Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2005, Page 6
fourths (n=30) the parents divorced during the participant‘s childhood and in all but six
cases the alienating parent was the mother. Basic information about the 40 participants is
provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Sample Description
ID Gender Age
at Int-
erview
Age
at Sep-
aration
Custodial
Parent
Alienating
Parent
1 Female 40 3 Mother Mother
2 Female 47 NA Both Mother
3 Female 35 12 Mother Mother
4 Female 44 NA Both Mother
5 Female 30 13 Mother Mother
6 Female 30 Birth Mother Mother
7 Male 40 9 Mother Mother
8 Female 33 3 Mother Mother
9 Male 38 5 Mother Mother
10 Female 32 2 Father Father
11 Male 43 NA Both Mother
12 Female 50 NA Both Mother
13 Female 33 NA Both Mother
14 Female 36 2 Mother Mother
15 Male 67 NA Both Father
16 Male 43 5 Mother Mother
17 Male 28 11 Father Father
18 Female 26 2 Mother Mother
19 Female 51 NA Both Mother
20 Male 48 12 Mother Father
21 Female 44 12 Mother Mother
22 Male 39 NA Both Mother
23 Female 28 3 Mother Mother
24 Male 32 NA Both Mother
25 Female 43 12 Mother Mother
26 Male 57 2 Mother Mother
27 Female 19 8 Mother Mother
28 Female 32 NA Both Father
29 Male 63 NA Both Mother
30 Male 39 2 Mother Mother
31 Female 60 Birth Mother Mother
32 Female 50 11 Mother Mother
33 Female 21 2 Mother Mother
34 Male 39 4 Mother Mother
35 Female 19 1 Mother Mother
36 Female 41 3 Mother Father
37 Male 52 8 Mother Mother
38 Male 46 2 Mother Mother
39 Female 37 Birth Mother Mother
40 Female 50 5 Mother Mother