A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of adult alienated children and targeted parents METHODS: Nine adult alienated children and 12 targeted parents participated in semi-structured interviews which were transcribed verbat...

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Autores principales: Matthewson, Mandy Louise, Bowring, Jessica, Hickey, Jacinta, Ward, Sophie, Diercke, Peta, Van Niekerk, Leesa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37599742
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189840
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author Matthewson, Mandy Louise
Bowring, Jessica
Hickey, Jacinta
Ward, Sophie
Diercke, Peta
Van Niekerk, Leesa
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description INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of adult alienated children and targeted parents METHODS: Nine adult alienated children and 12 targeted parents participated in semi-structured interviews which were transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically RESULTS: Six themes emerged in the data from the adult alienated children including catalysts for reunification, factors influencing reunification, adult alienated child relationships, the role of communication in reunification, adult alienated child understandings of alienation post reunification, and the role of therapy in reunification. Three themes emerged from the targeted parents including what is reunification, factors impacting reunification, and life after reunification. DISCUSSION: Findings from the present study offer novel insights into the experience of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of both adult alienated children and targeted parents. They illustrate that voluntary reunification is a process that takes time. This process can span decades and can include periods of connection and rejection.
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spelling pubmed-104348642023-08-18 A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents Matthewson, Mandy Louise Bowring, Jessica Hickey, Jacinta Ward, Sophie Diercke, Peta Van Niekerk, Leesa Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of adult alienated children and targeted parents METHODS: Nine adult alienated children and 12 targeted parents participated in semi-structured interviews which were transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically RESULTS: Six themes emerged in the data from the adult alienated children including catalysts for reunification, factors influencing reunification, adult alienated child relationships, the role of communication in reunification, adult alienated child understandings of alienation post reunification, and the role of therapy in reunification. Three themes emerged from the targeted parents including what is reunification, factors impacting reunification, and life after reunification. DISCUSSION: Findings from the present study offer novel insights into the experience of voluntary reunification from the perspectives of both adult alienated children and targeted parents. They illustrate that voluntary reunification is a process that takes time. This process can span decades and can include periods of connection and rejection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10434864/ /pubmed/37599742 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189840 Text en Copyright © 2023 Matthewson, Bowring, Hickey, Ward, Diercke and Van Niekerk. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Matthewson, Mandy Louise
Bowring, Jessica
Hickey, Jacinta
Ward, Sophie
Diercke, Peta
Van Niekerk, Leesa
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title A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
title_full A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
title_fullStr A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
title_full_unstemmed A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
title_short A qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
title_sort qualitative exploration of reunification post alienation from the perspective of adult alienated children and targeted parents
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37599742
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189840
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