Parental Alienation is a form of child abuse where one parent attempts to control and manipulate a child's opinions toward the other parent. This can eventually result in a child's learning to hate one parent in order to satisfy the other parent and earn his/her love. This is a common occurrence in child custody disputes.
Dr. Gordon reviews Parental Alienation from a classical historic perspective and applies it to current-day situations in which he has been involved.
This is a technical paper submitted to the American Journal of Forensic Psychology that discusses Parental Alienation from a psychology perspective.
This is a discussion about procedures that are followed during child custody evaluations from a psychological evaluator's point of view.