PARENTAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN FROM INTERRACIAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL MARRIAGES

A national U.S. survey of 371 parents whose children were abducted by the other parent reveals an over-representation of interracial and cro ss-cultural (international) marriages among the families involved in p arental concerning marital conflict, particularly over childrearing, i n intermarried families. It next presents the methodology and relevant findings of the national study of parental kidnapping. The final sect ion explores implications of the literature and research findings for professionals providing psychosocial services to interracial and cross -cultural couples.