Parenting and families in Australia
Social Policy Research Paper 34 / Stephen R Zubrick, Grant J Smith, Jan M Nicholson, Ann V Sanson and Tanyana A Jackiewicz and the LSAC Research Consortium. June 2008
This paper explores a number of topic areas in relation to infants and children in Australian families. The researchers used Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) dataset.The paper examines:
- parenting styles and family functioning
- factors influencing parents' feelings and perceptions about the way they parent their children
- the roles and contributions of parents who do not live with their children
- feelings of stress and sources of social support for parents
- the relationship of parenting practices to child outcomes.
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