Models for conducting tests for joint activities during the production of the CSPPE in legal disputes between parents regarding the upbringing of a child

The article discusses the features of conducting a test for the joint activities of children and parents in the production of a comprehensive forensic psychological and psychiatric examination (KSPPE) on legal disputes between parents about the upbringing of children. The purpose of the work is to form, based on a psychological analysis of expert practice (50 cases) of the «V.Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology» of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation scientifically based unified principles and algorithms for conducting this experimental technique, depending on the individual specifics of the examined contingent. The main methodological approaches and methodological techniques of this procedure, its diagnostic capabilities in comparison with other tools of a psychologist in this subject form of KSPPE are highlighted. Three typical models of the implementation of a joint activity test are presented – by all subexperts simultaneously, in adult-child dyads and sequentially. The reasons for choosing a standard model, the procedure and the advantages of each of the options are highlighted. The article formulates recommendations for conducting a joint activity test for medical psychologists working in expert institutions, taking into account the specifics of the KSPPE on legal disputes between parents about the upbringing of a child and the requirements of the expert process.