Parental refuse in high conflict families: Intervention strategies

Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Anna Lubrano Lavadera
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 29-45 File size 198 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2017-001003
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The increase in divorce brought to the attention of the refuse, apparently unmotivated, of a child to a parent. The present study examined, through an archive research, psicological and legal paths of a sample of divorced families treated from local social services, in which a child unreasonably refuses a parent. The sample consists of 106 dossiers of families followed in the identified social services. A specific coding system was used for data analysis. The main results indicate that interventions have often failed because non-specific, overlapping and primarily oriented to the evaluation. It is necessary to plan specialized interventions, coordinated with the judicial process.

Keywords: Parental alienation, parental refuse, psychological intervention, case ma¬nagement.

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Anna Lubrano Lavadera, Curare la rottura delle relazioni genitore-figlio nelle situazioni di alta conflittualità in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 1/2017, pp 29-45, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2017-001003