USE OF THE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY IN CHILD-CUSTODY EVALUATION: QUEBEC STUDY TO IDENTIFY PARENT PROFILES
The psychological expertise required in a child custody dispute must account for the defensive attitude of parents. This research is based on a group of 120 parents assessed in the context of custody disputes. It shows that parents tend to be moderately defensive on the PIM scale. In addition to the PIM scale, the use of the PIM Predicted Profile, the PIM Specific Profile and the DEF, RXR and WRM scales allow identifying predominant defensive patterns for the interpretation of the Psychological Assessment Inventory. The results reveal the PAI’s effectiveness in discriminating authentic profiles from defensive profiles.