Title: Identify communication skills and behaviors that strengthen intimate relationships.
Course: Individual Development (19260-36) > Section: Identifying Factors Related to Intimate Relationship Success

Identification should include

- developing active listening skills
- demonstrating openness and honesty
- compromising, finding common ground, and respecting boundaries
- emphasizing negotiation during disagreements
- balancing work and home.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are active listening skills?
- What does it mean to fight fair?
- What does it mean to respectfully disagree?
- What are some problem-solving skills that could benefit a marriage?
- What are some strategies for improving a marriage?

Communication

- How can personal needs be properly expressed in a marriage?
- What are some common mistakes couples make when communicating personal needs?
- How can you improve your communication skills within a marriage?

Leadership

- What is meant by the art of compromise?
- What are some ways to diffuse growing tension or anger within a relationship?
- How can conflict be managed so everyone’s opinion is heard and considered?

Management

- What factors cause stress within a marriage?
- How can the use of time-management skills benefit a marriage?
- Why is it important to set individual and combined priorities in a marriage?