SÍNDROME DA ALIENAÇÃO PARENTAL E SUA INFLUÊNCIA EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES

Abstract

The present work presents the conceptualization of the Parental Alienation Syndrome - SAP and its influence on children and adolescents, as well as the effects that by consequences are generated. The child has the family environment as the largest provider for the contribution to their healthy personality development, being the family context of greater relevance. Faced with the event of this syndrome, the psychological violence resulting from parents in the face of the separation process brings a set of damages to the development of the emotional phenomena of the child and adolescent, such as: low self-esteem, insecurity, fear, depression, among other disorders that can last until adulthood. The present research was carried out through literary collection, using a bibliographic method, with the purpose of expanding the range of bibliographic research, as well as, didactically and in an accessible way, the psychology professionals who are facing this demand. The influence that parental alienation causes on children and adolescents was analyzed; how the emotional demand of parents contributes to SAP and its consequences on the mental health of their children; and how the performance of the psychologist professional can contribute to the demands of SAP, showing the importance that there is in dialogue and agreement for conflict resolution, case prevention and health promotion.