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Effects of Mediation – 12 Years Later

Does mediation work? If so, how can we tell? What do we measure and how do we measure it? In his book, Renegotiating Family Relationships: Divorce, Child Custody and Mediation (2012 Guilford Press), Robert Emery, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia, conducts a thorough review of the scientific research studying mediation and its effects upon separating and divorcing parents who are conflicted about how to proceed in planning and caring for their children.