The PABS, which consists of 6 items, was administered to mothers, fathers, and adult children to determine the presence of parental alienating behaviors.īaker Strategies Questionnaire. Braver, Coatsworth, and Peralta (n.d.) described and tested the PABS, although this work was not published in a journal.
Scores on this scale were related to other measures in a theoretically consistent manner indicating good validity of the measure. A factor analysis and reliability analysis confirmed that the two alienation scales (father alienating against mother and mother alienating against father) were reliable. Kathleen Laughrea (2002) developed the AFRS, which is administered to children. Gordon, Stoffey, and Bottinelli (2008) found that parents who induced alienation in their children manifested higher scores (in the clinical range) on the MMPI-2 than control mothers and fathers (scores in the normal range), indicating primitive defenses such as splitting and projective identification.Īlienated Family Relationship Scale. Siegel and Langford (1998) found that alienating mothers were more likely to complete MMPI-2 questions in a defensive manner, striving to appear as flawless as possible. The MMPI-2 is well-established psychological test, which is commonly used in parenting time evaluations. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2. Although Bricklin did not use the term “splitting” in his discussion of the BPS, that appears to be what he was measuring. Alienated children, on the other hand, are likely to see the preferred parent as totally good and the rejected parent as totally bad. Estranged children are likely on the BPS to manifest ambivalence toward both parents. The BPS, which were developed specifically for use in child custody evaluations, define and quantify children’s attachment to and perceptions of their parents (Bricklin, 1984). If you are a graduate student and/or interested in PA research, you can help develop bibliographies regarding PA contact me at Perceptual Scales. Some these tests will be discussed in my presentation on December 6, 2020, at the conference of the International Council on Shared Parenting. Here is a list of tests that relate to PA-in roughly chronological order. Some of the tests or questionnaires involve parents some are administered to children who are being evaluated for the possibility of PA. In recent years, researchers have published peer-reviewed articles regarding several psychological tests that relate in some way to the identification of parental alienation (PA). Psychological Tests for Parental Alienation Bernet presents the various tests related to parental alienation that will be discussed in his presentation. His presentation, “A Counterintuitive Feature of Family Violence and Parental Alienation,” will be presented at 1:30 pm EDT on Sunday, December 6. Bernet has done groundbreaking research on parental alienation. William Bernet, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The organizers were fortunate to be able to include in the conference Dr. The conference brings together leading researchers from around the world to address a variety of issues connected with shared parenting, but with a special focus on shared parenting and domestic violence. On December 5 & 6, the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP), with support from National Parents Organization, is presenting an extraordinary conference, freely available to anyone on the Internet.