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If it’s about me, why do it without me? Genuine student engagement in school cyberbullying educationThis study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project (CFSP), aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8...
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Bullying behaviour following students’ transition to a secondary boarding school contextThis study investigated the prevalence and types of bullying behaviour that boarding students experienced during the transition to a secondary boarding school.
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An eleven-year evaluation of the effect of community treatment orders on changes in mental health service useMany studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after the implementation of legislation.
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Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle ChildhoodThis study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children's behavior in two-parent heterosexual...
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Gender, Culture and Intervention: Exploring Differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children's Responses to an Early Intervention ProgrammeEvaluation of a group parenting programme in the Northern Territory of Australia showed significant differences in benefits for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal...
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How the first nine months shape the rest of our livesThe field of the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) focuses on prenatal influences as a crucial point in development.
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Developing a protocol for a national study of bullying prevalance in school-aged childrenThe Kids Research Institute Australia's Human Capability Team has been asked by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) to prepare a methodology and project plan to conduct a nationally-representative survey of bullying prevalence among children and young people in Years 4–10.
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Young Minds MatterYoung Minds Matter is the largest survey of child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing ever conducted in Australia.
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Pathways of Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Peer Bullying in Children and Youth: A Scoping ReviewGrowing up in socioeconomic disadvantage increases risk of peer bullying at school. Both socioeconomic status and involvement in bullying are predictive of a range of adverse developmental outcomes. However, neither (a) the mechanisms whereby disadvantage increases bullying risk nor (b) the developmental outcomes for which bullying may mediate disadvantage are clear.
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Social Support Buffers the Association Between Alcohol Use and Depression in Australian MenAlcohol use and depression are known correlates of one another, especially in men, and are influenced by a range of demographic and psychosocial factors. This study examined the association between alcohol use and depressive symptoms in a large representative cohort of Australian men. We also tested whether this association differed by men's age, household income, social support, illicit drug use and help-seeking.