Chapter 18: Healthy Family and Peer Relationships

Which of the following is a sign of an unhealthy relationship?

• You have been physically assaulted by your partner

• You feel you cannot say anything right

• You are made fun of

• All are signs of an unhealthy relationship

Which of the following is true of family relationships?

• They provide for physical needs

• They serve to educate and socialize children

• They meet mental and emotional needs

• All of these choices are true of family relationships

Strategies for maintaining healthy relationships with your parents or caregivers include _____.

• not discussing family rules

• following your family's rules, even if you disagree with them

• keeping information your family wouldn't like to know a secret

• avoiding spending time together if you are not getting along

Which of the following is a strategy for forming a healthy dating relationship?

• finding ways to cope with your nerves

• avoiding group dating

• entering into a new relationship as soon as a previous relationship ends

• spending your free time exclusively with your new boyfriend or girlfriend

Which of the following is involved in active listening?

• thinking about tasks you need to complete while someone is talking

• thinking about your response while the person is speaking

• acknowledging and repeating what you heard in your own words

• All of the choices are involved in active listening

Which of the following strategies will NOT help keep your friendship strong?

• Celebrate your friend's successes

• Express your feeling openly

• Tease your friends about their faults

• All of the options help keep your friendship strong.

Which of the following is an important quality in a healthy dating relationship?

• maintained individuality

• lack of communication

• disregard for personal safety

• Both lack of communication and disregard for personal safety

Which of the following describes balance in a relationship?

• One partner makes most of the decisions about activities

• Both partners expect each other not to spend time with family or other friends

• Neither partner prioritizes this one relationship over all others

• Both partners expect each other not to spend time with family or other friends and Neither partner prioritizes this one relationship over all others

Your dating relationship is unhealthy if _____.

• your partner tells you to stay away from your friends or family

• your partner physically intimidates you

• you have been pressured or coerced into having sex

• All of this choices are examples of an unhealthy dating relationship

The act of forcing someone into sexual activity that she or he does not want.

• diversity

• acquaintances

• sexual assault

• exclusive