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Infant Ment Health J. 2018 Nov;39(6):652-655. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21751. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

ON EXACTITUDE IN SCIENCE: A MAP OF THE EMPIRE THE SIZE OF THE EMPIRE.

Infant mental health journal

Marinus H Van Ijzendoorn, Miriam Steele, Pehr Granqvist

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  1. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  2. The New School, New York City.
  3. Stockholm University.

PMID: 30418681 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21751

Abstract

In the service of children's best interests, we argue for a sharpening of the evidentiary standards used in family court decision making, from preponderance of (occasionally substandard) evidence to "beyond a reasonable doubt." Second, we call for a move in child protection cases from static diagnoses (e.g., attachment classifications) to assessments of the potential for enhanced parenting. Finally, informed by the implications of the replication crisis in the biomedical and psychological sciences, we applaud the move of the attachment field forward to large-scale, collective research agendas and goals.

© 2018 The Authors. Infant Mental Health Journal published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.

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