Parental Alienation Syndrome in Court Referred Custody Cases [Paperback]

Janelle Burrill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2002

This dissertation summarizes the research of 30 court referred, custody dispute cases assessing the behaviors of the parents and their children to determine the presence or absence of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). The criteria to determine the parent and their children's behaviors is Dr. Gardner's definition of Parental Alienation Syndrome. The parents were placed in three categories (mild, moderate or severe) based on their symptoms and behaviors. Their children (59) were then categorized into three groups (mild, moderate, severe). This investigation seeks to determine additional information regarding the presence or absence of PAS.Reluctance by the courts and mental health community to accept the validity of PAS probably contributes to the perpetuation of the disruption of parent-child relations in custody disputes. Findings and Conclusions: It appears the data from this study corroborates observations and definitions of Parental Alienation Syndrome. The data from this study indicates that the parents in the mild PAS category have children who exhibit fewer negative behaviors toward the alienated parents whereas children whose parents are in the severe category exhibit more negative behaviors towards the alienated parents. This study found that the more negative behaviors a child exhibits towards an alienated parent, the more severe their parent's symptoms and behaviors. Consequently, there is more severe alienation from the alienated parent and the more disruption to that parent-child relation. PAS is a distinctive form of child abuse generally found in intractable custody disputes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Dissertation.Com. (October 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581121490
• ISBN-13: 978-1581121490
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read for mental health professionals & Attornies, March 15, 2003

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This book provides the reader with thought provoking ideas regarding parental alienation, its causes, symptomology, and remedies. It is useful for family law attornies, mental health professionals, and families involved in custody cases. Parents whose children have turned away from them and refuse visitation will find this book insightful and with a possible answer to their children's refusal or reluctance to visit them.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baker says it all in her book on Adult Children of PAS; excellent read and correlates many findings of other researchers, October 2, 2009

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Janelle L. Burrill "Noelle Smith" (Gig Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parental Alienation Syndrome in Court Referred Custody Cases (Paperback)

Excellent recent research,which is coroborrated by Baker's recent study of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome. The West Coast vs. the East Coast researchers are in such competition, they have forgot it is the children's best interests and welfare which must be protected, not their competitive egos to denounce other research. This includes finding remedies and early interventions, barring true abuse, so that researchers' intent should be finding ways to protect parent-child relations and protect the children so that both parents and children have positive interactions and safe access. Dr. Burrill or Dr. Baker or Dr. Warshak, "Divorce Poison," ever suggest allowing or exposing children who are abused by either parent as part of alienation nor should it be. Alienation cases are documented cases; wherein, one parent has systematically turned the child against the other parent by continuous assauts against the child's thoughts and feelings s about the other parent causing signification disturbance and distortions of reality in the child. PAS is not true molest or abuse or a manner in which perpetrators should ever have any type of access; this is entirely different and should be immediately turned over to law enforcement agencies to determine these types of allegations and substantiated, evidentiary abuse.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This woman is a fraud!, August 18, 2010

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Before buying this book you need to research the author's credentials! My family has been a victim of her ideology, and I wonder what long term effects the children will have because the court awarded partial custody to their father who was an abusive alcoholic. She claims to have a PHD, which she actually bought from an online university. She uses JD in her title, indicating that she is an attorney, however she failed the Bar exam several times. Don't take my word for it, but please do the research.