INTERPERSONAL

RELATIONS

INTRODUCTION
An interpersonal relationship is a
relatively long-term association between
two or more people. This association
may be based on emotions like love,
liking regular business interactions or
some other type of social commitment.
It takes place in a great variety of
contexts such as family, friends,
marriage, acquaintances, work clubs,
neighbourhood and religious
organizations. They may be regulated
by law, custom or mutual agreement.

The study of IPR involve several branches

of social science including disciplines
such as sociology, psychology, and social
work. IPR is dynamic systems that
change continously during their
existance. It has a beginning a life span
and an end.

DEFINITION
Interpersonal relationship are social
associations connections or
affiliations, between two or more
people.
There are different levels of intimacy
and sharing, implying the
establishment of common ground,
may be centered around something
shared is common.

PHASES
George levinge (psychologist) has
developed a model on the natural
development of a relationship. This
has five stages :(phases)
1.Acquaintance :
Becoming acquainted depends on
previous relationships, physical
proximity, first impressions and a
variety of other factors. If two people
begin to like each other continued
interactions may lead to the next stage.

2. Build up :
People begins to trust
Care for each other
Common background and goals will
influence.
Need for compatibility and such filtering
agents.
3. Continuation :
This stage follows mutual commitment to a
long term friendship.
Stable period
Continued growth and development occurs.
Mutual trust is important for sustaining the
relationship.

4. Deterioration :
Not all relationship deteriorate, but tend to
show signs of trouble, boredom,
resentment, and dissatisfaction may occur.
Individuals may communicate less and
avoid.
Self discloser. Loss of trust and betrayals
may takes place of the downward spiral
continues.
5. Termination :
Final stage makes the end of the
relationship, either by death or by
separation.

PURPOSES

To learn about self, about the society

To establish and maintain relationships
To alleviate loneliness
To influence control and direct
Helps for diversion
Helps to meet the needs of others
Gain confidence and satisfaction
Provides intellectual and emotional
bond among the people.(nurse and
patient)
Promotion of community living

Cont

Promotion of positive thinking

To build a healthy society
To promote social harmony
To achieve the aims of organization
To fulfill the responsibilities of a
profession

TYPES
Friendship
Theories of friendship emphasize the
concept of friendship as a freely
chosen association.
Family
Family communication patterns
establish roles, identifies and enable
the growth of individuals, family
dysfunction may also be exhibited by
communication patterns.

Romantic
It defined in terms of the concept of
passion, intimacy and commitment.
Professional relationship
It encompasses small group
communication and interviewing.
Casual relationship
Individuals meet casually without any
purpose, talk something general.
It may further deepen to friendship or
it may be extinguish.

BARRIERS OF IPR

Physical barrier
Perception
Emotions
Culture
Language
Gender
Defensive barriers such asLack of self confidence
Fear of rejection
Fear of loss of status, and desire to be
perfect in public opinion

Cont..

Mistrust
Lack of awareness regarding needs
Lack of mutual respect
Ineffective communication
Absence of conducive environment
Lack of common goal
Professional incompetence

JOHARI WINDOW
A johari window is a cognitive
psychological tool created by Joseph Cuft
and Harry in 1955 in US, used to help
people better understand their
interpersonal communication and
relationships. It is used primarily in self
help groups and corporate settings as a
heuristic exercise.

Charles Handly calls this concept the Johar

Window. House with four rooms or
quadrants.
Room 1- is the part of ourselves that we
see and others .
Room 2 is the aspect that others see but
we are not aware of it.
Room 3 is the most mysterious room in
that the unconscious or subconscious bit
of us is seen by neither ourselves nor
others.
Room 4 is our private space which we
know but keep from others.

Quadrants
Adjectives that are selected by the both
the participant and his peers are placed
into the ARENA quadrant. It represents
traits of the participant known to both of
them.
Adjectives selected by the participant not
by their peers and placed into the
FAADE quadrant.
These represents information about the
participant which the peers are not
aware. It is up to participant whether or
not to disclose the information.

 Adjectives selected by the peers are placed

into BLIND SPOT quadrant, these represent
information of which the participant is not
aware, but others are aware and they can
decide whether and how to inform the
individual about these blind spots.
Adjectives which were not selected by
either the participant or their peers remain
in the unknown quadrant, representing the
participants behaviors or motives which are
not recognized by any one participating.
This may be because they do not apply or
there is collective ignorance.

Known to self
(subject)

Not known to self

(subject)

Known to others
(peers)

open

Blind

Not known to others

Hidden

Unknown

JOHARI WINDOW MODEL OF

HUMAN INTERACTION
The process of enlarging the open quadrant
is called self disclosure, a give and take
process between me and the people I
interact with. Typically as I share something
about myself (moving information from my
hidden quadrant into open) and if the other
party is interested in getting to know me
they will reciprocate, by similarly disclosing
information in their quadrant. Thus an
interaction between two parties can be
modeled dynamically as two active Johari
windows.

Advantages of Johari window

The JW model is a simple and useful tool
for illustrating and improving self
awareness.
Develop mutual understanding between
individuals and with in a group.
Can be used to assess and improve a
groups relationship with other groups.
For inter group and interpersonal
development.
Helps in mapping ones personality.
Helps in employee counselling
It is useful in term building and training.