Thursday 30 June 2011

9. Gordon et al, 2008; Findings of Primitive Defenses in Alienating Parents





CLICK HERE FOR RESEARCH: Gardner's PAS research is closely analysed and validated by three Forensic Psychologists (Robert Gordon, Ronald Stoffey, Jennifer Bottinelli).  

In their excellent discussion (page 224) they include the following:

"Alienating parents who use primitive defenses injure children by damaging their ability to form judgments of others based on objectivity. 

When alienating parents teach children to subjectively classify others as all good or all bad, and justify treating others unfairly, the children’s capacity for healthy intimacy becomes impaired."