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Book SynopsisIn his acclaimed book A Theory of Personality Development, Luciano L''Abate introduced a revolutionary theory of personality development and functioning that departed radically from traditional theories. In place of hypothetical traits existing in an empirical vacuum, Dr. L''Abate offered an image of observable interpersonal competencies functioning within the basic contexts of home, work, leisure, and the marketplace. Central to his theory was a developmental model that posited the family as the primordial setting in which propensities are formed and behavior patterns set. By defining personality in terms of the growth and interplay of interpersonal competencies, the L''Abate theory provided an epistemologically and empirically sound basis for understanding personality function and dysfunction as corollaries and extensions of one another.
In The Self in the Family, Luciano L''Abate and Margaret Baggett again break new ground by expanding the L''Abate theory of personality developm
Table of Contents
SUMMARY AND EXPANSION OF THE THEORY.
The Family as the Context for Personality Development andSocialization.
Corroborating the Theory: Independent and Indirect Evidence.
Corroborating the Theory: Direct Evidence.
Hurt: A Fundamental but Neglected Feeling.
The Continuum of Likeness in Intimate Relationships: Theory andResearch.
Linking Individual with Family Behavior: Seven Models in Search ofa Theory.
EXPANSIONS OF THE THEORY TO PERSONALITY, CRIMINALITY, ANDPSYCHOPATHOLOGY.
Linking Personality with Criminality and Psychopathology.
Criminalities.
Affective Disorders.
Psychopathologies.
Addictions and Psychosomatic Illnesses.
APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY TO PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS.
Prevention.
Crisis Interventions and the Psychotherapies.
CONCLUSION.
Toward a Simple Arithmetical Model for InterpersonalRelationships.
Appendix.
References.
Indexes.
