The term parental alienation refers to the negative influence of one parent over a child’s perception of the other parent (targeted parent). The aim of this research was to gain further understanding of targeted parents’ experience of parental alienation from their own perspectives. For this qualitative study, a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight participants aged between 33 and 51 years was conducted. The data from individual semi-structured interviews enabled the identification of four main themes: perception of personal impact, coping strategies, family relationships and support network. Parents identified a serious impairment of their physical and emotional well-being and mainly identified emotion-focused coping strategies to deal with this adverse ongoing situation. Furthermore, they reported changes in key relationships, with emphasis on difficulties in family and social contexts. The contribution of the findings to research and interventions with parents and families experiencing parental alienation are discussed.

父母疏远一词是指一个父母对孩子对另一父母（目标父母）的感知产生的负面影响。这项研究的目的是从他们自己的角度进一步了解目标父母的父母异化经历。对于这项定性研究，对八名年龄在33至51岁之间的参与者的半结构式访谈进行了主题分析。来自各个半结构化访谈的数据确定了四个主要主题：个人影响力的感知，应对策略，家庭关系和支持网络。父母发现他们的身心健康受到严重损害，并且主要确定了以情绪为中心的应对策略来应对这种不利的持续状况。此外，他们报告了主要关系的变化，重点是家庭和社会环境中的困难。讨论了研究结果对父母疏远父母和家庭的研究和干预的贡献。