Investigation of the effect of parental alienation syndrome on deppression level in 13-17 age group children of divorced families

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between parental alienation syndrome and depression level in children aged 13-17 whose parents are divorced. The study group of the research consists of 52 divorced families and their adolescent children who came to the counseling center in Ankara to receive post-divorce counseling. In the study, the 'Parental Alienation Syndrome Questionnaire' which was prepared in line with the expert opinion to determine the alienation levels of children, and the 'Beck Depression Inventory' developed by Aaron Beck to determine the depression levels of adolescents were used. Relational scanning model was used in the research and analyzes were made with SPSS 25.0 program. As a result of the normality test, it was observed that the data were not normally distributed (p<0.5). In this direction, Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact and Spearman's Rho Correlation analysis were used in the study. As a result of the study, a statistically significant correlation was found between parental alienation and depression levels of adolescents (p<0.1).