Clawar& Rivlin Children Held Hostage: Dealing with programmed and brainwashed children, p.178
 
TABLE 14
Most Common Detection Factors Present, by Percentage of Cases
 
 Detection Factors    % of  Cases
 1. Contradictory statements   70
 2. Inappropriate and unnecessary information  85
 3. Character assault   60
 4. Collusion or one-sided alliance   50
 5. Child becomes spy or conduit of information  30
 6. Use of indirect statements  70
 7. Restrictions on permission to love or be loved  90
 8. Unchildlike statements  30
 9. Good parent vs. bad parent   55
 10. Comparative-martyr role  80
 11. Fear of contact with other parent  20
 12. Anxiety arousal  60
 13. Cohort in secret-keeping   30
 14. Child appears as mirror image of programmer  20
 15. Confusion of a birth parent's importance  21
 16. Manifestation of guilt   40
 17. Scripted views  45
 18. Unmanageability for no apparent reason  15
 19. Radical changes and dysfunctional behavior manifested in other spheres  44
 20. Nonverbal messages  38
 21. Coaching behavior  28
 22. Brain twirling  15
 23. Child threatens parent   8
 24. Child as parent's best friend  12
 25. Physical survival   10