Web resource:	http://www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/Families/FamilyViolence/Documents/Post%20separation%20parenting%20arrangements%20and%20developmental%20outcomes%20for%20infants%20and%20children.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Post-separation parenting arrangements and developmental outcomes for infants and children : collected reports
Authors:	Smyth, Bruce Long, Caroline Wells, Yvonne Kelaher, Margaret McIntosh, Jennifer
Keywords:	Family law;Post-separation violence;Impact on children and young people
Year:	2010
Publisher:	Attorney-General's Department
Notes:	Discussion: This set of documents fills a gap in Australian research by providing evidence of the impacts of different parenting arrangements on children. Specifically the reports discuss the effects of shared care and the effects of high parental conflict. The studies identified key variables that influenced child development and well-being. These are: socio-economic circumstances; the parent-child and parent-parent relationships; the maintenance of living arrangements and the child’s stage of development. The data used in the two reports comes from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and an intervention study that compared outcomes for families who took part in two forms of mediation. These reports suggest that it is possible to develop a care arrangement that has a positive impact on older children. However, young infants (under the age of two) are negatively impacted by shared-care arrangements because of their stage of development.
Contents:	1: Synopsis of two studies 2: Study 1: Longitudinal study of school-aged children in high conflict separation 3: Study 2: Overnight care patterns and psycho-emotional development in infants and young people.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19701
Physical description:	169 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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