Personal Development: Social Relationships in Adolescence PDF

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Module 2: **Social Relationships in Middle and Late Adolescents** **Social relationships** - your interactions with other people. - They can range from casual acquaintances to deep friendships, based on how much you share and trust each other. These relationships hel...

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Module 2: **Social Relationships in Middle and Late Adolescents** **Social relationships** - your interactions with other people. - They can range from casual acquaintances to deep friendships, based on how much you share and trust each other. These relationships help you work together to reach common goals. 4 main types of relationships that influence you as an adolescent: \(1) Parents, (2) Peers, (3) Community and (4) Society. However, these factors are shaped by culture. Culture can have a positive or negative effect on your development. Roles- In the society, you can be someone based on a social situation that you decide to take.  **Political Leaders**: These people make and enforce the laws we live by. They set an example for us to follow.  **Religious Leaders**: They guide their followers in their beliefs and help keep religious traditions alive. They also provide moral guidance.  **Teachers**: They educate young people, helping them learn and grow to become future leaders.  **Children**: They need special care and support to ensure they get what they need to thrive.  **Church Members**: These individuals practice their faith and help keep their religious traditions alive.  **Celebrities**: They promote good behavior, responsible choices, and social justice. People expect them to act well and set a positive example. As you commit into social relationships, you may also find yourself either leading or someone being led. **leadership** is the ability of the person in authority to guide others to achieve certain goals. Leadership is also a way of influencing other people by which the **leader** influences the followers to achieve the organizational goals. (Chris Bernard) **followership** **-** the act or condition of following a leader \- Being a follower isn\'t just sitting back; it requires active engagement and critical thinking. **Social influence** - is how one person can affect another\'s behavior, leading them to change their actions based on the influence. Here are some key types of social influence: - **Conformity**: This is when you act like others to fit in and gain their approval. It's about wanting to belong to a group. - **Compliance**: This occurs when you do something because someone else asked you to. It's another way for young people to feel accepted by their peers. - **Obedience**: This means following directions from someone in authority, like a teacher or parent. Often, you do this because you feel you have no choice. Module 4: **Various Roles of Different Individuals** **in Society and How They Can Influence People Through their Leadership or Followership** **Role** - a collection of expectations, values, behaviors, and traits associated with a specific position, like a leader, follower, or club president. Each leader takes on their role in society, and they are expected to act in ways that align with what people in that society believe is appropriate. T**o become a great leader, you must be a good follower** **Roles of an Efficient Leader that can influence people:** 1. **Set an Example**: A good leader demonstrates the right behavior. Always act with integrity and avoid shortcuts. 2. **Take Responsibility**: Focus on your duties and be proactive in guiding and developing your team. 3. **Show Initiative**: Identify what needs to be done without waiting for others to tell you. 4. **Lifelong Learner**: Continuously improve your skills and knowledge related to your job. 5. **Show Enthusiasm**: Bring a positive attitude to work; your energy can motivate others. Don't let personal issues affect your performance. 6. **Willing to Serve**: A servant leader inspires others by showing a willingness to help and support. 7. **Active Listener**: Maintain eye contact, notice body language, and start sentences with "I" to improve communication and understanding. 8. **Show Empathy**: Try to understand others\' perspectives and feelings by putting yourself in their shoes. 9. **Be Sensitive to Others\' Needs**: As a leader, be aware of and respond to the needs of your team members. 10. **Delegate Work**: Share tasks within the team, ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities. 11. **Learn to Appreciate**: Acknowledge and thank team members for their hard work to keep them motivated. 12. **Be Patient**: Stay calm during difficult situations and practice managing your emotions. **Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need** 1. **Courage to Take Responsibility**: Effective followers own their actions and understand their impact on the organization. 2. **Courage to Challenge**: If a leader\'s actions go against the organization\'s best interests, a strong follower speaks up, maintaining integrity without compromising the group\'s well-being. 3. **Courage to Embrace Change**: Effective followers see change as a shared experience and support their leader while being open to confronting challenges. 4. **Can-Do Attitude**: Positive, self-motivated followers make a leader\'s job easier by getting things done, accepting responsibilities, and tackling difficult tasks. 5. **Collaborative Approach**: Followers recognize they are part of a larger team, understanding that their actions impact everyone and working well together. 6. **Courage to Serve**: Effective followers identify and respond to the needs of the organization and its members. 7. **Passion for Personal Growth**: Leaders appreciate followers who actively seek their own development rather than relying solely on the leader for guidance. **Module 7: Family Structures and Legacies** Family - Latin word -- Familia - group of people living in the household. Family could be related by blood, by birth, or by other relationship. - group of individual living together in one household. - Basic unit of society - Smallest organization in the community **Types of Family structures** **Nuclear Family** - **Definition:** Traditional family with married parents and children. - **Example:** Mother, father, and children. **Extended Family** - **Definition:** Includes relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) living together and sharing duties. - **Example:** Family with parents, children, grandparents, aunts, and uncles living together. **Single Parent Family** - **Definition:** One parent living with their children, often due to divorce, death, or adoption. - **Example:** A father or mother with their children. **Step Family** - **Definition:** Formed when parents remarry, combining children from previous relationships. - **Example:** Mother, her children, stepfather, and his kids. **Foster Family** - **Definition:** Temporary guardianship for children, may not be biologically related. - **Example:** Parents with a foster child. **Adoptive Family** - **Definition:** Parents who adopt a child with no blood relation or from one parent. - **Example:** Parents with an adopted child. **Bi-racial or Multi-racial Family** - **Definition:** Parents from different racial backgrounds. - **Example:** Filipina mother and American father with children. **Trans-racial Adoptive Family** - **Definition:** Parents adopting a child of a different race. - **Example:** American parents with adopted Filipino children. **Conditionally Separated Family** - **Definition:** One family member temporarily separated due to work or hospitalization. - **Example:** Family living together except for the father working abroad. **Childless Family** - **Definition:** Married couple without children. - **Example:** Mother and father only. **Gay or Lesbian Family** - **Definition:** Families with one or both parents identifying as part of the LGBT community. - **Example:** A lesbian mother and her children with a gay father. **Migrant Family** - **Definition:** A family that moves to a new location due to circumstances like a job. - **Example:** Family moving because the father is a military officer. **Immigrant Family** - **Definition:** A family with one or both parents as immigrants; children\'s status may vary. - **Example:** Santos family, where the mother is a Canadian citizen but the rest are not. **The Emotional Legacy** For children to grow and succeed, they need to feel safe and secure. This comes from being in a loving and stable environment. **A strong emotional legacy:** - provides a safe environment in which deep emotional roots can grow - fosters confidence through stability - conveys a tone of trusting support - nurtures a strong sense of positive identity - creates a "resting place" for the soul - demonstrates unconditional love **The Social Legacy** **Key building blocks of children's legacy include:** **Respect: Children should learn to respect themselves and then extend that respect to others.** **Responsibility: Teaching kids to be responsible for their actions helps them understand accountability. Assigning them tasks at home allows them to learn from their mistakes.** **Unconditional Love: Parents should show love and acceptance, while also setting limits when children misbehave.** **Social Boundaries: Children need guidance on how to interact with God, authority figures, peers, the environment, and siblings.** **Rules with Love: Establishing rules within a caring relationship helps children understand expectations.** **The Spiritual Legacy** **Here are five things you do that predict whether your children will receive the spiritual legacy a Christian parent desires. Do you:** 1. **Acknowledge and reinforce spiritual realities? Do your children know, for example, that Jesus loves everyone? That God is personal, loving and will forgive us?** 2. **View God as a personal, caring being who is to be loved and respected?** 3. **Make spiritual activities a routine part of life?** 4. **Clarify timeless truth --- what is right and wrong?** 5. **Incorporate spiritual principles into everyday living.** **Module 8: Make a Genogram and Trace Certain Physical, Personality, or** **Behavioral Attributes through Generations** **Genogram (McGoldrick--Gerson study)** - **A genogram is a graphic representation of a family tree that shows detailed relationships among individuals, including emotional connections and other family attributes.** - **It is more detailed than a traditional family tree, visualizing hereditary patterns and psychological factors in relationships.** - **illustrates the relationships among family members across multiple generations using specific symbols.** **History:** - **Developed in the 1970s by Murray Bowen as part of the family systems model.** - **Popularized by Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson in their 1985 book, *Genograms: Assessment and Intervention*.** **Uses:** - **Employed in various fields: medicine, psychology, social work, genealogy, genetic research, and education.** - **Helps identify repetitive behavior patterns and hereditary tendencies.** - **Used in therapy for personal records and explaining family dynamics.** - **It serves as a graphic organizer, making it easier to present and understand complex family information.** **Genogram Symbols** ***Figure 1. Basic Genogram Symbols***   Module 9: **Plan on How to Make the Family Members Firmer and Gentler with Each Other** Family Relationships - Family relationships are very important, starting from birth, especially in biological families. They greatly affect a person\'s well-being throughout life. Family Members and Their Roles **Couple** - Support each other physically, emotionally, and financially. **Parents** - Provide basic needs: food, clothes, shelter, education, safety, love, and care. **Children** - Respect and obey parents. - Help with household chores. - Focus on their studies. **Siblings** - Older siblings care for younger ones. - Younger siblings learn from older siblings. **Extended Members** - Offer support, such as: - Grandparents caring for grandchildren. - Giving advice to family members. Module 10: **Factors Influence Career Planning and Decision Making** **Interests** - **Areas that provide enjoyment and learning.** - **Should align with career choices for satisfying decision-making.** **Skills** - **Talents or abilities learned through training and experience.** - **Developed despite challenges if there is a desire to learn.** **Values** - **Stable life goals and individual beliefs shaped from childhood.** - **Influence priorities, decisions, and behaviors.** - **Rokeach Personality Theory:** - **Terminal Values: End desires (e.g., prosperity, peace).** - **Instrumental Values: Acceptable behaviors (e.g., honesty, ethics).** - **Values are reinforced by parental discipline and become virtues.** **Personality** - **Blend of characteristics that influence thoughts and behaviors.** - **Changes with life experiences; understanding personality helps predict actions.** **Career** - **paths are small tasks that lever to career goal.** - **what you do for a living using your profession or occupation that undergo education or training to master knowledge and expertise.** - **is wise decision-making of steps and process for continuous development of learning of achieving his/her professional and personal goal.** - **These small personal tasks contribute to the personal development** **Career Development** a. **Self-Concept: Individual perception of roles and opportunities.** - **Donald Super\'s Theory: Different personality traits and values influence career choices.** - **Vocational Development: Growth through life experiences and self-discovery.** - **Growth Stage (0-14 years): Development of self-concept and attitudes.** - **Exploration Stage (15-24 years): Trying out vocational preferences through real experiences.** - **Establishment Stage (25-40 years): Settling into a stable job.** - **Maintenance Stage: Finding permanent work.** - **Decline Stage: Experiencing physical and mental changes; work begins to cease.** **Traits for Career Development** a. **Self-Determination: Acting based on intrinsic motivation; fulfilling dreams despite challenges.** b. **Self-Monitoring: Watching one\'s behavior and adjusting to the environment; crucial for identity formation.** c. **Proactive Personality: Taking initiative and solving problems; seeking opportunities for growth.** d. **Self-Esteem: Perception of social acceptance; high self-esteem leads to confidence and success.** e. **Self-Efficacy: Ability to complete tasks successfully; organized self-management leads to good performance.** f. **Locus of Control: Belief in controlling one\'s destiny; high internal locus leads to motivation and participation.** **Factors Influencing Career Planning** 1. **Parental Autonomy: Parents' guidance and support are crucial; tension can lead to uncertainty in career choices.** 2. **Financial Hardship: Economic challenges can derail education; some students persist despite difficulties.** 3. **Change in Family Roles: Broken families may limit educational opportunities; responsibilities can shift.** 4. **School Location: Distance from home can affect schooling decisions.** 5. **Academic Performance: Grade requirements can influence course and career choices.** 6. **Employment Rate: Market demand affects career choices; skill development is essential.** 7. **Herd Mentality: Peer influence can sway career decisions; parental guidance is important.** 8. **Self-Sabotage: Negative self-talk can hinder progress; seek reliable advice for clarity.**