Parental alienation is a term raised in high-conflict separation and divorce cases that refers to a child’s resistance or refusal to be with one of the parents (the “rejected” parent) and a strong ...

Parental alienation generally occurs when a child resists or refuses contact with a parent during and after a divorce (or non-married couple’s separation) when the rejected parent has not been abusive ...

Zoe Rathus is affiliated informally with other scholars and practitioners researching the issue of the use of parental alienation in a range of countries. She has a forthcoming article in a Special ...

According to a new study, parental alienating behaviors and coercively controlling abuse are similar, and should be treated similarly in family court proceedings. Abusive intimate relationships are ...