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Jack Arbuthnot

Research Area:
Experimental

Specializations:
Interventions Design & Outcome Evaluations

Contact Information:

Office: 226 Porter Hall

Phone: (740) 597-1964

E-mail: arbuthno@ohio.edu

Research Interests:
Jack Arbuthnot has testified before state and national legislatures, offered expert testimony in over two dozen criminal and civil cases, and served on numerous state and national agencies and boards. He served as a consulting editor for two of the American Psychological Association's most prestigious journals, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and Psychological Assessment, and is currently on the editorial board of Family and Conciliation Courts Review. With Dr. Donald Gordon, also in the Intervention Design and Outcome Evaluation program, Dr. Arbuthnot has developed award-winning video-based educational interventions for divorcing parents and children that are in use in over 1500 locations worldwide. He was a member of family mediation delegations to the People's Republic of China, Russia, and Poland, and was leader of the latter two. His research evaluating interventions for divorcing families is locally, nationally, and internationally recognized and has provided direct benefits to the many divorcing families in our community and across the country.

Selected Publications:

Arbuthnot, J., & Gordon, D.A. (1996).

Divorce education for parents and children. In L. VandeCreek, S. Knapp, & T.L. Jackson (Eds.), Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source Book, Vol. 15. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press. Pp. 341-364.

Arbuthnot, J., & Kramer, K. M. (1998).

Effects of divorce education on mediation process and outcome. Mediation Quarterly, 15, 3, 199-214.

Kramer, K. M., Arbuthnot, J., Gordon, D. A., Rousis, N. J., & Hoza, J. (1998).

Effects of skill-based vs. information-based divorce education programs on domestic violence and parental communication. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 36, 1, 9-31.

Myers, B., & Arbuthnot, J. (in press).

The effects of victim impact evidence on the verdicts and sentence recommendations of mock jurors. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Arbuthnot, J., Kramer, K., & Gordon, D.A. (1997).

Patterns of relitigation following divorce education. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 35, 3, 269-279.

Arbuthnot, J., & Gordon, D.A. (1996).

Does mandatory divorce education for parents work? A six-month outcome evaluation. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 34, 1, 60-81.

Recent Grants:

• Judicial Training in Human Relations: Minimizing the Stress of Divorce on Children. State Justice Institute, 1993-94, $106,584. Co-PI with D. A. Gordon.

Some Recent or Upcoming Presentations:

Arbuthnot, J., Gordon, D.A., Blaisure, K., Brown, J., Geasler, M., and Kramer, L. (2000).

Research outcomes and trends in divorce education: What do we know, where do we go? 4th Annual Parent Education Congress, Kiawah Island, SC, November 13, 2000.

Arbuthnot, J., & Schoeneman, R. (2000).

Courts' perceived obstacles to establishing divorce education programs: Solutions for problems. 4th Annual Parent Education Congress, Kiawah Island, SC, November 14, 2000. Leach, J., Arbuthnot, J., & Myers, B. (1998). Pretrial publicity and pretrial biases: assessing exposure using continuous measures of retention. American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1998.

Kramer, K.M., Arbuthnot, J., & Gordon, D.A. (1997).

Comparative outcome evaluation of mandatory skill-based vs. information-based divorce education programs for parents: Impact on parental behaviors and child outcomes. Third International Congress on Parent Education Programs, Breckenridge, CO, September 14-16, 1997.

Arbuthnot, J., & Kramer, K.M. (1997).

Divorce education and mediation: Facilitation of process and outcome. Third International Congress on Parent Education Programs, Breckenridge, CO, September 14-16, 1997.

Arbuthnot, J., Kramer, K.M., & Gordon, D.A. (1997).

Effects of skills-oriented divorce education on post-divorce relitigation. Third International Congress on Parent Education Programs, Breckenridge, CO, September 14-16, 1997.

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate:
Social Psychology of Justice; War: Human Response

Graduate:
Divorce/ Family Mediation

Affiliations:

• Academy of Family Mediators
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts