LUCIANO L'ABATE is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia State University.PIERO DE GIACOMO is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Institute of Psychiatry at the Medical School of Bari University, Italy.

• PrefaceTheories and Models of Intimate RelationshipsTwo Taxonomies of Relational StylesA Developmental Theory of Relational CompetenceEvaluating the ModelIntegrating the Theory with the ModelApplications of the Theory and the ModelTheory-Derived Preventive Interventions for Non-clinical RelationshipsTheory-Derived Interventions for Clinical RelationshipsModel-Derived Preventive Interventions for Non-clinical RelationshipsModel-Derived Interventions for Clinical RelationshipsPractical Integration: Using Computers and Internet Technologies for Clinical and Non-clinical RelationshipsConclusionTheoretical Integration of Theory and Model with other ModelsReferencesAppendices

LUCIANO L'ABATE is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia State University.PIERO DE GIACOMO is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Institute of Psychiatry at the Medical School of Bari University, Italy.

• PrefaceTheories and Models of Intimate RelationshipsTwo Taxonomies of Relational StylesA Developmental Theory of Relational CompetenceEvaluating the ModelIntegrating the Theory with the ModelApplications of the Theory and the ModelTheory-Derived Preventive Interventions for Non-clinical RelationshipsTheory-Derived Interventions for Clinical RelationshipsModel-Derived Preventive Interventions for Non-clinical RelationshipsModel-Derived Interventions for Clinical RelationshipsPractical Integration: Using Computers and Internet Technologies for Clinical and Non-clinical RelationshipsConclusionTheoretical Integration of Theory and Model with other ModelsReferencesAppendices