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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 pathbreaking relational theory of personality to apply it to the twenty-first-century family in all its configurations. Personality in Intimate Relationships showcases L'Abate's trademark elegant style and provocative ideas in his most accessible work to date.

Based on Axes I and II of the DSM-IV, the book describes relationships along a readily identifiable continuum ranging from optimal functionality to severe pathology, linking the author's conceptual framework to specific diagnostic strategies, therapeutic interventions, and prevention programs. L'Abate's theory not only integrates individual and family theories and seemingly disparate schools of thought, but is also inclusive of nontraditional relationships--grandparent/grandchild dyads, adoptive families, same-sex couples, and others--that are often left out of the family literature.

Among the key areas explored in the book:

* Selfhood and self-differentiation
* Confrontation and sharing of hurt feelings
* Negotiating, bargaining, and problem-solving
* Dealing with distance and closeness
* Intimacy and the ability to love

In addition, the reader is referred to complementary online appendices that supply helpful questionnaires, workbooks, and ideas for further applications.

Personality in Intimate Relationships offers fresh perspective to all frontline practitioners as well as investigators in this area. It is also ideal for graduate courses in abnormal psychology and personal development.

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Few grand theories exist in psychology these days; fewer still explore personality within intimate (i.e., close, prolonged) relationships. The use of "intimate" in lieu of "family" is key, because only about 25 percent of intact US households contain two married parents and two children. L'Abate (Georgia State Univ., Atlanta) offers an expansive treatment that begins with issues in family theory and therapy and widens from there to include nontraditional relationships (e.g., adoptive families, same-sex couples). Modeled along the lines of DSM IV, his is a big theory of functionality and dysfunctionality elucidated in 20 big chapters. L'Abate first articulated his basic theory in 1976, and since then he and his colleagues have tested, extended, and revised it. The author's wide reading contributes significantly to the book's interest: in presenting his theory, he cites and incorporates research from social, cognitive, and clinical psychology, among other areas of the discipline. Although technically a textbook, this book reads more like a monograph. Those interested in abnormal psychology, psychopathology, and family therapy will find much to mull over, and practitioners should also warm to this broad, if idiosyncratic, work. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. D. S. Dunn Moravian College

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Since his retirement in 1990, Luciano L'Abate, Ph.D. has been Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University where he was previously a Professor of Psychology beginning in 1965. L'Abate has been an editorial board member of many national and foreign professional and scientific journals, as well as a consultant to various publishing houses. He is the author and co-author of over 300 papers, chapters, and book reviews in professional journals in addition to authoring/editing 34 books. His work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Finnish, Spanish, French, Polish, and German languages. Dr. L'Abate is the recipient of many awards including "Family Psychologist of the Year for 1994" by Division 43 of the American Psychological Association, "Outstanding Contribution" by the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and "Outstanding Citizen" by the House of Representatives in the State of Georgia. He has also held workshops and lectured extensively in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Dr. L'Abate has spent the last several years involved full-time in writing and research since his retirement from Georgia State University.