Despite affecting millions of families around the world, parental alienation has been largely
unacknowledged or denied by legal and health professionals as a form of family violence …

Abstract Theory and research have described developmental processes leading to
damaged parent–child relationships, such as those that occur during a divorce. However …

The concept of parental alienation (PA) has expanded in popular usage at the same time
that it remains mired in controversy about its scientific integrity and its use as a legal strategy …

This article analyzes rhetorical strategies that are often used to legitimize classifying
children's parent rejection as “alienation,” conceived as a mental disorder or diagnosis. Use …

There have been significant advances in understandings and practice related parent–child
contact problems (PCCPs), with a growing consensus about some issues and continuing …

This article examines the current state of research on parental alienation, which reveals that
alienation is far more common and debilitating for children and parents than was previously …

This study investigated the targeted parent experience of parental alienation and alienating
behaviors. One hundred and twenty-six targeted parents provided narratives in response to …

Induced parental alienation is a specific form of psychological child abuse, which is listed in
DSM-5, the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric …

The role of social-environmental factors in adolescent problematic Internet use (PIU) has
attracted considerable attention recently. Several studies have documented that peer …

Scientific literature has pointed to a growing body of empirical studies that contribute to an
accurate map** of parental alienation. This descriptive literature review of empirical …