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ASSESSING FOR ALIENATION AND ACCESS IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES
Author(s) -
Lample Anita K.
Publication year - 2002
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.174-1617.2002.tb00834.x
Subject(s) - child custody , alienation , psychology , psychometrics , developmental psychology , focus (optics) , clinical psychology , criminology , law , political science , physics , optics
Alienated children in high‐conflict (HC) custody cases differ from nonalienated children in HC custody cases. Efforts to assess and differentiate between the children should focus first, on establishing what differences do exist and then on what psychometrics are of most help in the assessment. Five categories of HC children and areas where HC children are all alike and where alienated and nonalienated children differ are reviewed. Psychometrics appropriate for the tasks of research and evaluation are proposed.