When courts accept what science rejects: Custody issues concerning the alleged “parental alienation syndrome”
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- Psychology
- 2 July 2016
ABSTRACT “Parental alienation syndrome” (PAS) is unscientific and is an affront to children, women who hold the custody of children of separated couples, science, human rights, and the justice system…
Institutional Violence Against Users of the Family Law Courts and the Legal Harassment Scale
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero, P. Espinosa, Adela Reig-Botella, M. Gandoy-Crego
- LawFrontiers in Psychology
- 18 January 2019
This hypothesis was substantiated by the data obtained using a new 32-item psychometric instrument with a global index: the LHS, consisting of four factors: Direct Aggression, Procedural Harassment, Personal Contempt, and Manipulation of Reality.
Are children susceptible to manipulation? The best interest of children and their testimony
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- Psychology
- 1 April 2015
The Dark Triad and the Detection of Parental Judicial Manipulators. Development of a Judicial Manipulation Scale
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero, P. Espinosa
- PsychologyInternational Journal of Environmental Research…
- 1 April 2020
It is found that dark triad traits are adequate indicators of judicial manipulation and the importance of the scale to help the judicial system to determine which parent is the most appropriate to be designated as the legal custodial parent is discussed.
Facts speak louder than words: Science versus the pseudoscience of PAS
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- Psychology
- 1 September 2015
Judicial Decision-Making in Family Law Proceedings
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero, M. Gandoy-Crego, Adela Reig-Botella, Rubén González-Rodríguez
- Law, Psychology
- 15 July 2015
Judicial Family Law proceedings are peculiar; a large number of cases are never closed, until the children reach adulthood. We selected three variables to test whether they can explain the…
Obey the justice system or protect children? The moral dilemma posed by false parental alienation syndrome
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- Psychology
- 24 November 2020
The Effects of the Justice System on the Mental Health of Plaintiffs and Defendants
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- Psychology
- 23 October 2019
This study aimed to assess the psychological effects of being processed by the justice system, either as a plaintiff or as a defendant. The sample consisted of 360 subjects, 32.8% defendants and…
Revenge among Parents Who Have Broken up Their Relationship through Family Law Courts: Its Dimensions and Measurement Proposal
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero, P. Espinosa
- PsychologyInternational Journal of Environmental Research…
- 1 December 2019
This work analyzes inter-parental revenge after a breakup process, as it relates to the dark triad of personality, moral disengagement, and sex role ideology, to provide some insight for the protection of minors from manipulation by means of the Family Courts.
The effects of the justice system on mental health
- M. Clemente, Dolores Padilla-Racero
- PsychologyPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
- 5 May 2020
Assessment of the psychological effects of being processed by the justice system in Spain revealed significant differences between plaintiffs and defendants, although it was also confirmed that both parties showed greater pessimism about the future.
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