Respectful Relationships and the dimensions of Health and Wellbeing
Physical Health and Wellbeing
Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Social health and wellbeing
Spiritual health and wellbeing
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Enhanced in people with healthy and respectful relationships.
Do not suffer physical injuries from abuse of violence.
People may play sport as part of a team or be encouraged to do physical activity with friends or family.
improves cardiovascular health and helps maintain healthy body weight and enhances the functioning immune system
Contributes to the achievement of optimal social health and wellbeing as people interact with others in a positive way and offer support to eachother.
The ability to manage and adapt to different social situations is helped when people are exposed to healthy and respectful relationships.
E.g. Teenagers with good parent relationships often find it easier to act appropriately with other adults.
When people are in positive, caring relationships they are easily able to recognise and manage emotions.
Even with conflict, a positive outcome can be achieved with good communication.
Through good communication within a caring and supportive relationship, optimal emotional health and wellbeing van be promoted.
Stress, anxiety and low self-esteem are characteristics of people involved in unhealthy, negative relationships. In this mental health and wellbeing can be severely compromised.
HARR can improve and promote optimal health and wellbeing because stress remains low, when anxiety is present it can be reduced by sharing and being cared for.
Being supported to do things and build good self-confidence and esteem. In healthy and respectful relationships when people fail to fully achieve their goals having support from others means they can try again and their resilience if built along the way,
Being part of a healthy and respectful relationship means: Big life decisions can be made together which means that the accompanying anxiety can be reduced.
With good communication all parties can offer their thoughts and feelings to make their decisions together.
A strong feeling of connectedness is fostered through healthy and respectful relationships. People are more connected and through shared interest values and beliefs stay that way.
The relationships are inclusive of others and make people feel comfortable promoting optimal spiritual health, Meaning and purpose are essential parts of spiritual haw and can be achieved through having many different relationships.