Conference papers - 6th Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Conference 1998

Changing families, challenging futures

This is a list of all papers made available to the Institute from the 6th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference held in November 1998. Some papers have been published in Family Matters only - see Family Matters no.51, Spring/Summer 1998 for a contents list and abstracts. Some papers may not be available - contact the Family Information Centre for further information: Tel: (03) 9214 7888. Fax: (03) 9214 7839

Adair, Vivienne - Redefining family: issues in parenting assisted by reproduction technology
Alexander, Richard; Feeney, Judy; Noller, Pat; Hohaus, Lydia - Attachment style and coping resources as predictors of coping strategies in the transition to parenthood
Angus, John and Brown, Maree - Cracking the Code: a Report on the Proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility
Allan, June and Potten, Jenny - Family Support - Facing the Challenges: Lessons to be Learned from Service Users
Bartholomew, Terry - Family poverty, family homelessness, and the systems abuse cycle
Batrouney, Trevor and Stone, Wendy - Cultural Diversity and Family Exchanges
Biggs, Susan - Work Practices: The Reality versus the Rhetoric
Bittman, Michael - Social Participation and Family Welfare: The money and time costs of leisure
Brown, Thea - Children and Family Violence in the Family Court: Research into Action
Burbidge, Andrew - Towards a History of the Self Reliant Family in Australia
Burdon, Barry - Generativity in the early years of fatherhood
Campbell, Rosemary and Pike, Lisbeth - Non-custodial Father Families Face a Challenging Future
Carberry, Fiona - Parents Sharing Care of Children - Family Law and Income Support
Cavanagh, Jo - A Whole of Family Response to Family Violence : A new program for family violence: policy change and practice integrated with program research
Cowling, Vicki - Building Partnerships for Effective Community Support for Parents with Mental Illness and their Dependent Children
Crosby, Elaine - Succession and Inheritance on Australian Family Farms
Crosby, Elaine - Welfare and Support Services for Farm Families
Dempsey, Ken - Men and Women's Power Relationships and the Persisting Inequitable Division of Housework
Disney, Helen and McPherson, Ailsa - Changing Family Structures and the Impact of Economic and Social Factors on Family Wellbeing
Eardley, Tony - Low pay and family poverty: tracing the links
Eckersley, Richard - Redefining progress: Shaping the future to human needs - Opening keynote address
Eddy, Gus - How long are you going to be here? Developing an understanding of the impact of transience in rural/ remote Australia
Esmond, Judy, Dickinson, Julie and Moffat, Ann - What makes for Successful and Unsuccessful Relationships?
Ewins, Jane and Sinclair, Rosemary - Good Beginnings : Creating a New Form of an Extended Family
Farrugia, Charles Edward and Hohaus, Lydia - Conceptualising the Pair-Bond: Attachment, Caregiving, and Sexuality as predictors of Intimacy in Adult Romantic Relationships
FitzRoy, Lee - Offending Mothers : Thoughts and Ideas
Foskey, Ros - Ageing in Small Rural Communities
Gilley, Tim - The Changing Pressures Project
Glezer, Helen and Wolcott, Ilene - Work and Family Life: Reciprocal Effects
Goodger, Kay and Larose, Peter - Changing Expectations: Sole parents and employment in New Zealand
Gutman, Judy - The Role of Victim-Offender Mediation in Intra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Harding, Ann and Szukalska, Agnieszka - A portrait of child poverty in Australia in 1995-96 (Note: this paper is in PDF format - see *)
Harris, Nonie - Coping With Young Children: How Do Mothers Do It?
Hawthorne, Bruce - Split Residence: an Opportunity for Co-Operative Parenting
Higgins, Daryl and McCabe, Marita - The 'Child Maltreatment: Risk and Protection' Model - Evidence for a New Approach to Maltreatment Research
Hohaus, Lydia, Feeney, Judy, and Noller, Pat - The transition to parenthood : A study in progress
Holland, Annette - Generativity and the Transition to Fatherhood: the Emergence of Fathers' Nurturing Capacities
Hughes, Bill - Child Contact after Divorce
Jackson, Wayne - Social Capital and Family Policy
Jones, Melinda - Myths and Facts Concerning the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia
Kolar, Violet - 'I always swore I wasn't going to be like my mother as a parent' : intergenerational change and continuity
Leveratt, Mandy - Independence and Low-income Older Persons: When Policy Meets Practice
Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Grace-Dunn, Rebekah and Dibden, Marjolien - As Children Grow Older: Into The Future for Parents with Intellectual Disability
Marks, Lee Ann Basser - Whatever Happened to Marion? Children' Rights in the Late 1990's
Martin, Jennifer - Cultural Diversity and Practice with Australians of Chinese Background: Consumer Perspectives
Martin, Steve - Unacknowledged Change: Stepfamilies in Australia
Melvin, Terry - Family Violence Intervention and Research Project : Preliminary Findings and Service Delivery Implications
Millward, Christine - The role of family in social exchange: a case study of child care services
Monagle, Virginia - Parents - a Challenge for the Future
Murphy, Paul - Merging Families: Can Merger Management Theory and Practice Inform Understandings of Stepfamilies?
Murphy, Paul - Stepfamilies and Poverty : Balancing a 'Maintenance In, Maintenance Out Economy' - Some Implications of Repartnering.
Nicholls, Wendy and Pike, Lisbeth - Non-residential Fathers' Experience of Family Life
Nicholson, Jan - Meeting the Challenge Second Time Round: Evaluation of Behavioral Intervention for Preventing Distress in Stepfamilies
Noller, Pat - Adult Attachment, Parenthood and Intimacy (Discussion paper)
Parker, Robyn A. and Scannell, Evelyn D. - Attachment and Marital Adjustment
Pech, Jocelyn and McCoull, Frances - Intergenerational Poverty and Welfare Dependence: Is there an Australian problem?
Rodgers, Kate and Wilson, Karen - Rights and Obligations of Families in the Social Security System
Sanders, Jackie and Munford, Robyn - Playing Ball on Running Water: Studying Family Well-being
Taylor, Janet - 'Now We Are Six' : Changes and Challenges for the 'Life Chances' Children
Tomison, Adam M. - 'Child protection towards 2000' revisited: Trends in child protection and child abuse prevention
Turner, Sharon, Monk, Peter, and Mudaly, Bala - Working with Male Sole Parents
Whiting, Kim - Divergent Paths: Women's Experiences of the Retirement Process
Williams, Pamela - The Costs of Children - Impacts on Family Decision-making
Winter, Ian - Social Exchanges of Australian Families: a new research program

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