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.
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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.
@article{Joyce2019Under,
  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},
  number = {1},
  pages = {53--88},
  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.},
  keywords = {A-B-C Model; Critics},
  url = {https://1drv.ms/b/s!AqneSWcIBOtasvRn4VOsmLkTR4FJ7Q?e=dRkNDf},
  language = {English}
}

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