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Children who Cause Harm Are People Too: A Participatory Action Research Project To Understand Families help-seeking for child-to-parent Violence, and the (un)helpful Responses

adolescent violence
2025

The purpose of this research was to work directly with children instigating child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse due to explosive and harmful impulsive, and parents experiencing such harms, to understand their help-seeking practices and experiences.

With courage: South Australia’s vision beyond violence

criminal justice system, FVSV prevention
2025

This report presents 136 recommendations for prevention, crisis response, justice reform, and victim support. It calls for a dedicated ministerial portfolio, advisory networks, and a five-year strategy.

Intimate Partner Violence: Fact Sheet for young people

FVSV, young people
2025

This fact sheet informs young people about what intimate partner violence is and what it can look like, as well as where to seek support if experiencing or using intimate partner violence.

MARAM Risk Factors

FVSV, MARAM
2025

Outlining risk factors for adult and child victims stemming from perpetrator behaviours, emphasising serious threats like controlling behaviours, weapon access, threats, violence, and isolation, while highlighting risks unique to adult victims and children. Certain factors indicate heightened danger of fatal outcomes.

Young men’s media landscaping report

adolescent violence
2025

This research from Movember Institute maps young men’s digital ecosystems: what they do online, the content that engages them, and emerging trends shaping their health, wellbeing, and relationships. The findings offer practical insights for supporting young men online and offline.

Understanding the Mediating Effect of Child Abuse and Poor Mental Health on the Use of Adolescent Family Violence: Findings From an Australian Study

adolescent violence, CEDV, child maltreatment, FVSV
2025

This article presents findings from a secondary analysis of data from the Adolescent Family Violence in Australia (AFVA) study—the first national study of the nature, prevalence and impacts of AFV in Australia. The AFVA study involved an online survey of 5021 young people aged 16–20.

Interventions to improve parental mental health and psychological well-being in parents of adolescents with a diagnosis of ASD and/or ADHD

adolescent violence, Neurodivergence
2025

This systematic review examines the effectiveness of interventions focused on improving the mental health of parents of adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions and synthesises details about the intervention characteristics.

“Your culture is in you”: Cultural identity and connection for children from culturally diverse backgrounds in care: A scoping review of child perspectives

culturally responsive practice, multicultural, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

This scoping review examines how children from culturally diverse backgrounds in out-of-home care experience cultural identity and connection.

Trauma-informed practice in family mental health support services

CEDV, FVSV, trauma-informed practice
2025

Overview of principles of trauma-informed practice, including organisational and practitioner level information. Includes comprehensive list of resources on various aspects of trauma-informed care.

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