillment, emotional attachment and emotional availability. Most common intimacy relationship is from family, partners, and close friends that usually involve healthy and unhealthy characteristics. This chapter explains on how to improve the ability to communicate with others by learning appropriate self-disclosure, becoming a better listener, using non-verbal communication and resolving conflict through communication. Finally, this chapter discusses how committed relationships to be important to develop successful relationships. In this chapter I learned that through healthy and unhealthy relationships with others fulfills ones inner needs that plays a crucial role to our health. Having a positive healthy, according to the book by Donatelle, are 50% are more likely to survive over time than those who are involve in a negative relationship. I also learned that being involve in a negative relationship can affect how the bodies immune system functions and more likely to deal with stress and anxiety. Acknowledging signs of a negative relationship and committing to changing behavior can offer an opportunity to save a relationship. Lastly, reading about this chapter I also learned about that great communication, recognizing my sexual identity, leads to satisfaction in sexuality. Learning about male and sexual anatomy brings maturity that can help derive pleasure and satisfaction.
Chapter 6: Considering Your Reproductive Choices. This chapter explains the different types on contraceptive methods and their effectiveness to help prevent unplanned pregnancy and avoid preventing transmitted sexual diseases. Approaches to avoid fertility today are male female condoms, the