WHAT ARE ALIENATING BEHAVIORS
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Which alienation strategies have been identified?
- Badmouthing
- Limiting Contact
- Interfering with Communication
- Interfering with Symbolic Communication
- Threat of Withdrawal of Love
- Telling the Child that the Targeted Parent is Dangerous
- Forcing the Child to Choose Between the Parents
- Telling that the Targeted Parent Does Not Love the Child
- Confiding in the Child
- Forcing the Child to Reject the Targeted Parent (TP)
- Asking the Child to Spy on the TP
- Asking the Child to Keep Secrets from the TP
- Referring to the TP by First Name
- Referring to a Stepparent as “Mom” or “Dad”
- Withholding Important Information from the TP
- Changing the Child’s Name
- Undermining the Authority of the TP
- False Allegations of Child Abuse
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2006. Baker, A. J. L., Darnall, D. (2006), Behaviors and Strategies Employed in Parental Alienation: A Survey of Parental Experiences. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 45, 97–124.
Steven Miller organized the 17 strategies or alienating behaviors into six groups:
- Badmouthing
- Limiting contact
- Erasing of memories
- Undermining trust
- Undermining authority
- Undermining love
