Healthy, Unhealthy, and Abusive Dating Relationships

Different types of abuse include:

• Physical

• Verbal/Emotional

• Sexual

• Digital

True/False: Abuse occurs when one person is seeking some type of control over another person.

• True

• False

Three reasons why abuse might occur are:

• Peer Pressure

• One person seeks power and control in the relationship

• There is a family history of violence in one or both partner's life.

• Gender-role messages

Forms of digital abuse include:

• Telling partner who they can/can't be with or follow on social media.

• Sending insulting, threatening texts

• Constantly texting

• Demanding partner send explicit pictures or sends explicit pictures

Extreme jealousy is a sign of:

• Deep love

• Care and concern for partner

• An unhealthy and potentially abusive relationship.

• Commitment

If you witness a friend being abused or you strongly suspect that they are, you should confront the abuser.

• True

• False

If one partner uses drugs and alcohol, and uses that as an excuse for why they were abusive it's okay.

• True

• False

Three healthy relationship skills we have discussed in class are:

• Love and concern

• Build and Maintain Trust

• Communicate Effectively

• Mange conflict Effectively

True or False: In a healthy relationship, there shouldn't be any conflict.

• True

• False

An example of emotional abuse is...

• Telling your girlfriend she looks pretty.
• Constantly telling your girlfriend she looks fat in her clothes.
• Punching your boyfriend in the face.
• Allowing your partner be themselves