Psychological induction of the child: Cognitive, emotional and behavioral diagnostic markers
Introduction One of the tasks of the forensic assessment of family disputes is to establish the fact that a child is set up by one parent against another. Objectives Identification of diagnostic markers of psychological induced state in a child due to purposeful actions of a parent living togeth...
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Introduction
One of the tasks of the forensic assessment of family disputes is to establish the fact that a child is set up by one parent against another.
Objectives
Identification of diagnostic markers of psychological induced state in a child due to purposeful actions of a parent living together with him.
Methods
A continuous one-step analysis of the results of forensic assessments on family disputes was carried out in respect of 48 girls and 67 boys aged 3 to 15 years (mean age 7.9 ± 4.5 years). The objective materials presented by the court were analyzed in comparison with the results of a structured interview. The statistical significance of any differences were evaluated using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney (U).
Results
Persistent negative attitude to one of the parents was found in 14% of children. Markers of the induced state at the cognitive level were identified: negative semantic attitudes (U=477.1; p=0.014), distorted image of the rejected parent (U=509.5; p=0.023), transformation of memories (U=389.5; p=0.001). At the emotional level: persistent negative attitude to one of the parents when idealizing the second (U=371.1; p=0.001), emotional involvement of the child in the family conflict (U=556.6; p=0.048). At the behavioral level: declaring a stable set of stereotypical “adult” phrases (U=387.3; p=0.001), regressive behaviors and manifestations of stress in the presence of a rejected parent (U=601.5; p=0.04). Markers on all three levels must co-exist.
Conclusions
There are diagnostic markers of the induced state in a child, which verify the forensic conclusion about the negative impact on his mental state of the parent-inducer.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a348388bf6994709a95e17e147ff59d12023-11-17T05:05:29ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S716S71610.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1897Psychological induction of the child: Cognitive, emotional and behavioral diagnostic markersA. Kalashnikova0Laboratory Of Psychology, V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russian Federation Introduction One of the tasks of the forensic assessment of family disputes is to establish the fact that a child is set up by one parent against another. Objectives Identification of diagnostic markers of psychological induced state in a child due to purposeful actions of a parent living together with him. Methods A continuous one-step analysis of the results of forensic assessments on family disputes was carried out in respect of 48 girls and 67 boys aged 3 to 15 years (mean age 7.9 ± 4.5 years). The objective materials presented by the court were analyzed in comparison with the results of a structured interview. The statistical significance of any differences were evaluated using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney (U). Results Persistent negative attitude to one of the parents was found in 14% of children. Markers of the induced state at the cognitive level were identified: negative semantic attitudes (U=477.1; p=0.014), distorted image of the rejected parent (U=509.5; p=0.023), transformation of memories (U=389.5; p=0.001). At the emotional level: persistent negative attitude to one of the parents when idealizing the second (U=371.1; p=0.001), emotional involvement of the child in the family conflict (U=556.6; p=0.048). At the behavioral level: declaring a stable set of stereotypical “adult” phrases (U=387.3; p=0.001), regressive behaviors and manifestations of stress in the presence of a rejected parent (U=601.5; p=0.04). Markers on all three levels must co-exist. Conclusions There are diagnostic markers of the induced state in a child, which verify the forensic conclusion about the negative impact on his mental state of the parent-inducer. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821018976/type/journal_articleinduced statehigh-conflict divorceschildren’s interestsforensic examination |
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| title | Psychological induction of the child: Cognitive, emotional and behavioral diagnostic markers |
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| title_short | Psychological induction of the child: Cognitive, emotional and behavioral diagnostic markers |
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