Is It Alienating Parenting, Role Reversal or Child Abuse? A Study of Children's Rejection of a Parent in Child Custody Disputes

Johnston, Janet R.; Walters, Marjorie G.; Olesen, Nancy W.

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“…and her followers (Johnston, Walters & Olesen, 2005) nonetheless also continue to emphasize the unconscious or subconscious factors that they believe fuel mothers' alienating behaviors. For instance, like PAS proponents, Johnston and her collaborators assert the counterintuitive position that a mother's ''warm, involved'' parenting can powerfully fuel alienation in a child.…”

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“…In their more recent PA publications, Johnston and collaborators (Johnston, Walters, & Olesen, 2005) are less blunt, but they continue to conflate alienation with the logical results of abuse. For instance, they describe the alienated child as an unhealthy child who ''lose[s] their emerging sense of self and their capacity for realistic judgment, become[s] psychologically enmeshed, and form[s] a pathological alliance with one parent against the other'' (p. 210).…”

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A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation

Meier

2009

Journal of Child Custody

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A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation

Meier

2009

Journal of Child Custody

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“…Targeted children have been observed to exhibit psychosocial disturbances due to exposure to parental alienation. These disturbances include disrupted social-emotional development, lack of trust in relationships, depression, anxiety, difficulties controlling their impulses, social isolation, and low self-sufficiency (Baker, 2005b(Baker, , 2010bBen-Ami & Baker, 2012;Friedlander & Walters, 2010;Godbout & Parent, 2012;Johnston, Walters, & Olesen, 2005;Kopetski, 1998b).…”

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Parental alienation: Targeted parent perspective

Balmer

Matthewson

Haines³

2018

Australian Journal of Psychology

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Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine targeted parent experiences of parental alienation post-separation from the alienating parent, and to investigate common targeted parent characteristics. Method: A total of 225 targeted parents completed an online survey. Results: Targeted parents reported experiencing high severity of exposure to parental alienation tactics. Targeted parent sex and targeted child age significantly predicted variance in exposure to parental alienation. Targeted mothers experienced significantly higher severity of exposure to parental alienation than targeted fathers. Severity of exposure to parental alienation tactics significantly predicted increases in the appraisal of the parental alienation situation as threatening. Conclusions: The findings offered new insights into targeted parent appraisals of their parental alienation experience. The results signified the seriousness of the impact of exposure to parental alienation for targeted parents, and highlighted a need for empirical research into the effectiveness of interventions and support services to assist targeted parents.

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“…A investigação sugere, ainda, que o controlo psicológico (associação que tem vindo a ser encontrada nas práticas parentais, nomeadamente nos comportamentos de alienação parental), não só faz com que os jovens se sintam triangulados, mas também serve como mediador entre os conflitos inter-parentais e os comportamentos de internalização dos jovens, nomeadamente, depressão e ansiedade (Johnston, Walters, & Olesen, 2005). A esse propósito, Swanson (2005) enfatiza não só as consequências negativas que advêm da vivência de conflitos de lealdade, mas também que fatores podem potenciar os sentimentos dos jovens se sentirem divididos.…”

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Conflitos interparentais e individuação em jovens adultos portugueses: papel dos conflitos de lealdade

Mota

Matos

2013

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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Resumo -O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar em que medida os conflitos de lealdade e a triangulação a uma das figuras parentais medeiam a associação entre a percepção de conflitos inter-parentais e o processo de individuação de jovens adultos. Adicionalmente, pretendeu-se testar se dimensões positivas da relação parental moderam a associação antes mencionada. Os participantes foram 538 jovens adultos portugueses entre os 18 e os 30 anos de idade, de ambos os gêneros. Para ambas as figuras parentais, a coligação (mas não a triangulação) medeia o efeito dos conflitos inter-parentais na individuação dos jovens, sendo que a percepção de cuidado recíproco e intimidade na relação parental moderam a relação entre conflitos inter-parentais e individuação dos jovens. Os resultados foram discutidos à luz do paradigma da vinculação e da formação da identidade.Palavras-chave: conflito inter-parental, conflitos de lealdade, individuação, vinculação Interparental Conflicts and Individuation in Young Portuguese Adults:The Role of Loyalty ConflictsAbstract -The goal of the present study was to examine whether loyalty conflicts and pressure to side to one of the parents mediate the association between the perception of interparental conflicts and the individuation process in young adults. In addition, we wanted to test whether positive dimensions of the parental relationship moderate the above mentioned associations. Participants were 538 Portuguese man and women with ages between 18 and 30 years. The results indicate that coalition mediates the effect of interparental conflict on the individuation of the young adult, and that the perception of reciprocal care and intimacy in the parental relationship moderates the association between interparental conflicts and individuation. Results were discussed according to the attachment theory and the development of the identity of the young adult.Key words: interparental conflict, loyalty conflicts, individuation, attachment O processo de separação-individuação constitui um tema cuja abordagem tem sido cada vez mais enfatizada em torno do contexto físico e emocional que rodeia os jovens (Arnett, 2006). Desde a infância até à vida adulta, os jovens vão sendo progressivamente integrados num contexto exterior ao ambiente parental, criando oportunidades de experienciar e integrar novos desafios. Um passo crucial na transição da adolescência para a vida adulta representa a construção da identidade pessoal. De acordo com Erikson (1972), a constituição da identidade assume-se como uma tarefa desenvolvimental relevante que permite uma definição de quem é a pessoa, quais os valores e as direções que aspira seguir, criando um sentido de continuidade e de unicidade pessoal. Note-se que esse processo é em si pautado por uma necessidade de exploração do mundo emocional e cognitivo, em que os jovens reorganizam ideias, valores e sentimentos, seguindo-se um compromisso consigo mesmo, fruto de um investimento pessoal (Marcia, 1966).Ao longo do processo de desenvolvimento, uma crescente separação ...

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Is It Alienating Parenting, Role Reversal or Child Abuse? A Study of Children's Rejection of a Parent in Child Custody Disputes

Cited by 62 publications

References 32 publications

A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation

A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation

Parental alienation: Targeted parent perspective

Conflitos interparentais e individuação em jovens adultos portugueses: papel dos conflitos de lealdade

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