Prevention • Intervention • Support • Education
Characteristics of a Healthy Relationship
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COMMUNICATION – open, honest, and lots of it!
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RESPECT – Both partners respect and support each other and each other’s boundaries
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NO JEALOUSY/TRUST – Each partner is comfortable and trusting of the other – no possessive behavior
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SHARED RESPONSIBILITY – making decisions together
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HONESTY – the couple is able to talk about things open and honestly, even about things that may hurt
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LOVE – Not obsession! Love is mutual and fun and a combination of all of these things
Different Forms of Dating Violence:
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Verbal
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Emotional/Psychological
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Physical
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Sexual
Difference between Conflict and Violence
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Conflict is NORMAL and inevitable
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Violence in a relationship is ILLEGAL and preventable A violent relationship is beyond conflict.