Healthy Relationships Utah Teens
March 2021
TEEN TALK
Personality:
Centered and Extreme Behaviors
Our personalities contribute to our relationships. When we feel safe and centered, our personality strengths can benefit our relationships. When we feel threatened or unsafe, the extreme tendencies of our personalities can lead to conflict.

Does your personality work well with your partner’s personality? Do your qualities complement each other? Are differences treated with respect? What extreme tendencies in your personality can you work on? What about your partner?

In Love Notes, we talk about these ideas so we can be prepared to recognize our own (and our partner’s) centered behaviors and extreme behaviors.
QUOTE CORNER
Quotes About the
Love Notes Curriculum
“I’ve talked with my girlfriend about intimacy. I’ve set some boundaries that we’ve agreed to stick to. It’s hard to do, but I think it’s important. We’ve even done some of the Love Notes journal together.”

 –Love Notes class participant, age 16
PARENTING TIP
Personalities and Relationships
Talk with your teen about how your personality tendencies have impacted your relationships, especially the romantic ones.

How have you learned to reflect on your personality strengths or extreme tendencies to improve your relationships? Can you help your teen recognize their own personality strengths and how personality extremes tend to arise in stressful situations?
RESOURCES
Safe Harbor - Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Help
Safe Harbor Crisis Center provides shelter, supportive services, and advocacy to survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault, as well as education, awareness,
and resources to our community.


24/7 Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Line: (801) 444-9161

Outreach Center: (385) 515-4044


Utah Domestic Violence Coalition–
Free and confidential help to find relief from partner violence


24 hour LINKLine: 1-800-897-LINK (5465)
Funding for this program was provided by the OPA Grant: TP1AH000232. Additional support was provided by Utah State University Extension. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the presenters/authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders. Utah State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution and is committed to a learning and working environment free from discrimination, including harassment. For USU’s non-discrimination notice, see