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E‐MAILS, STATUTES, AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS: A CONTEXTUAL EXAMINATION OF THE PROCESSES, INTERVENTIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES OF PARENTING COORDINATORS
Author(s) -
Hayes Sherrill,
Grady Melissa,
Brantley Helen T.
Publication year - 2012
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.1744-1617.2012.01458.x
Subject(s) - statute , psychology , snowball sampling , interpersonal communication , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , mental health , personality , process (computing) , social psychology , applied psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , pathology , political science , computer science , law , biology , operating system
The current study uses a survey instrument to examine parenting coordination through the lens of Bronfenbrenner's Person, Process, Context, Time (PPCT) model. The survey focused on contextual factors such as statutes, local rules, interpersonal characteristics, dynamics of the clients, and background characteristics of parenting coordinators. Responses from a sample of PCs were obtained using list serves and a snowball sampling procedure. Results included the extent to which the parenting coordination process occurs through email and other technology rather than in‐person sessions. Mental health disorders and inability to pay were primary barriers to the PC process. Key Points for the Family Court Community:• There are many potential factors, both inside and outside a PC case, that influence the decisions that practitioners make when working with clients and, ultimately, on the results of the process. • The most salient contextual factors that influence the PC process were formal rules (statutes and/or local rules), interpersonal characteristics of the participants (personality disorders, socio‐economic factors), and background characteristics of the PC (education, experience).