Perceived Parent-Child Alienation: Empirical Assessment of Parent-Child Relationships Within Divorced and Intact Families

Parental alienation refers to a parent's attempts to distance a child from the child's other parent. We examined (1) the effects of "feeling alienation" upon college students' recollections of their childhood relationships, (2) the effects of "feeling alienation" o...

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Published in:Journal of divorce & remarriage 2006-07, Vol.45 (3-4), p.131-156
Main Authors: Monè, Jennifer Gerber, Biringen, Zeynep
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alienation
attachment
child alienation
Children
Children & youth
children of divorce
conflict
Divorce
Marriage
parent-child relationships
Parental alienation
Parenting
Parents & parenting
Perceptions
Personal relationships
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Summary:Parental alienation refers to a parent's attempts to distance a child from the child's other parent. We examined (1) the effects of "feeling alienation" upon college students' recollections of their childhood relationships, (2) the effects of "feeling alienation" on perceptions of adult parent-child relationships, and (3) the likelihood of alienation in intact and divorced families. A sample of undergraduates (N = 227) completed the Relationship Distancing Questionnaire and numerous other relationship questionnaires. Results suggested feeling alienation is inversely related to the quality of parent-child relationships during childhood and young adulthood and can be found in intact as well as divorced families. Findings also indicate parental conflict is a better predictor of whether alienation occurs than parents' marital status is.
ISSN:1050-2556
2837-5300
1540-4811
2837-5319
DOI:10.1300/J087v45n03_07