Parent-child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements / edited by Bruce Smyth
- Bib ID:
- 3207253
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/resreport9/main.pdf
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- Description:
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- Melbourne : The Institute, 2004
- xii, 140 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642395128
- Series:
- Research report (Australian Institute of Family Studies) ; no. 9.
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- Summary:
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This research report looks at the patterns of contact parents have with their children after a separation. The effect of family dynamics and demographic factors on the type of contact negotiated is explored.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Foreword v
- List of tables and figures viii
- About the authors ix
- Acknowledgements x
- Summary xi
- 1. Why study parent-child contact? 1
- Bruce Smyth, Ilene Wolcott
- Patterns of post-separation parenting 4
- The literature 7
- Some commonly held truths 8
- "Heavy metal" research: Its strengths and pitfalls 8
- Structure of the report 9
- 2. Research design 11
- Bruce Smyth
- Participants 14
- Question guide 14
- Logistics 15
- Caveats 15
- 3. Fifty-fifty care 17
- Bruce Smyth, Catherine Caruana, Anna Ferro
- Participant profiles 18
- The focus groups 20
- Vignettes 21
- Key themes 22
- Summary 29
- 4. Little or no contact 31
- Bruce Smyth
- Participant profiles 32
- Fatherless-ness: "Our most urgent social problem"? 33
- Empirical studies 34
- The focus groups 36
- Vignettes 37
- Key themes 38
- Summary 48
- 5. Holiday-only contact 51
- Bruce Smyth, Carol Whitfield
- Participant profiles 52
- The focus groups 55
- Vignettes 56
- Key themes 57
- Summary 65
- 6. Daytime-only contact 67
- Catherine Caruana, Bruce Smyth
- Participant profiles 68
- Night and day 69
- Some recent data 71
- The focus groups 72
- Vignettes 73
- Key themes 74
- Summary 84
- 7. "Standard" contact 85
- Anna Ferro
- Participant profiles 86
- The focus groups 89
- Vignettes 90
- Key themes 91
- Summary 100
- 8. Points of convergence 101
- Catherine Caruana, Anna Ferro
- Participant profiles 102
- Change as a constant 104
- The need for information and support services 105
- The ubiquity of grief and loss 106
- Grandparents and extended family 107
- 9. The demography of parent-child contact 111
- Bruce Smyth, Lixia Qu, Ruth Weston
- Analysing the HILDA survey 113
- Results 115
- Summary 122
- 10. Summary and conclusions 123
- Bruce Smyth
- Who does what, and why? 125
- Implications 129
- Future research 132
- Appendix 1: Question guide 133
- References 134.
- Notes:
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- "This report is the first in a series of outputs from the Institute's Caring for Children after Parental Separation Project..."--p. v.
- Bibliography: p. 134-140.
- Also available in an electronic version via the internet. Address as of 19 August 2004: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/resreport9/main.pdf.
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- Research report no.9 2004
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