Behaviors and Strategies Employed in Parental Alienation

By A. Baker, Douglas Darnall. 2006

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CHILDREN RESISTING POSTSEPARATION CONTACT WITH A PARENT: CONCEPTS, CONTROVERSIES, AND CONUNDRUMS (2010, background): “In another study, Baker and Darnall (2006) identify as many as 1,300 actions, categorized into 66 strategies.”
To Turn a Child Against a Parent Is To Turn a Child Against Himself: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Exposure to Parental Alienation Strategies on Self-Esteem and Well-Being (2011, methodology): “…Questionnaire (BSQ) is based on research and theory with “adult children of parental alienation syndrome” as well as parents involved in custody disputes (Baker 2007; Baker & Chambers, 2011; Baker & Darnall, 2006; Baker & Fine, 2008) regarding the most common parental alienation strategies.”
Parental Alienation, DSM-V, and ICD-11 (2010, result): “These strategies were consistent with those identified by adults who as children were turned against one parent by the other (Baker and Darnall, 2006).”
PARENTAL ALIENATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE ENMESHED PARENT–CHILD DYAD: ADULTIFICATION, PARENTIFICATION, AND INFANTILIZATION (2011, background): “…distinguishes degrees of alienation on the basis of the severity of its observable effect; that is, the magnitude, duration and intransigence of the child’s rejection of the targeted parent (Baker & Darnall, 2006; Fidler & Bala, 2010; Gardner, 1987, 2003; Spruijt et al., 2005; Ward & Harvey, 1993).”