Under the microscope: The admissibility of parental alienation syndrome. Joyce, K. J. Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 32(1):53–88, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, USA, 2019.
Paper abstract bibtex Call it the Theory of A-B-C: a controversial model of parental alienation which has at its center a very specific causal relationship between systematic programming by a “favored” parent (the “A”) and manifestations of that programming in a child’s behaviors (the “B”), with a judicially-imposedremedy (the “C”) of transferring custody from the “targeted” parent and isolating the child from the “favored” parent. The argument that parental alienation has a direct "cause and effect" [A-B-C] is a tactical weapon with a devastating impact in the world of child custody litigation. One serious consequence of this A-B-C model, as it is argued by proponents, is the ability to confuse lawyers and judges by claiming that this causation is a series of direct connections easily explained as true by the observing "expert" without reference to any of the limits that scientists must ethically draw in social science research.
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author = {Joyce, K. J.},
title = {Under the microscope: The admissibility of parental alienation syndrome},
journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers},
publisher = {American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers},
address = {USA},
year = {2019},
volume = {32},
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isbn = {ISSN: 0882-6714},
abstract = {Call it the Theory of A-B-C: a controversial model of parental alienation which has at its center a very specific causal relationship between systematic programming by a “favored” parent (the “A”) and manifestations of that programming in a child’s behaviors (the “B”), with a judicially-imposedremedy (the “C”) of transferring custody from the “targeted” parent and isolating the child from the “favored” parent. The argument that parental alienation has a direct "cause and effect" [A-B-C] is a tactical weapon with a devastating impact in the world of child custody litigation. One serious consequence of this A-B-C model, as it is argued by proponents, is the ability to confuse lawyers and judges by claiming that this causation is a series of direct connections easily explained as true by the observing "expert" without reference to any of the limits that scientists must ethically draw in social science research.},
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