Parental alienation syndrome
Parental Alienation Syndrome
Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a term coined by Richard A. Gardner in the 1980s to refer to a disorder in which a child, on an ongoing basis, belittles and insults one parent without justification, due to a combination of factors, including indoctrination by the other parent and the child's own attempts to denigrate the target parent.
Pronunciation: /pəˈrɛntəl ˌeɪliˈeɪʃən sɪnˈdroʊm/
Etymology: The term was first used by child psychiatrist Richard A. Gardner in 1985. It is derived from the words 'parental' (relating to a person's parent or parents), 'alienation' (the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved), and 'syndrome' (a group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms).
Symptoms
Symptoms of Parental Alienation Syndrome may include a campaign of denigration against the targeted parent, weak, frivolous, or absurd rationalizations for this deprecation, lack of ambivalence, the "independent-thinker" phenomenon, reflexive support of the alienating parent in the parental conflict, absence of guilt over cruelty to and/or exploitation of the alienated parent, presence of borrowed scenarios, and spread of the animosity to the friends and/or extended family of the alienated parent.
Related Terms
See Also
- Richard A. Gardner
- Child custody
- Divorce
- Family law
- Parental alienation
- Child abuse
- Psychological manipulation
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Parental alienation syndrome
- Wikipedia's article - Parental alienation syndrome
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