Wife Abuse: The Impact on Children
This paper explores the impact of wife assault and abuse on the emotional and behavioural outcomes of children.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Health Canada • April 01, 1996

Police in the Lives of Young Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
This paper examines the role that police officers can play in helping young children and their families who are affected by domestic violence.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The University of Iowa • January 2004

Domestic Violence and Family Support Programs: Creating Opportunities to Help Young Children and Their Families
This paper provides recommendations for individuals and groups who address the problem of family violence as part of a family support program.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The University of Iowa • January 2004

Working with Young Children and Their Families: Recommendations for Domestic Violence Agencies and Batterer Intervention Programs
This paper examines the issues and challenges faced by domestic violence agencies and batterer intervention programs, and makes recommendations that would enable them to better meet the needs and wants of mothers, fathers and children.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The University of Iowa • January 2004

Child Abuse and Neglect in Indigenous Australian Communities
This report discusses issues relating to the prevalence, nature, causes, and prevention of child abuse in indigenous communities in Australia.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies • Spring 2003

Aggressive Girls in Canada
This paper examines the biological and social risk factors related to the development of aggressive problems and the psychosocial difficulties associated with high levels of aggression in girls.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

An Evaluation of California’s Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program
In this article the authors provide evidence of the effectiveness of a program designed to prevent pregnancy among the siblings of teen parents, a group found to be at an exceptionally high risk of adolescent pregnancy.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 2003

Ready to Enter: What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
This paper examines the relationship between early academic achievement and children's social, emotional, and behavioural development, and discusses the related risks for children who are exposed to family and/or environmental risk factors.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• National Center for Children in Poverty • July 2002

Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
This paper explores how unemployed parents are impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse, and/or mental illness on young children in the home.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• National Center for Children in Poverty • February 2000

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other national data sources, this report assesses Saskatoon children’s outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors and discerns how to improve the impact of these factors.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 2002

A Glimpse of Child Hunger in Canada
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to address the rising poverty rate for Canadian children, the authors examine child poverty and hunger, as well as the relationship between child poverty and the poverty of lone-mothers.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Wife Abuse
This paper explores different forms of wife abuse such as verbal, physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, as well as factors which contribute to domestic violence.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Health Canada • September 01, 1995

Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth
This report discusses the unique challenges faced by young people growing up in foster care.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project • 2003

Silent Realities: Supporting Young Children and Their Families Who Experience Violence
This document deals with the emotional, psychological, and behavioural effects of domestic violence on children.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice • January 01, 2003

Economic Resources and Children’s Health and Success at School: An Analysis Using the NLSCY
This paper considers the influence economic resources have on children's outcomes, and what role health and educational development should play in the 'longer-term' success of the child.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • September 01, 2000

Waiting for Mommy: Giving a Voice to the Hidden Victims of Imprisonment
This paper explores the effects of maternal imprisonment on children and adolescents in Canada.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System • 2003

Ten Hypotheses about Socioeconomic Gradients and Community Differences in Children’s Developmental Outcomes
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other sources, this paper studies the impact that family and community factors (such as number of siblings, and family cohesiveness), and social support have on an individual’s socioeconomic status.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • February 01, 2003

Two Steps Forward... One Step Back: An Overview of Canadian Initiatives and Resources to End Woman Abuse 1989 – 1997
This paper takes an extensive look at woman abuse in Canada and includes a description of related legislation, resources and services for women who are victims of domestic, spousal, or partner abuse.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Health Canada • 1999

Effects of Neighbourhood, Family, and Child Behavior on Childhood Injury in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines (1) how the relationship between family function and child injuries are mediated by parent and child behaviour, (2) whether family economic status or neighbourhood disadvantage are more strongly related to child injury, and (3) the developed model’s ability to predict child injury in two years.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • March 01, 2001

A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada
This is an analysis of child hunger data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and looks at the statistics of and factors associated with child hunger ...
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada • 2001

Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: The Invisible Victims
This paper examines the prevalence and consequences of children's exposure to domestic violence.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Society for Research in Child Development • 1995

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Relationships and Children’s School Achievement in One- and Two-Parent Families
This paper analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and assesses how factors such as family structure, family processes, and child characteristics are associated with teachers’ judgments of children’s academic success.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Social Development Canada • June 2000

Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence and its Impact on Children
This article investigates the link between domestic violence and a host of negative physical, emotional, psychological, and behavioural outcomes in children.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Children's Defense Fund • June 01, 2000

Protecting Parental Liberty in a Child-Centered Legal System
This paper analyzes the balance between parental autonomy and the state's responsibility in protecting children from parental abuse.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • July 27, 2005

Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Risk and Resilience in Six- and Ten-Year-Old Children
This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to create an “index of adversity” to enable researchers to identify children whose development is most at risk due to various stress factors in their lives.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Social Justice Policy Group • December 2006

The Early Identification and Streaming of Cases of High Conflict Separation and Divorce: A review
This paper outlines the risk factors and negative outcomes that children of parental divorce or separation are likely to experience, such as high conflict, parental absence, violence, and emotional maladjustment.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Who Killed School Discipline?
This article examines parents’ concern over the lack of discipline in public schools.
• Category: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction
• The Manhattan Institute • Spring 2000

Custody Arrangements and the Development of Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children
This paper looks at the problems children may experience living in a post-divorce custody arrangement as opposed to those children living with both p