Family Matters article May 2010
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Family Matters article May 2010
Circles of Care
Grounded in developmental systems theory, the article addresses issues of very practical relevance to those delivering place-based interventions.
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Research report Jul 1980
The family and the pre-school child
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
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Research report Oct 1982
Informal marriages
This paper discusses the body of case and statute law covering aspects of unmarried cohabitation in Australia and looks at the effect of these laws
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Research report Jul 1981
Marriage counselling in Australia
Paper presents an overview of marriage counselling services with a focus mainly on information obtained from Family Law Act approved organisations
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Research report Oct 1982
One-parent families and educational disadvantage
Paper is based on the findings from a pilot study of possible educational problems suffered by the growing number of children from one parents homes
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Research report Apr 1984
The Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale
A detailed analysis of the characteristics of the Piers- Harris Children's Self Concept Scale
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Research report May 1984
Widowed families with children
This paper focuses on the impact of death of a parent on children and their response to growing up in a one parent family.
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Research report Aug 1984
Cost of children in Australia
This paper is a first attempt to estimate the cost of feeding and clothing Australian children at a basic survival level
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Research report Feb 1987
Implications of marital separation for young children
This paper examines children's perceptions, obtains standardised measures of adjustment and other behavioural outcomes and included a control group.