Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between divorce
and parental alienation syndrome and behavioral problems.
70 people whose parents were divorced and 70 people whose parents were
married participated in this study from İstanbul. Research data was collected
through “The Baker Alienation Scale” developed by Baker, Burkhard and
Albertson-Kelly (2012) and the “Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SDQ) developed by Goodman.
According to the research findings, a significant and positive correlation was
found between the Powers and Difficulties Questionnaire total score and the
Baker Alienation Scale score (r = 691, p <.01). A significant and positive
correlation was found between the total score of the Behavioral Problems Subdimension
and the Baker Alienation Scale score (r = 548, p <.01). According to
the standardized regression coefficient (β), the relative importance of predictive
variables on alienation are behavioral problems, social behaviors, attention and
mobility, emotional problems, peer problems. When t-test results related to the
significance of regression coefficients were examined; behavioral problems,
social behaviors, attention and mobility, emotional problems were found to be a
significant predictor on alienation. Other variables had no significant effect.