Research to policy and practice Domestic and family violence and parenting: Mixed method insights into impact and support needs: Key findings and future directions
The Domestic and Family Violence and Parenting program is an extensive mixed method project that examines the impact of inter-parental conflict (IPC) and domestic and family violence (DFV) on parenting and parent–child relationships.
It makes a unique contribution by bringing together evidence on a diversity of Australian populations, life-course stages, and experiences of IPC and DFV. The research captures the experiences and impacts on fathers, mothers, and children at varying ages and stages of development and independence. This has enabled identification of important issues that are shared or differ across gender and family structure. The results illustrate the impacts of IPC and DFV that affect a large number of families, as well as the experiences of those who have undergone highly challenging and traumatic circumstances.
Publication details
ANROWS Compass (Research to policy and practice papers) are concise papers that summarise key findings of research on violence against women and their children, including research produced under ANROWS’s research program, and provide advice on the implications for policy and practice.
Authors
Dr Rae Kaspiew
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Dr Briony Horsfall
Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Dr Lixia Qu
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Professor Jan M. Nicholson
Inaugural Roberta Holmes Professor, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Professor Cathy Humphreys
Professor of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
Dr Kristin Diemer
Senior Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Dr Cattram D. Nguyen
Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre La Trobe University and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Dr Fiona Buchanan
Lecturer Social Work, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia
Dr Leesa Hooker
Lecturer Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Rural Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
Professor Angela Taft
Director, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Dr Elizabeth Westrupp
Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Dr Amanda R. Cooklin
Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Dr Rachel Carson
Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Ms Jessie Dunstan
Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Family Studies
ISSN: 2204-9622 (print) 2204-9630 (online)
10 pp.