@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of adults who are the targets of parental alienating behaviors and their impact",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2019",
author="Harman, J.J. and Leder-Elder, S. and Biringen, Z.",
volume="106",
number="",
pages="-",
abstract="Estimating the prevalence of parental alienation is challenging because not all children who are exposed to parental alienating behaviors become alienated (Harman, Bernet, & Harman, 2019). The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the proportion of adults who indicate being alienated from a child will be similar to results from a previous poll of North Carolina adults (Harman, Leder-Elder, & Biringen, 2016) using three nationally representative on-line survey panels from United States and Canada, and to determine the mental health impact of parental alienating behaviors. <br><br>RESULTS from the first two polls indicate that the prevalence of parents who feel they are being alienated from their children is higher than originally estimated: 35.5% (of 273) in the U.S. and 32% (of 397) in Canada. Using another means of assessment for the third poll, 39.1% (of 594) of parents in the US are the non-reciprocating targets of parental alienating behaviors, which is over 22 million parents and confirms previous estimates that did not differentiate between reciprocating and non-reciprocating parents (Harman et al., 2016). Of these, 6.7% of the parents had children who were moderately to severely alienated, which is at least 1.3% of the US population. Alienated parents also had high levels of depression, trauma symptoms, and risk for suicide. Ramifications of these findings for researchers and practitioners are discussed. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104471",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104471"
}