Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Long-term effects of child sexual abuse - 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.
Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article discusses the Stronger Families Learning Exchange, established at the Australian Institute of Family Studies with the objective of contributing to the evidence base about the effectiveness of early interventions for families and communities.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article examines patterns of geographic mobility in order to assess whether migration is likely to be the major cause for high lone-parent concentrations in regional areas, or whether such concentrations are largely a consequence of 'home grown' factors.
Research report Jun 2006
This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
Practice guide Sep 2007
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2007
This paper draws substantially from the Research Use in Australian Child and Family Welfare project, funded by the ACCP, Uni SA and NCPC, AIFS