Masters Degree in Family Studies

The Family Action Centre in conjunction with Interrelate Family Centres is developing a Masters Degree in Family Studies. They would like this program to assist you to meet your organisation's changing needs for qualified staff, and to be relevant and applicable to many different professions employed in your sector. They have developed a short survey consulting with organisations and individuals about the needs for post graduate qualifications in the sector.

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Involved Dads Give Kids an Edge (Canada)

September 15, 2011 — New data from a long-running study of Canadian families suggest that fathers play a key role in their children's intellect and behavior.

Compared with children with absentee fathers, children whose fathers were present and actively involved in their lives during early and middle childhood had fewer behavior problems and higher intellectual abilities as they grew older, even among children of lower socioeconomic status.

"Regardless of whether fathers lived with their children, their ability to set appropriate limits and structure their children's behaviour positively influenced problem-solving and decreased emotional problems, such as sadness, social withdrawal and anxiety," first author Erin Pougnet, a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, noted in a statement.

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Money, power...adultery? (Canada)

By Marina Adshade  | September 08, 2011

The standup comic Chris Rock famously said that a man is only as faithful as his options. Despite media portrayals to the contrary, a higher income doesn’t increase the likelihood of a man’s infidelity; men rich and poor cheat on their wives. Instead, the evidence suggests, that what really predicts infidelity isn’t money, but power. And if that’s not a completely new revelation, you might be surprised to learn that powerful women are just as likely to be unfaithful as powerful men.

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Fatherless boys become dads earlier: study (UK)

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Young boys whose dads don't live at home are more likely to become fathers in their early 20s, new research shows.

According to the British study, it also linked absent dads to delays in their sons experiencing the key puberty milestone of voice-breaking.

The researchers suggested it was possible the stress associated with not having a father around could have an effect on adolescent hormones and delay puberty.

Boys with absent fathers were more likely to have had at least one child by the time they turned 23 compared to those whose fathers were still at home by the time their sons turned 16.

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Online study looking at Self and Health Behaviours

You are invited to participate in an online study looking at Self and Health Behaviours. This project, conducted as part of a PhD in psychology at the Australian National University, is investigating how people understand themselves, and how this relates to their health attitudes and the things they do.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. Participation involves answering some questions about yourself, your attitudes and your behaviours. It's completely anonymous and voluntary. It takes about 20 minutes to complete the study. If you would like to participate in this study, please follow this link: https://anupsych.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_8xhKKcxHqlBBSTi . If you would like more information, please contact tegan.cruwys@anu.edu.au.