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Prevalence of Mental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents of Parents with Self-Reported Mental Health ProblemsThis paper provides Australian population-level estimates of the prevalence of parental self-reported lifetime mental disorders and past 12 month mental disorders in their children
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Out-of-Home Care and the Educational Achievement, Attendance, and Suspensions of Maltreated Children: A Propensity-Matched StudyOut-of-home care was not found to be a significant factor in the adverse educational outcomes of these children
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Has the Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders in Australia Changed Between 1998 and 2013 to 2014?This study examined whether the 12-month prevalence of major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and conduct disorder among 6- to 17-year-olds in Australia changed between 1998 and 2013 to 2014. It also investigated whether changes in the prevalence of disorders over this time varied for children living in families containing 2 parents versus single parents, and families with high versus low income.
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Healthy population ageing depends on investment in early childhood learning and developmentInterventions in the early years provide a sustainable solution by generating long-term labour productivity and social welfare benefits
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A group randomized controlled trial evaluating parent involvement in whole-school actions to reduce bullyingWhole-school capacity-building intervention in early and middle childhood can improve the likelihood and frequency of positive parent–child communication about bullying
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Parenting adolescents: Developing Strategies for FIFO parentsThis study was to explore the parenting patterns of families exposed to the fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work pattern in raising adolescent children...
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Bridging the gap of school change: Pre-service teachers’ knowledge and understanding of cyberbullyingThe beliefs, attitudes and understandings of pre-service teachers towards bullying and more recently, cyberbullying remains unclear.
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Cyberbullying among children and youth:Characteristics and prevention strategiesThis book discusses cyberbullying among children; specifically explaining the prevalence of cyberbullying, the difficulties in detection & prevention, the...
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Echoes of disadvantage across generations? The influence of unemployment and separation of grandparents on their grandchildrenThis is a rare examination of joblessness over 3 succeeding generations and its onward effects upon children, and is one of the few in the research literature.
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Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development: A Dynamic Panel Model from 1980 to 2005Investigated the causal effects of female empowerment on democratic development for 97 countries from 1980 to 2005.