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MEDIATION AND PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Vestal Anita
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1999.tb00548.x
Subject(s) - alienation , child custody , psychology , unconscious mind , mediation , remedial education , developmental psychology , social psychology , criminology , psychoanalysis , law , political science , mathematics education
Parental alienation syndrome (PAS), a term that originated in the mid‐1980s, refers to a disturbance in which children are preoccupied with viewing one parent as all good and the other parent as all bad. Conscious or unconscious words and actions of custodial parents cause the child(ren) to align with them in rejection of noncustodial parents during divorce or custody disputes. Issues of concern for mediators include detection of PAS and an understanding of appropriate remedial plans that will allow the child to restore his or her relationship with the noncustodial parent .