Attachment and bond are two words often used in child custody evaluations and in family courts. Many professionals misuse these terms. Professionals often use phrases such as “strong attachment,” “healthy bond,” and “well-attached,” all phrases which are not in the scientific literature. Attachment has a specific definition in the scientific literature. Furthermore, other than the Strange Situation method of assessment, there are no well-research reliable and valid methods for assessing the type of attachment, as defined in the scientific literature. Until such measures exist, evaluators, therapists, and family court professionals should avoid using the term attachment to describe parent-child relationships, and instead focus on functional aspects of the parent-child relationship.

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“我们在这里遇到的是沟通失败”：法庭上滥用依恋和联系：要求定义和解释

依恋和债券是儿童监护权评估和家庭法庭中经常使用的两个词。许多专业人士滥用这些术语。专业人士经常使用诸如“强烈的依恋”、“健康的联系”和“良好的依恋”之类的短语，这些短语在科学文献中并不存在。附件在科学文献中有特定的定义。此外，除了奇怪的情况评估方法之外，没有研究过的可靠和有效的方法来评估科学文献中定义的依恋类型。在此类措施存在之前，评估者、治疗师和家庭法庭专业人员应避免使用“依恋”一词来描述亲子关系，而应关注亲子关系的功能方面。