Science, Research, and the Law

IF ABUSED CHILDREN GENERALLY DO NOT REJECT PARENTS THEN WHY DO NON-ABUSED CHILDREN?

The Assessment of the Attitudes and Behaviors about Physically Abused Children/ A Survey of Mental Health Professionals, by Amy J. L. Baker, Steven Miller, William Bernet, Trinae Adebayo. (ABUSED CHILDREN DO NOT REJECT PARENTS). 

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PARENTAL ALIENATION RESEARCH HAS MATURED AND COME OF AGE Developmental Psychology and the Scientific Status of Parental Alienation by Dr. Jennifer J. Harmon,Richard A. Warshak, Demosthenes Lorandos, and Matthew J. Florian.

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PARENTAL ALIENATION RESEARCH: ACCEPTED IN OVER 1180 TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS BETWEEN 1985-2018.  In the last two decades some social scientists and legal professionals have questioned the legitimacy of parental alienation as a concept and its admissibility in child abuse and child custody litigation. This study was designed to examine the extent to which courts in the United States have found the concept of parental alienation material, probative, relevant and admissible.

Parental Alienation in U.S. Courts, 1985-2018 by Dr. Demosthese Lorandos.

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CONTRARY TO THOSE WHO PROMOTE "VIOLATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY" (see article below on Statement of Global Action on Research Integrity) AND THE UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC WHO FOLLOW THEM, PARENTAL ALIENATION RESEARCH IS VALID, RELIABLE, AND 'GENERALLY ACCEPTED' BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 

Quantative Research Regarding Parental Alienation Published in Professional Peer-Reviewed Journals, developed by members of the Parent Alienation Study Group. 

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SEVERAL STUDIES REGARDING RESEARCH INTEGRITY FOUND A NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS WITH INTENTIONAL FALSIFICATION AND DEFAMATION INVOLVING PARENTAL ALIENATION RESEARCH. 

Statement of the Global Action for Research Integrity in Parental Alienation by Dr. William Bernet and Dr. Alejandro Mendoza Amaro. 

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FALSEHOODS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES, AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT INTERNET SITES AND WEBSITE BLOGS. ONE SUCH PUBLICATIONS  IS THE DISCREDITED JOAN MERCER BOOK ON PA. YET, SOME INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY PROMOTE MISINFORMATION AS "PA has been debunked and rejected by major publications." NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

Parental Alienation and Misinformation Proliferation by Dr. William Bernet.

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PARENTAL ALIENATION IS RECOGNIZED BY AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, WILEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW, AND MORE.

Recognition of Parental Alienation in Authoritative Reference Books by Dr. William Bernet. 

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NINETY-FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE SAME MISINFORMATION WERE IDENTIFIED AND SUBJECTED TO CITATION ANALYSIS USING GEPHI SOFTWARE, WHICH DISPLAYS THE LINKS BETWEEN CITING MATERIAL AND CITED MATERIAL. THE RECURRENT MISINFORMATION REPORTED HERE IS NOT TRIVIAL; THESE STATEMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT MISREPRESENTATIONS OF PA THEORY.

Scholarly rumors: Citation analysis of vast misinformation regarding parental alienation theory by William Bernet and Shenmeng Xu

 

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