Research report Dec 1988
'Don't feel the world is caving in': Adolescents in divorcing families
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 6
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Research report Dec 1988
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 6
Family Matters article Dec 1992
This article reports results of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Living Standards Study, which addresses levels of safety for both children and adults.
Practice guide Nov 2012
Regional, rural and remote sexual assault services in Australia face unique challenges in meeting the needs of the populations they seek to support.
Research report Aug 1989
This report provides a preliminary, mainly tabular view of data collected from a series of mail questionnaires.
Family Matters article Mar 2000
This overview of the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project, which was conceptualised by the late Dr Kathleen Funder, sets out the aims of the project, and provides brief details of the project's three surveys - an 'adult survey', 'children's survey', and a 'violence survey'.
Family Matters article Dec 1993
This article looks at characteristics distinguishing adolescent smokers and non-smokers, based on data for Box Hill and Berwick families derived from the Australian Living Standards Study.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article briefly describes a new draw on data collected to explore how family and community life changed in Newtown between 1966 and 1991.
Family Matters article Dec 2013
This article proposes a new model for engagement with marginalised, substance-affected families, a model designed to enhance children's resilience, strengthen parental coping and reduce the likelihood of relapse from alcohol and other drug use through improved social networks.
Practice guide Apr 2013
This paper explores how insights from the field of community capacity-building can improve child welfare practice and policy in Australia.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Presents participants’ views on main barriers and incentives that influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ decision to become a carer