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Citation analysis of vast misinformation regarding parental alienation theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21558347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Bernet (0000-0002-9101-2108, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville Tennessee USA, corresponding author), Shenmeng Xu (0000-0001-8475-0746, Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 231-245 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavioral Sciences & the Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-3936 • E-ISSN: 1099-0798 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/bsl.2605 |
| PMID | 36582021 |
| OpenAlex | W4313312747 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
Misinformation is widespread in political discourse, mental health literature, and hard science. This article describes recurrent publication of the same misinformation regarding parental alienation (PA), that is, variations of the statement: “PA theory assumes that the favored parent has caused PA in the child simply because the child refuses to have a relationship with the rejected parent, without identifying or proving alienating behaviors by the favored parent.” Ninety‐four examples of the same misinformation were identified and subjected to citation analysis using Gephi software, which displays the links between citing material and cited material. The recurrent misinformation reported here is not trivial; these statements are significant misrepresentations of PA theory. Plausible explanations for this trail of misinformation are the psychological mindset of the authors (i.e., confirmation bias) and the authors' writing skills (e.g., sloppy research practices such as persistent use of secondary sources for their information). The authors of this article recommend that publications containing significant misinformation should be corrected or retracted
Alienation · Citation · Computer security · Epistemology · Internet privacy · Mindset · Misinformation · Political science · World Wide Web · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Law · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |