As reported by adult children of divorce, the tactics of alienating parents are tantamount to
extreme psychological maltreatment of children, including spurning, terrorizing, isolating, corrupting or exploiting, and denying emotional responsiveness (Baker, 2010).
In fact, the strategies of alienating parents, which include «spurning, terrorizing, isolating, corrupting or exploiting and denying emotional responsiveness,» are reportedly
extreme measures of
psychological maltreatment of children.
Types of traumatic experiences are varied yet distinct, including sexual abuse or assault, physical abuse or assault, emotional /
psychological maltreatment, neglect, serious accident or medical illness, witness to domestic violence, victim / witness to community violence, school violence, natural or manmade disasters, forced displacement, war / terrorism, victim / witness to
extreme personal / interpersonal violence, traumatic grief / separation, and system - induced trauma.