Abstract Theory and research have described developmental processes leading to
damaged parent–child relationships, such as those that occur during a divorce. However …

Parental alienation has been an unacknowledged and poorly understood form of family
violence. Research on parental alienation and the behaviors that cause it has evolved out of …

Scientific literature has pointed to a growing body of empirical studies that contribute to an
accurate mapping of parental alienation. This descriptive literature review of empirical …

Over the past 30 years, number researchers have documented that interparental conflict
predicts (predicts) adjustment difficulties among children from divorced and married families …

While research has demonstrated that interparental conflict is associated with poor child and
adolescent functioning, studies have not yet addressed the characteristics of such conflict …

Conclusion We have learned a great deal about the relation between interparental conflict
and child maladjustment, but many essential questions remain about the potential effects of …

Although social difficulties have been identified as sequelae of children's experiences with
interparental conflict and insecurity, little is known about the specific mechanisms underlying …

This study examined how children's insecure internal representations of interparental and
parent–child relationships served as explanatory mechanisms in multiple pathways linking …

This study draws on the family systems concepts of triangulation and wholism to investigate
how interparental conflict may affect adolescents' psychological adjustment. An ethnically …

Interparental conflict is a known risk factor for child adjustment problems; yet few studies
have examined its long-term effects. This study tests the following hypotheses: Interparental …