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Psychopathology and Self-Regulation: Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Intervention

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Chapter 7 offers information on providing care for individuals and their family members with a history related to the four models presented in this book. Chapter 7 discusses the implications of practice behavior, assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention based on relational psychopathology as a manifestation of difficulties in self-regulation. Specifically, this chapter focuses on the clinical tasks of assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention from a systems perspective. Several principles of relational competence theory and the deadly drama triangle undergird this discussion.

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  1. Department of Educational Studies in Psychology Research Methodology, and Counseling, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    Lisa M. Hooper

  2. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Luciano L’Abate

  3. Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    Laura G. Sweeney

  4. Department of Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Giovanna Gianesini

  5. Department of Psychology, Bethel University, St Paul, MN, USA

    Peter J. Jankowski

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Hooper, L.M., L’Abate, L., Sweeney, L.G., Gianesini, G., Jankowski, P.J. (2014). Psychopathology and Self-Regulation: Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Intervention. In: Models of Psychopathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8081-5_7

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