Wendy Dutton opines:

Parental Alienation Syndrome has not been empirically validated by social science research as a diagnostic syndrome.  A child may have a negative opinion about one parent due to the other parent engaging in alienating behaviors.  However, a child may also have a negative opinion about a parent because of abusive behavior.

 

Articles cited by Dutton:

Bancroft & Silverman, 2002 ; Faller, 1998

Areas of Inquiry and Summary for Expert Testimony and Supporting Research Citations

Wendy A. Dutton, M.A., Ph.D., LPC, February 2022

 

•Suggestibility

 

Suggestibility is the degree to which one’s recollection can be altered by post-event influences.  Suggestibility is not a constant trait.  Factors such as age, source monitoring ability, strength of the memory, interview context, and interviewer bias have been shown to be influences on children’s susceptibility to suggested information.

 

Goodman & Bottoms, 1993; Bruck et al., 1998; Ceci & Bruck, 1995; Doris, 1991; Geddie et al, 2001; Hobbs & Goodman, 2018; Lamb et al., 1995; Leavitt, 1997; Pipe et al, 2004; Poole & Lamb, 1998; Reed, 1996; Rudy & Goodman, 1991; Rush et al., 2015; Saywitz & Goodman, 1996;  Saywitz & Nathanson, 1993; Saywitz et al, 1991.

 

 

•Parental Alienation Syndrome