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FAMILY DISPUTE RESOLUTION: CHARTING A COURSE FOR THE FUTURE
Author(s) -
HoltzworthMunroe Amy,
Applegate Amy G.,
D'Onofrio Br ian
Publication year - 2009
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.1744-1617.2009.01269.x
Subject(s) - dispute resolution , psychological intervention , field (mathematics) , psychology , work (physics) , child custody , resolution (logic) , social psychology , public relations , sociology , political science , law , criminology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , mathematics , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , pure mathematics
This article summarizes ideas for future directions in the field of family dispute resolution, as discussed by legal experts, social scientists, and other participants at the Indiana University–Bloomington conference on family dispute resolution. Five major categories of future directions were discussed: (1) clarifying differing goals for work in this field; (2) recognizing, understanding, and assessing for heterogeneity among couples and families facing divorces, break ups in adult relationships, and reconfigurations of adult relationships with the children (“relationship dissolution”); (3) testing our assumptions and commonly held beliefs about relationship dissolution; (4) empirically testing the efficacy of interventions for families experiencing relationship dissolution; and (5) disseminating research findings to those on the frontline.