Youth Studies Australia articles from December 2001

Youth Studies Australia archives from December 2001

The research challenge.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The world has changed considerably in the three months since we produced our last issue of YSA. The number of major events unfolding in such a short space of time blurs them into almost a continuum -- New York, Afghanistan, Ansett, refugees,...

Attitudes & opinions. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Feeling good A Sydney Morning Herald survey of 165 school students in five metropolitan and regional areas of New South Wales found that 75% of them believed their lives were better than their parents' lives had been when the parents were...

Bullying and violence. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Long-term effects Research by a team from the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne has found that girls who are bullied as teenagers are more likely than boys to develop anxiety and depression. The...

Child abuse and protection. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Adult weapons Using a stick, strap, belt or other implement to discipline children should be outlawed in Queensland, a leading child-development expert has urged. Professor Matt Sanders, a clinical psychologist, said `I would like to see a...

Crime & justice. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... WA detention rate Western Australia still detains young people at one of the highest rates in Australia and has the nation's worst over-representation of Aboriginal juveniles, according to the latest figures from Australian Institute of...

Drugs. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Students show concern The recent Sydney Morning Herald survey of 165 high-school students [see above, `Attitudes & opinions'] found that many of the students were concerned about how to stop their friends being drawn into a destructive...

Education. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).
December 1, 2001... A matter of vision Laptop computers for all students, schools that open 12 hours a day and seven days a week, and the abolition of old-fashioned assessments are among the recommendations in a report called New Learning: A Charter for...

Employment. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Graduate prospects A report issued by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research gave research results showing that graduates of TAFE and universities were likely to pick up a job within months of finishing their studies....

Gender issues. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Boys A new book about Australian boys shows them still trapped in stereotypical `masculine' attitudes. Boys' Stuff, edited by Wayne Martino and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, is based on more than 400 interviews with boys at schools across...

Health & safety. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... High-school nursing At many schools, health care provides basic first aid but can't really go much further, and students have had to suffer complex health and personal problems unassisted at school. Recognising this, a new $16-million...

Incomes and expenditures. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Paying their way Paying their Way: A Survey of Australian Undergraduate University Student Finances, 2000 is a report on a study carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research on behalf of the Australian Vice-Chancellors'...

Media. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Children's TV Several independent production companies have joined forces to fight the Australian Children's Television Foundation over its role as a program producer. The independent companies say that the foundation is depriving them of...

Participation. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Enterprise Promoting up-and-coming bands is often the domain of the street media and Triple J, but 18 hardworking Year 11 and 12 students in Canberra have produced a CD featuring five local groups, and it has nearly sold out in the city's...

Rural & isolated. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Growth on the land With farm incomes predicted to increase by up to 29% in the current financial year, partly because of strong productivity gains and major growth in exports, the unemployment rate in agriculture at 6% is lower than the...

Services & welfare. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Need for care Findings of the Western Australian Auditor-General, Des Pearson, show that the number of children and young people in state care in WA is increasing and that their needs are becoming greater and more complex. Mr Pearson has...

Sexuality. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Unsafe sex A survey conducted for Ansell, a condom manufacturer, found that 40% of sexually active young people are not practising safe sex. The survey revealed that almost 70% of Australians aged 14-24 are sexually active, and of that...

Sport & leisure. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Bad sports targeted In South Australia, an online program has been launched to help stamp out harassment and discrimination in sport. Among its targets are `the ugly parent', the backline bully and the overzealous amateur coach. A web...

Suicide. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Fighting depression Research released by the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare revealed that 122 children and young men aged between 10 and 19 committed suicide in 1998, while the figure for females across the same age range was...

Technology. (Youth Monitor: a national roundup of recent press reports on youth issues).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Changing the world According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, almost all Australian children aged 5-14 have now used computers. David Higgins, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, said that when you combine instant global...

Sex, drugs and drinking: health risks in the social lives of young workers. (Peer Reviewed).(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... A study of almost 400 young people (aged 15-25) in the manufacturing, building, hairdressing, fast food and retail industries in Melbourne found that excessive alcohol consumption and smoking are major health issues facing these young workers....

Factors associated with risk-taking behaviour in Western Sydney's young people. (Peer Reviewed).
December 1, 2001... A qualitative study of risk-taking behaviour among Western Sydney's young people identified factors that increase the likelihood of undesirable risk-taking, and provided strategies to curb these behaviours. The findings may assist in the...

Providing services to homeless young people in Melbourne. (Peer Reviewed).(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... A survey of youth service providers in metropolitan Melbourne revealed a relatively stable, experienced and well-educated work force. Case management and counselling were the most commonly provided services to young people; however, respondents...

Are you old enough? Research ethics and young people. (Programs And Practice).
December 1, 2001... Various codes of ethics have been developed for research involving young people. However, Graeme Stuart suggests that these codes may need to be modified to include strategies concerning disclosure to maintain the integrity of young people's...

You're a peer what?! Clarifying the roles of peer supporters, educators and researchers for youth consultants. (Programs And Practice).
December 1, 2001... Youth consultants are increasingly being used in human services fields; however, their roles are often not clearly defined. Being a youth consultant may involve more than one specific task, so it is important to have clear role descriptions and...

Sibling project: a project in South Australia is pioneering the provision of services for siblings of children with disabilities or chronic illness (special needs) -- a group whose needs are only beginning to be recognised in Australia. (Programs And Practice).
December 1, 2001... Not so long ago parents were advised to institutionalise a child with a disability for the sake of the family and, in particular, other siblings. Fortunately, that attitude has changed and children with disabilities are included not only in...

Electronic information for the youth field. (Get It).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Boys in schools www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fac/boys The Boys in Schools Bulletin is issued by the Men and Boys Program based in the Family Action Centre at the University of Newcastle, NSW. The program's three strands are...

Parenting adolescents quiz. (Kits And Resources).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Parenting Adolescents Quiz Centre for Adolescent Health. The Centre for Adolescent Health has recently developed a new resource for parent education -- the Parenting Adolescents Quiz (PAQ). The program is designed to identify family...

The Gurd Youth Alcohol and Drug Education Strategy. (Kits And Resources).
December 1, 2001... The Gurd Youth Alcohol and Drug Education Strategy Western Australia Police Service. The Gurd Youth Alcohol and Drug Education Strategy has three main objectives: to produce alcohol and other drug education resources and merchandise with a...

Digging deep: A practical program to encourage young people to name, own and deal with their emotion. (Kits And Resources).
December 1, 2001... Digging Deep: A practical program to encourage young people to name, own and deal with their emotion J. Matthews, ACER Press, Activities Book ISBN 0864313985, 2001, RRP $140.00, 356pp., Teacher's Manual ISBN 0864313896, 2001, RRP $55.00, 67pp....

Negotiating the Maze: An Analysis of Employment Assistance for Young People. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... Negotiating the maze: An analysis of employment assistance for young people L. Dearn, Brotherhood of St Laurence, ISBN 1876250445, 2001, RRP $6.00, 53pp. This report is the culmination of the Creating Employment Pathways project, initiated...

Aggression and the Development of Delinquent Behaviour in Children. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... Aggression and the Development of Delinquent Behaviour in Children W. Bor et al., Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 207, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2001, ISSN 0817-8542, ISBN 0642242321, 6p. This essay is yet...

A Meta-analysis of the Impact of Community-based Prevention and Early Intervention Action. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... A Meta-analysis of the Impact of Community-based Prevention and Early Intervention Action E. Gauntlett, R. Hugman, P. Kenyon & P. Logan, Department of Family and Community Services, 2001, ISSN 1442-7532, 113pp. This report, the eleventh in...

National Youth Health Priorities. Adolescence: An opportunity for Health. Outcomes of the National Youth Health Summit held in Canberra on 26th July 2001. (Reports).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... National Youth Health Priorities. Adolescence: An opportunity for Health. Outcomes of the National Youth Health Summit held in Canberra on 26th July 2001 AMA, 2001. As the comprehensive title of this document suggests, the participants at...

A Question of Safeguards: Inquiry into the Care and Circumstances of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People in Care. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... A Question of Safeguards: Inquiry into the care and circumstances of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children and young people in care Community Services Commission, 2001, ISBN 0734762488, 85pp. The Community Services Commission, the...

The Queensland Young People's Mental Health Survey. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... The Queensland Young People's Mental Health Survey Centre for Primary Health Care, School of Population Health & Department of Psychiatry, The University of Queensland, 2000, ISBN 1864993502, 84pp. Numerous mental health promotion and...

Creating New Choices: A violence prevention project for schools in Australia. (Reports).
December 1, 2001... Creating New Choices: A violence prevention project for schools in Australia M. Sidey assisted by T. Lynch, International Bureau of Education, 2001, 51 pp. Creating New Choices is a violence prevention project that operates across a number...

Megawords: 200 terms you really need to know. (Books).
December 1, 2001... Megawords: 200 terms you really need to know R. Osborne, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 1865080098, 2001, RRP $24.95, 258pp. For those of us whose education predated or otherwise omitted subjects like critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism...

Boys' Stuff -- Boys talking about what matters. (Books).
December 1, 2001... Boys' Stuff -- Boys talking about what matters W. Martino & M. Pallotta-Chiarolli, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 1865085553, 2001, RRP $24.95, 218pp. Boys' Stuff -- Boys talking about what matters by Wayne Martino and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, is a...

Streetwize publications review notes.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Streetwize magazines are a confronting source of information based around issues affecting youth. The latest publications are designed to appeal to young Australians. The manner in which the issues are presented is both informative and...

YACWA comes of age. (From The Peaks).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... YACWA this year celebrated our 21st birthday of incorporation. The Annual General Meeting was held in the delightful surroundings of AQWA -- WA's aquarium on the ocean front at Hilary's. One hundred people were in attendance to celebrate,...

The needs of children who witness domestic violence: a South Australian study. (Abuse).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The needs of children who witness domestic violence: a South Australian study D. Bagshaw & D. Chung, Children Australia, v.26, n.3, 2001, pp.9-17. To assess the needs of women, men and young people who had experienced domestic violence, an...

Listening to the child victim of abuse through the process of therapy: A case study. (Abuse).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Listening to the child victim of abuse through the process of therapy: A case study. N. Mudaly & C. Goddard, Children Australia, v. 26, n.3, 2001, pp. 18-22. The purpose of treatment for children who have been abused is to provide early...

Adolescents' risk activities, risk hierarchies and the influence of religiosity. (At-risk youth).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Adolescents' risk activities, risk hierarchies and the influence of religiosity J. Abbott-Chapman & C. Denholm, Journal of Youth Studies, v.4, n.3, 2001, pp.279-97. A focus group and questionnaire survey of 954 Tasmanian Year 11 and 12...

An ABC of mentors' talk about disaffected youth. (At-risk youth).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... An ABC of mentors' talk about disaffected youth H. Colley, Youth and Policy, n.72, summer, 2001, pp.1-15. Many evaluation reports of mentoring emphasise mentors' empathy with young people's social and personal situations. However, there...

A comparison of social development processes leading to violent behavior in late adolescence for childhood initiators and adolescent initiators of violence. (Bullying and violence).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A comparison of social development processes leading to violent behavior in late adolescence for childhood initiators and adolescent initiators of violence T.I. Herrenkohl, B. Huang, R. Kosterman, J.D. Hawkins et al., The Journal of Research in...

Occupational aspirations of sixth-grade children. (Careers/transition).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Occupational aspirations of sixth-grade children M. McMahon, J. Carroll & R.M. Gillies, Australian Journal of Career Development, v.10, n.1, 2001, pp.25-31. The question of how early career education can usefully be introduced into schools...

Career information, guidance and counselling services: Policy perspectives. (Careers/transition).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Career information, guidance and counselling services: Policy perspectives R. Sweet, Australian Journal of Career Development, v.10, n.2, 2001, pp.11-14. A recent initiative of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

Senior students' views on career information: What was the most useful and what would they like? (Careers/transition).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Senior students' views on career information: What was the most useful and what would they like? W. Patton & A. McCrindle, Australian Journal of Career Development, v.10, n.1, 2001, pp.32-35. The important role played by school-based career...

Youth graffiti as an existential coping device: The case of Rabin's assassination. (Culture).(Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Youth graffiti as an existential coping device: The case of Rabin's assassination D. Luzzatto & Y. Jacobson, Journal of Youth Studies, v.4, n.3., 2001, pp.351-65. Research carried out for 16 months following the assassination of the...

Whatever happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess? Young adult pathways linked to adolescent activity involvement and social identity. (Development).
December 1, 2001... Whatever happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess? Young adult pathways linked to adolescent activity involvement and social identity B.L. Barber, J. S. Eccles & M.R. Stone, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.16, n.5, 2001, pp.429-55....

Working with families to promote healthy adolescent development. (Families).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Working with families to promote healthy adolescent development J.W. Toumbourou & M.E. Gregg, Family Matters, n.59, winter, 2001, pp.54-60. Adolescence has until recently been perceived as `too late' for family intervention; however,...

Adolescents' bereavement experiences. Prevalence, association with depressive symptoms, and use of services. (Mental health).
December 1, 2001... Adolescents' bereavement experiences. Prevalence, association with depressive symptoms, and use of services L. Harrison & R. Harrington, Journal of Adolescence, v.24, n.2, 2001, pp.159-69. Most studies of bereaved young people have focused...

Comparing adolescents' considerations for self-referral and counsellors' perceptions of these considerations: An exploratory study. (Mental Health).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Comparing adolescents' considerations for self-referral and counsellors' perceptions of these considerations: An exploratory study M. Tatar, Journal of Adolescence, v.24, n.2, 2001, pp.171-81. Counsellors' and adolescents' perceptions of...

A model for the access and engagement of young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. (Multiculturalism).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A model for the access and engagement of young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds L. Beasley & V. D'Souza, Synergy, winter, 2001, pp.15-18. A survey of the cultural and language backgrounds of 406 young people...

The strategic use of sports and fitness activities for promoting psychosocial skill development in childhood and adolescence. (Sport, leisure).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The strategic use of sports and fitness activities for promoting psychosocial skill development in childhood and adolescence J. Gavin & S. Lister, Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, v.16, 2001, pp.325-43. Different sports or activities...

Techniques for negotiating workplace `reform' in Australia: An ethnography of the youth and community sector. (Youth services).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Techniques for negotiating workplace `reform' in Australia: An ethnography of the youth and community sector R. Webber & J. Bessant, Youth and Policy, n.72, summer 2001, pp.35-49. In the last decade, the youth and community sector has...

A configural analysis of burnout in child and youth care workers in thirteen cultures. (Youth work).(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... A configural analysis of burnout in child and youth care workers in thirteen cultures V. Savicki, Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, v.15, 2001, pp.185-206. Child and youth care workers suffering from burnout can be expected to...