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The not-forgotten child: alienated adult children’s experience of parental alienation
Citation
Bentley, C and Matthewson, M, The not-forgotten child: alienated adult children's experience of parental alienation, American Journal of Family Therapy pp. 1-21. ISSN 0192-6187 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/01926187.2020.1775531
Abstract
This study explored the experience of adults who had experienced parental alienation during childhood. Ten alienated
adult children participated in 60 to 90-minute semi-structured
interviews about their experience of parental alienation. Using
Braun and Clarke (2006) thematic analysis framework, seven
themes were identified. Participants described experiencing
abuse perpetrated by the alienating parent. They described
experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-worth, guilt, attachment problems, difficulty in other relationships, and reduced
or delayed educational and career attainment that they attributed to their experience of parental alienation. These results
demonstrated that children’s exposure to parental alienation
may have lifelong ramifications for their psychological
well-being.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | parental alienation, alienated adult child/ children, alienated child/ children, targeted parent, alienating parent, child abuse |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
Research Field: | Health psychology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
UTAS Author: | Bentley, C (Ms Caitlin Bentley) |
UTAS Author: | Matthewson, M (Dr Mandy Matthewson) |
ID Code: | 139736 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2020-06-30 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-11 |
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