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High Conflict (high + conflict)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Law and Criminology75%

Selected Abstracts

PARENTING COORDINATION: IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES1

FAMILY COURT REVIEW, Issue 4 2003
2003 AFCC Task Force on Parenting Coordination, April 30
ABSTRACT The parenting coordinator model ("PC model") has been implemented in many states as an intervention for dealing with high conflict families in domestic relations proceedings before the courts. The PC model has been repeatedly recommended by professionals as an intervention to help families structure, implement, and monitor viable parenting plans and to reduce relitigation rates where high conflict threatens the family adjustment process. This article summarizes current professional literature on the PC model and discusses the PC model as it has been implemented in various states, outlining the implementation issues encountered. This information may serve as a guide for determining the feasibility of establishing the PC model in other jurisdictions, and provides insight into potential impediments and possible resolutions. [source]

PACT: A Collaborative Team Model for Treating High Conflict Families in Family Court

JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JOURNAL, Issue 2 2009
Joe H. Brown
ABSTRACT This article describes a court-community model program for high conflict divorced families that is designed to reduce the level of inter-parental conflict including: a) child exposure to inter-parental conflict; and b) the frequency of re-litigation over residential arrangements and parenting plans. The six-session (16-hour) program combines conflict resolution and group/community support. The program provides a "Personal Support Team" and "Personal Plan of Action" to help each parent control emotions and maintain agreement. The results of research conducted to explore the effect of the program on level of triangulation and inter-parental conflict, as well as the frequency of re-litigation over parenting plans, residential arrangements, and parenting time are reported. [source]

High Conflict Divorce, Violence, and Abuse: Implications for Custody and Visitation Decisions

JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JOURNAL, Issue 4 2003
CLARE DALTON
ABSTRACT Today, judges are faced with the daunting task of determining the best interests of the child and making appropriate custody awards to that end. The best interests of children becomes a critical question when domestic violence is involved; yet, determining what constitutes domestic violence is often debated. Research is often divided on what constitutes domestic violence. One body of research focuses on conflict, another focuses on domestic violence. What the first group identifies as intense emotional distress and disagreement, the other identifies as abuse. Judges making custody determinations in such cases are faced with the difficult challenge of distinguishing between a divorce with "high conflict" and a domestic violence case with ongoing abuse. This article will summarize the legal, philosophical, and historical understandings of the "high conflict" family and its potential impact on children. It will also provide practical judicial guidelines for making the important distinction between high conflict and domestic violence and subsequently crafting appropriate and safe child custody awards. [source]

Sibling relationships and best friendships in young adulthood: Warmth, conflict, and well-being

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, Issue 2 2006
AURORA M. SHERMAN
Although much work addresses the importance of siblings and friendships in separate investigations, few studies simultaneously examine both relationships. Young adults (N= 102, M age = 18.7) were surveyed about their friendships, their sibling relationships, and their psychological well-being (assessed by self-esteem and loneliness). Participants with harmonious (high warmth, low conflict) sibling relations and same-gender friends had the highest well-being. Participants with affect-intense (high warmth, high conflict) sibling relationships had low well-being. However, participants who had low-involved (low warmth, low conflict) and affect-intense same-gender friendships did not differ in well-being. When examining joint effects, having a harmonious same-gender friendship compensated for having a low-involved sibling relationship, but having harmonious sibling relations did not compensate for having low-involved friendships. Overall, the results underscore the importance of positive and negative relationship properties and the joint effects of multiple relationships. [source]