Abstract This introduction highlights the need for a special issue in the Journal of Child Custody on the misconceptions and misapplications of research within the family law arena. First, an examination of why these topic areas are relevant is conducted including an overview of the types of false assumptions and biases that are still very much present within the family legal system and child custody evaluations, and how they have an ongoing negative impact on the lives of children and families. Then, this introduction introduces and outlines the different ways that the articles included in this first of the double special issue address the misconceptions contributing to faulty practice, including false memories, and provide a critical examination of the different ways that parental alienation is assessed and treated. Both issues within this two-part special issue present articles that clearly identify better and more appropriate directions for future research in order to strengthen child custody evaluations and the family law system as a whole.

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家庭法案例研究的误解和误用：“父母异化综合症”的神话和植入的错误记忆

摘要 这篇介绍强调了在《儿童监护杂志》上发表一期关于家庭法领域研究的误解和误用的特刊的必要性。首先，对这些主题领域为何相关的原因进行了检查，包括对家庭法律体系和儿童监护权评估中仍然非常存在的错误假设和偏见类型的概述，以及它们如何对儿童监护权产生持续的负面影响。儿童和家庭的生活。然后，本介绍介绍并概述了第一期双专刊中的文章解决导致错误做法（包括错误记忆）的错误观念的不同方式，并对评估和处理父母异化的不同方式进行了批判性研究。 .