@article{ref1,
title="Yes, children are susceptible to manipulation: commentary on article by Clemente and Padilla-Racero",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2015",
author="Bernet, William and Verrocchio, Maria Cristina and Korosi, Stanley",
volume="56",
number="",
pages="135-138",
abstract="The recently published article by Clemente and Padilla-Racero made incorrect statements regarding Richard Gardner and the mental condition that he identified, parental alienation syndrome. Clemente and Padilla-Racero conducted research on children and concluded, &quot;Gardner's ideas about parental alienation syndrome, and in particular the ease of parental manipulation of children, were not empirically verified.&quot; When we reviewed the data from their own research, we arrived at the opposite conclusion, i.e., that over 40% of child subjects, age 6 to 12, were manipulated by adult suggestion to describe a non-event. We conclude that the data of Clemente and Padilla-Racero were consistent with Gardner's theory that a parent can influence a child to make false statements about the other parent and to develop false beliefs and ultimately false memories of non-events. That article, which features misinformation and methodological flaws, should be withdrawn from publication.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.004"
}