Parental alienation syndrome as a form of child abuse psychological impact

Abstract

Throughout history, there have been various situations that have influenced types of physical violence, especially the most vulnerable population such as children. Nowadays, a new type of abuse is generated that breaks the traditional schemes since this type of abuse is not physical, but emotional and psychological with psychosocial impact called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), which is defined as the Negative predisposition exercised by the parent who has custody of the children against the other parent, through mental manipulation. It occurs especially in some marital ruptures of serious conflict, where the alienating parent, through oral messages, exerts negative influence on the children against the other parent. Children who suffer from this syndrome develop a pathological and unjustified hatred towards the alienated parent, which leads to devastating consequences on their physical and psychological development. In Venezuela it is an innovative topic since although it is true that its definition dates back to past scientific research, in our country not much was known about the subject, until today where cases that present said syndrome can be evidenced, evidenced after repulsive behaviors of boys, girls and adolescents, against one of their parents, aligned in favor of one of them. In this sense, the following essay is presented, with a brief analysis of this Syndrome as a factor of child abuse, together with the negative impact that the inclusion of children in parental separation disputes has on a psychological level, in order to give a contribution to the study of this topic, since at the level of Venezuelan psychology, there are very few studies carried out on this topic.