Family Matters article Sep 2000
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Development of civic mindedness in Australian adolescents
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Family Matters article Sep 2000
Valuing young lives
This article provides an overview of the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy and a brief summary of findings from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' evaluation.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Young adult moves
Data from a recent Institute study of young adults are presented in this article to cast light on the transition markers that formerly signalled adulthood and young people's relationship to the processes of leaving and returning home.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Children's exposure to parental and familial adversities
Family Matters article
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Preventing violence, abuse and neglect against women and children
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Overview: Violence, abuse and neglect
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Who cares?
This paper reports on a project conducted in the Australian Capital Territory where young people talked about how their lives had been affected by parental alcohol or other drug use.
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Do Australian teenagers contribute to household work?
Family Matters article on teenagers and household work
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
"What is the justice system willing to offer?"
Drawing on the narratives of 22 victim/survivors of sexual assault, this article identifies what justice means to these victim/survivors and discusses four key aspects that relate to their procedural justice needs' information, validation, voice and control.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.