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Empathy, Perspective Taking and Prosocial Behaviour: The Importance of Parenting PracticesThe current study analyzed the relationships among maternal empathy, parenting that encourages the child to take the perspective of others andcognitive empathy.
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Indigenous well-being in four countriesCanada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand consistently place near the top of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index...
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Adolescent dietary patterns are associated with lifestyle and family psychosocial factorsFew studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage.
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Language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 monthsThe aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.
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The Great Recession and Children’s Mental Health in AustraliaThis paper analyzes the effects of “shocks” to community-level unemployment expectations, induced by the Great Recession, on children’s mental well-being
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The impact on service collaboration of co-location of early childhood services in tasmanian child and family centres: An ethnographic studyThere is a global trend towards place-based initiatives (PBIs) to break the cycle of disadvantage and promote positive child development. Co-location is a common element of these initiatives and is intended to deliver more coordinated services for families of young children. This paper examines how co-locating early childhood services (ECS) from health and education in Child and Family Centres (CFCs) has impacted collaboration between services.
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Telling an Adult at School about Bullying: Subsequent Victimization and Internalizing ProblemsTo prevent persistent victimization, schools and teachers need to be better equipped to respond effectively when a student first becomes a target of bullying
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Ethnic differences in the quality of the interview process and implications for survey analysisComparable survey data on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians are highly sought after by policymakers to inform policies aimed at closing ethnic...
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Patterns and Predictors of Language and Literacy Abilities 4-10 Years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenThis research focuses on three questions 1) What are the patterns of stability & change; 2) what are the predictors of this progression, and; 3) what is the...
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Older maternal age is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in young adult female offspringOlder maternal age is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in young adult females