Practice guide Sep 2007
"Feeling heavy"
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This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Practice guide Sep 2007
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Practice guide Feb 2014
Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
This article traces recent changes in youth income support conditions, and highlights what they imply about independence of, and responsibility for, young people, and argues that the changes convey negative messages to young people about the value society places on them.
Family Matters article Nov 1990
This article examines how many mothers use child health services in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, their ethnic and working background, their views of child health services and a brief history of child health services in Australia.
Family Matters article Sep 2004
This article explores the risk factors associated with adolescent antisocial behaviour, as well as the factors that might promote resilience against this outcome, drawing on data from the Australian Temperament Project.
Family Matters article Dec 1991
This article presents an overview of some of the findings of the March 1991 census of the 69,275 full time active duty members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) taken by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, relating to family composition; characteristics of serving members; partners and partnerships; children at home; and work and family issues.
Research report Oct 1991
This is the fourth and final report of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) 1991 Families Census.
Research report Jun 1991
This is an overview of the data from the Australian Defence Force 1991 Families Census.
Research report Mar 1993
Prepared by Dr G Snider, Australian Institute of Family Studies, and Colonel C K Gillman-Wells, Headquarters Australian Defence Force.
Research report Feb 1994
Explores the mobility and dislocation experienced by members of the ADF, the effects on child care, children's education and spousal employment.