Developmental Psychology and the Scientific Status of Parental Alienation

Autor/inn/en	Harman, Jennifer J.; Warshak, Richard A.; Lorandos, Demosthenes; Florian, Matthew J.
Titel	Developmental Psychology and the Scientific Status of Parental Alienation
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 58 (2022) 10, S.1887-1911 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Harman, Jennifer J.) ORCID (Lorandos, Demosthenes)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001404
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Parent Child Relationship; Alienation; Divorce; Research Reports; Correlation; Conflict; Marital Instability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Entfremdung; Ehescheidung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Korrelation; Konflikt; Familienkonflikt
Abstract	Theory and research have described developmental processes leading to damaged parent-child relationships, such as those that occur during a divorce. However, scholars dispute the scientific status of the literature on children who form unhealthy alliances with one parent against the other-termed parental alienation (PA). This comprehensive literature review tests competing descriptions of the PA literature. Accessing four electronic databases, we identified 213 documents with empirical data on PA published in 10 languages through December 2020. The results confirmed that the current state of PA scholarship meets three criteria of a maturing field of scientific inquiry: an expanding literature, a shift toward quantitative studies, and a growing body of research that tests theory-generated hypotheses. Nearly 40% of the PA literature has been published since 2016, establishing that PA research has moved beyond an early stage of scientific development and has produced a scientifically trustworthy knowledge base. This literature review documents the value of multiple research methodologies to this knowledge base. In addition, the growing body of research described in this review enhances our understanding of the association between interparental conflict and the breakdown of parent-child relationships in families where conflict differentially affects children's relationship with and behavior toward each parent. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01