A MEDIAÇÃO COMO MEIO EFICAZ NO TRATAMENTO DA ALIENAÇÃO PARENTAL

Abstract

Due to the family rupture occurred in an unpleasant manner, with disagreements between the parents, it is very common the emergence of a characteristic behavior, namely parental alienation. This phenomenon may be defined as the conduct in which one of the parents encourages the child to reject the other parent. It is noteworthy that such circumstance may cause serious psychological problems to the child or teenager, impairing his or her personal development. Therefore, this paper aims to discuss mediation as an effective means in the treatment of parental alienation, and to verify whether such an instrument would be able to solve the conflicts arising from this phenomenon that plagues many families. To this end, it is of utmost importance to make brief notes on the concept of family in Brazilian Law, the description of the parents' duties with respect to the development of their children, the understanding of parental alienation, as well as the benefits of mediation in combating this condition. This theme was chosen due to the serious psychological impact caused by the phenomenon of parental alienation, making it essential to search for mechanisms capable of solving this type of obstacle. Regarding the methodological aspects, the research is classified as qualitative, being based on the deductive method and using the literature review for data collection and analysis. Finally, it was found that mediation can be useful to combat parental alienation, since the mediator can lead the parties to dialogue, allowing both to reach a solution to the conflict.