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School policies on bullying and cyberbullying: perspectives across three Australian statesThe perspectives of professionals involved in bullying and cyberbullying policy construction, across three different Australian states
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A social-ecological framework for understanding and reducing cyberbullying behavioursWhile the CFS findings suggest the combined whole-school response to the mediators was somewhat effective, the study wasn't able to determine the relative...
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Evaluating the capacity of Australian school staff to recognise and respond to cyberbullying behavioursTo prevent and manage students' cyberbullying, school staff must be aware of this behavior, be able to recognize it, and respond appropriately and skilfully.
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Reliability and Validity of a Short Version of the General Functioning Subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment DeviceThe findings of this study support the use of a GF6+ subscale from the FAD, as a quick and effective tool to assess the overall functioning of families
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Resilience amongst Australian Aboriginal youth: An ecological analysis of factors associated with psychosocial functioningWe investigate whether the profile of factors protecting psychosocial functioning of high risk exposed Australian Aboriginal youth are the same as those...
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Does Gender Moderate the Association Between Children's Behaviour and Teacher-Child Relationship in the Early Years?The purpose of this study was to examine whether teachers’ reports of relationship quality were associated with children's behaviour and gender.
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Dog walking is associated with more outdoor play and independent mobility for childrenIt is plausible that dog-facilitated activity rather than dog ownership per se encourages children's physical activity behaviors.
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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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Tackling overweight and obesity: does the public health message match the science?Public health weight-loss interventions seem to be based on an outdated understanding of the science.
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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.