Research consistently demonstrates that separating children from a fit and loving parent can have detrimental effects on their emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
This article discusses how parental alienation acts as a form of child abuse, leading to long-term psychological harm.
Stanford research indicates that separation from parents removes children’s most important protection and generates new trauma, disrupting normal development.
This article highlights severe effects such as low self-esteem, lack of trust, depression, and substance abuse resulting from parental alienation.
Discusses how children may feel confused, sad, and lonely due to losing a relationship with a parent they still love.
Studies suggest that such separations may increase children’s risk for emotional and behavioral problems.
Findings suggest that parental alienation is an additional adverse childhood experience with significant impact.
A systematic review indicating that separation from non-maltreating parents negatively affects attachment and identity.
Highlights descriptors, possible effects on children, and considerations for custody evaluators and family court judges.
Documents that children with separated parents report lower levels of well-being and worse health compared to their peers.
Studies show increased levels of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and substance abuse in adults who were alienated as children.
Finds that children who experienced parental separation had more emotional problems.
Explores the experiences of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of adult alienated children and targeted parents.
Research documents far-reaching effects of separations into adulthood, including increased risk for mental health problems.
Children exposed to parental interference and alienation show higher risks of psychopathology and lower self-esteem in adulthood.
Investigates the role of dependency-oriented psychological control in separation anxiety.
New Research on the Science of Parental Alienation
Concludes that parental alienation is a valid concept supported by robust scientific literature.
Highlights how children’s time is usually spent after their parents split and the associated impacts.
Parental Alienation (Wikipedia Summary with Research Citations)
Provides an overview of parental alienation, its consequences, and related research.
Child Displacement (Impact of Parent-Child Separation)
Discusses the psychological effects of disruption in parent–child relationships, including long-term impacts of separation.
These studies collectively underscore the profound negative effects that separating children from a fit and loving parent can have on their development and well-being.
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