Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Grandparent Alienation
Research
Parental Alienating Behaviours Experienced by Alienated Grandparents
Olivia Bounds & Mandy Matthewson (2022)
Journal of Family Issues
This study explored parental alienating behaviours experienced by grandparents
with limited or no contact with their grandchildren.
The key finding in study 1 is grandparents experience the same tactics as targeted parents. They experience Parental Alienating Behaviours (PABs) that are an extension of the ones their children and grandchildren experience.
In study 2 (not yet published) the impact is devastating because some grandparents may never see their grandchildren again before they die. Then the grandchildren have to live with that loss and guilt for the rest of their lifetime. Some grandparents sacrifice their retirement savings to help their children go to court. They experience the double grief of losing their grandchildren and losing their own children as they knew them. They have double the worry - worry for their grandchildren and their own children’s future.
“I feel erased:” A qualitative analysis of grandparent experiences of parental alienation
Hila Avieli & Inna Levy (2022)
Family Relations | Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science
This study employs the life course perspective to explore the lived experience of grandparents who have no contact with their grandchildren due to parental alienation (PA).
Grandparents Cut Off from Grandchildren_An Exploratory Study
Barry University
By Carol Golly (2019)
Dissertation
Teenagers' reported interaction with grandparents: Exploring the extent of alienation
Lifestyles
By Mary Dellmann-Jenkins, Diane Papalia & Martha Lopez (1987)
Grandparent Alienation: A Loss Unlike Any Other
Psychology Today
By Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D.
31 March 2023
Are grandchildren good for you? Well-being and health effects of becoming a grandparent
Social Science and Medicine
By Birgit Leimer & Reyn van Ewijk
1 October 2022
Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being:
The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender
Giorgio Di Gessa, Valeria Bordone & Bruno Arpino (2019)
The Journals of Gerontology
How to Cope With Losing Contact With Grandchildren
Verywell Family
By LaKeisha Fleming
04 April 2022
Alienated Grandparents Alienation up and down the family tree.
Psychology Today
By Amy J.L. Baker PhD
10 April 2015
Grandparent Alienation: Why it happens and what you can do
Compass Podcast Series
A comprehensive conversation about Grandparent Alienation with a panel of experts who work with families in crisis, including elder law expert at Charles Sturt University, Associate Professor Susan Field, Antonios Maglis, Community Engagement and Capacity Building Officer at PRONIA who works with older people from non-English speaking backgrounds, and Gabrielle Passlow from Relationships Australia, who specialises in conflict resolution/mediation and in family dispute resolution and community sector management.
Seniors Rights Victoria
Grandparenting Help Sheet
This help sheet for grandparents will provide useful information on where to obtain support and advice on the issues that a grandparent might face.
Intergenerational relationships can have the capacity to provide a direct positive impact on a young people’s health and well-being, from childhood through to adulthood. However, there are times when grandparents may face challenges in their role within the family.
Infographics
Please Sign Our Petition
Parental Alienating Behaviours
are Child Abuse & Family Violence.
This serious form of abuse and family violence can no longer be ignored. Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as it is in other parts of the world. We need legislation that not only acknowledges its existence but firmly and clearly legislates against it.