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PAS Bibliography A-C

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This Parental Alienation Syndrome bibliography took a great deal of time and effort to put together and contains the best scholarly material we could find on high-conflict custody disputes and Parental Alienation Syndrome.  We hope you find it helpful.


Heinz, M., Grisso, T. (1996) Review of Instruments Assessing Parenting Competencies Used In Child Custody Evaluations. 14 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 3.

Herman, S. (2002) Child Custody Evaluations. In: D. H. Schetky & E. P. Benedek (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Adolescent Psychiatry. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, pp. 69-79.

Hermann, U. (2001) Das Verfahren “Familie in Tieren”. (The “The Family as Animals” procedure) In: Sturzbecher, D. (Hrsg.) Spielbasierte Befragungstechniken. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 242-259.

Hetherington, E. , Hetherington, G., Cox, R., and Cox, M. (1982) Parental Alienation oder Parental Accusation Syndrome? Die Frage der Suggestibilität, Beeinflussung und Induktion in Umgangsrechtsgutachten.

Hewstone, M. (1990) The "Ultimate Attribution Error?“ A Review of the Literature on Intergroup Causal Attribution. 20 European Journal of Social Psychology 31.

Heyne, C. (1996) Die sanfte Gewalt: Narzisstischer Missbrauch. In: Heyne, C. (Ed) Täterinnen - offene und versteckte Aggression von Frauen. München: Knaur, pp. 337 – 356.

Heyne, C., (1993), Täterinnen- offene und versteckte Aggression von Frauen. München: Goldmann.

Hilsenroth, M., Hibbard, S., Nash, M. & Handler, L. (1993) A Research Study of Narcissism, Defense, and Aggression in Borderline, Narcissistic and Cluster C Personality Disorders. 60 Journal of Personality Assessment 2.

Hindman, J. (1991) Sexual Victim Trauma Assessment. In: R. Langevin (Ed) Sex Offenders and Their Victims, Oakville, Ontario: Juniper Press, pp. 151-165.

Hobbs, T. (2002) Parental Alienation Syndrome and UK Family Courts, Part 1. pp.182-189

Hobbs, T. (2006) Legal Requirements of Experts Giving Evidence to Courts in the United Kingdom: PAS and the Experts’ Failure to Comply. In: R. Gardner, R. Sauber, & D. Lorandos (Eds) The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

Hobbs, T. (2006) PAS in the United Kingdom: Problems in Recognition and Management. In: R. Gardner, R. Sauber, & D. Lorandos (Eds) The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

Hodges, W. F. (1986) Interventions for Children of Divorce: Custody, Access, and Psychotherapy. NY: Wiley.

Hoppe, C. F. (1997) Perpetually Battling Parents. In: B. Mark and J. Incoravia (Eds.) The Handbook of Infant/Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Vol. II. Northdale, NJ: Jason Aronson (pp. 485-501).

Hunt, J.S. & Borgida, E. (2001) Is That What I Said? Witnesses’ Responses to Interviewer Modifications. 25 Law and Human Behavior 6.

Huntington, D. S. (1986) The Forgotten Figures in Divorce In: Jacobs, J., W. (Ed) Divorce and Fatherhood: The Struggle for Parental Identity. Washington DC, American Psychiatric Association Press.

Hysjulien, C., Wood, B. & Benjamin, G. (1994) Child Custody Evaluations: A Review of Methods Used in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. 32 Family and Conciliation Courts Review 4.

Isaacs, M. B., Montalvo, B., & Abelsohn, D. (1986) The Difficult Divorce. NY: Basic Books.

Johnson, D. & Wu, J. (2002) An Empirical Test of Crisis, Social Selection, and Role Explanations of the Relationship Between Marital Disruption and Psychological Distress: A Pooled-Time Series Analysis of Four-Wave Panel Data. 64 Journal of Family and Marriage 1.

Johnston, J. (2003) Parental Alignments and Rejection: An Empirical Study of Alienation in Children of Divorce.

Johnston, J. R. (1993) Children of Divorce Who Refuse Visitation. In: C. Depner & J. H. Bray (Eds) Non-Residential Parenting: New Vistas in Family Living. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 109-135.

Johnston, J. R. (1994) High Conflict Divorce. 4 Future of Children 1.

Johnston, J. R., & Kelly, J. B. (2001) Guest Editorial Notes. 39 Family Court Review 3.

Johnston, J. R., & Kelly, J. B. (2004) Rejoinder to Gardner's "Commentary on Kelly and Johnston's 'The Alienated Child: A Reformulation of Parental Alienation Syndrome.’ 42 Family Court Review 4.

Johnston, J. R. & Roseby, V. (1997) In the Name of the Child: A Developmental Approach to Children in High Conflict and Violent Divorce. NY: Free Press.

Johnston, J. R., Walters, M. J. & Friedlander, S. (2001) Therapeutic Work With Alienated Children and Their Families. 39 Family Court Review 3.

ohnston, J., & Campbell, L. (1988) Impasses of Divorce: The Dynamics and Resolution of Family Conflict. NY: The Free Press.

Johnston, J., Gans-Walters, M., & Friedlander, S. (2001) Alienated Children and Divorce: Therapeutic Work With Alienated Children and Their Families. 39 Family Court Review 3.

Johnston, J.R. & Girdner, L. K. (2001) Family Abductors: Descriptive Profiles and Preventive Interventions. Juvenile Justice Bulletin 1-7, http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_1_2/contents.html.

Jopt, U. & Behrend, K. (2000) Das Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) - Ein Zwei-Phasen-Modell (Teil 1) (PAS, a two-phase model [Part 1]) Zentralblatt für Jugendrecht 6, pp. 223-231.

Jopt, U. & Behrend, K. (2000) Das Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) - Ein Zwei-Phasen-Modell (Teil 2) (PAS, a two-phase model, [Part 2]) Zentralblatt für Jugendrecht, 7, pp. 258-271.

Jopt, U. (1998) Wir müssen den seelischen Missbrauch von Kindern verhindern. In: Schmidt A. (Ed.), Mehr Vater fürs Kind - auch nach Trennung und Scheidung, Wege aus der vaterlosen Gesellschaft. Weinheim: Beltz, pp. 224 – 232.

K.C. (2000) Where’s Daddy? The Mythologies Behind Custody-Access-Support. Richmond, VA: Harbinger Press.

Kalichman, S. C. (1999) Mandated Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse: Ethics, Law, and Policy (2nd ed) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Kelly, J. B. & Johnston, J. R. (2001) The Alienated Child: A Reformulation of Parental Alienation Syndrome.

Kelly, J.B., & Lamb, M.E. (2000) Using Child Development Research to Make Appropriate Custody and Access Decisions for Young Children. 38 Family and Conciliation Courts Review 3.

Kerig, P. K. & Lindahl, K. M. (Eds.) (2001) Family Observational Coding Systems: Resources for Systemic Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kernberg, O. (1967) Borderline Personality Organization. 15 Journal of the Psychological Association 3.

Kernberg, O. (1986) Severe Personality Disorders. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Kernberg, O.F., Dulz, B. & Sachsse, U. (Eds) (2000) Handbuch der Borderline-Störungen. Stuttgart: Schattauer.

Kernberg, O. F. (1976) Object-Relations Theory and Clinical Psychoanalysis. NY: Jason Aronson Inc.

Keshet, H. & Rosenthal, K. (1978) Fathering after Marital Separation. 23 Social Work 1.

Kim, T. E., & Goto, S. G. (2000) Peer Delinquency and Parental Social Support as Predictors of Asian American Adolescent Delinquency. 21 Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplina y Journal 4.

Klenner, W. (1995) Rituale der Umgangsvereitelung bei Getrenntlebenden oder Geschiedenen Eltern. 42 FamRZ 24.

Kodjoe, U. & Koeppel, P. (1998 ) The Parental Alienation Syndrome – Past, Present and Future. In: von Boch-Galhau, W., Kodjoe, U., Andritzky, W., & Koeppel, P. (Eds.) (2003) Das Parental Alienation Syndrome – Eine interdisziplinäre Herausforderung für scheidungsbegleitende Berufe (The Parental Alienation Syndrome [PAS] – An Interdisciplinary Challenge for Professionals Involved in Divorce) Berlin: Wissenschaft und Bildung (VWB)

Kodjoe, U. (1998). Ein Fall von PAS, Kindprax, 6/1998, pp. 172-174.

Kodjoe, U. & Koeppel, P. (1998). Fruherkennung von PAS – Moglichkeiten psychologischer und rechtlicher Interventionen, Kindprax., 5/98, pages 138-144.

Kodjoe, von U.O. and Koeppel P. (1998), The Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). Der Amstsvormund, Heidelburg, Germany. January 1998, pp. 9-26 and 135-140.

Kodjoe, U. (1998) Studie von Clawar C Rivlin zur Elternentfremdung. In German (Clawar G Rivlin study on parental alienation) Bad Boll, Germany: Ev. Academy.

Kodjoe, U (2000), Der Amstvormund 8/2000, pp. 641-643.

Kodjoe, U. (2001) Alienation after divorce. The Hague: Paper at PvdA congress.

Kodjoe, U. (2001)., Die feindselige Ablehnung eines Elternteils durch sein Kind (psychologischer Aspekt). In: Eltern Sagen ihr Kind entzwei: Trennungserfahrunggen und Entfremdung von einem Elternteil. Ed. S. Bauerle and H. Moll-Strobel, Donauworth, Germany: Auer Verlag.pp. 26-36.

Kodjoe, U., and Wiestler, S. (1994) Unveröffentlichte (unpublished) Diplomarbeit: Die psychosoziale Situation nichtsorgeberechtigter Väter. Universität Freiburg.

Koepell, P. (2001), PAS und das deutsche Kindschaftsrecht (juristischer Aspekt) In: Eltern sagen ihr Kind entwzi: Trennungserfahrungen und Entfremdung von einem Elternteil. Ed. S. Bauerle and H. Moll-Strobell, Danauworth, Germany: Auer Verlag. Pp. 65-68.

Kopetski, L. (1998) Identifying Cases of Parent Alienation Syndrome - Part I. 27 The Colorado Lawyer 2

Kopetski, L. (1998) Identifying Cases of Parent Alienation Syndrome - Part II. 27 The Colorado Lawyer 3.

Kopetski, L.(2006) Commentary: Parental Alienation Syndrome. In: R. Gardner, R. Sauber, & D. Lorandos (Eds) The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

Kopetski, L., Rand, D. & Rand, R. (2006) Incidence, Gender, and False Allegations of Child Abuse: Data on Eighty-four Parental Alienation Syndrome Cases. In: R. Gardner, R. Sauber, & D. Lorandos (Eds) The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

Kreisman, J., Straus. H. (1989) I Hate You - Don’t Leave Me. Los Angeles, CA: The Body Press.

Kuehnle, K. (1996) Assessing Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.

Kuehnle, K. (2003) Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations. In: A.M. Goldstein & I.B. Weiner (Eds) Handbook of Psychology, Volume 11, Forensic Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons pp. 437-460.

Kumpfer, L. & Alvarado, R. (1998) Effective Family Strengthening Interventions. Juvenile Justice Bulletin, November.

Kunkel, G. (1997) Die Beziehungsdynamik im Familienrechtskonflikt. Untersuchung der Streitmuster bei strittiger elterlicher Sorge- und Umgangsregelung. Dissertation. Eberhard-Karls-Universität. Tübingen.

Künneth, A. (2002) Das Parental Alienation Syndrome. Einflussfaktoren der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen unter sozialpsychologischen Aspekten. (PAS. The Socio-Psychological Aspects Influencing Interpersonal Relationships) Hagen University: Master’s thesis in the field of the psychology of social processes.

Kutchins, H. and Kirk, S.A. (1999) Making Us Crazy, DSM: The Psychiatric Bible and the Creation of Mental Disorders. London: Constable.