Personality in Intimate Relationships Socialization and Psychopathology / by Luciano L'Abate.

Personality in Intimate Relationships Socialization and Psychopathology Luciano L’Abate, Georgia State University, Atlanta Four decades of contributions to personality theory and family practice have earned Luciano L’Abate a worldwide reputation for therapeutic insights. Now he expands on his pathbr...

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Main Author: L'Abate, Luciano (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Background for a Theory of Personality Socialization in Intimate Relationships and Psychopathology
  • Background for a Theory of Personality Socialization in Intimate Relationships and Psychopathology
  • Requirements for the Theory
  • Reducibility to Known Psychological Constructs
  • Verifiability and Accountability
  • Metatheoretical Assumptions
  • The Horizontality of Relationships
  • The Verticality of Relationships
  • Settings as Contexts for Intimate Relationships
  • Assumptions of the Theory
  • Space and the Ability to Love
  • Time and the Ability to Negotiate
  • Modalities of Exchange
  • Models of the Theory
  • Developmental Identity-Differentiation
  • Styles in Intimate Relationships
  • Selfhood: The Attribution of Importance
  • Priorities: What Is Really Important?
  • Applications of the Theory
  • Distance Regulation
  • The Drama Triangle
  • Intimacy: Sharing Hurts and Fears of Being Hurt
  • Negotiating How to Solve Problems
  • A Concluding Model16 and a Comparative Model17
  • Conclusion
  • Testing the Theory in the Laboratory and Prevention Settings
  • The Future of the Theory.