Kate Freiberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 5238058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Freiberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Freiberg |
| SIGNATURE | FREIBERG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The development and psychometric properties of a scalable digital measure of social and emotional wellbeing for middle childhood
The need for a new measure of social-emotional wellbeing for children 6–12 years emerged in our collaboration with schools and community agencies in a disadvantaged region of Brisbane, Australia. Our search for an age-appropriate medium led us to develop Clowning Around, a computer game generating data which was assessed for validity and reliability in Study 1 (N = 3,461), revealing four wellbeing factors with satisfactory properties. The imperat…
Child well‐being before and after the 2020 Covid ‐19 lockdowns in three Australian states
This paper reports on changes in the social‐emotional well‐being of 6‐ to 12‐year‐old children tested before the COVID‐19 pandemic and during 2020 and 2021. Well‐being was assessed using a video game that empowers children to report their own well‐being, including school attachment, social and emotional well‐being, behavioural conformity and family support. We compared well‐being over time for two groups of children in government schools in Queen…
Evaluation of a place‐based collective impact initiative through cross‐sectoral data linkage
Australian governments fund many place‐based collective impact initiatives like Communities for Children (CfC); states fund family support services to keep at‐risk children out of the child protection system; and schools implement many extracurricular programmes. Do these services have a beneficial, cost‐effective collective impact on child well‐being? This paper describes a proof‐of‐concept attempt to address this question by linking for one CfC…
The Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (Peem)
This article describes the development, validity, and reliability of the Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (PEEM). Development was guided by theory and by challenges faced by Pathways to Prevention family support staff who required a short, practical, and reliable measure of parent empowerment. The measure's psychometric properties were tested using data from 866 parents of children aged 5 to 12, living in high to low socioeconomic status a…
My Life Is Separated’
Paternal imprisonment creates a significant risk for the intergenerational transmission of offending. However, there is little research on the mechanisms underpinning this risk, including how paternal imprisonment interrupts parenting and father-child relationships. Culturally relevant research is also essential in the context of high imprisonment rates of Indigenous Australian men. We conducted interviews with 41 Indigenous Australian fathers fr…
A prevalence study of children with imprisoned fathers
In Australia, data are not routinely collected on the parental status of prisoners, so there are no official nationwide figures and few State‐based figures. The current study uses data collected in Queensland over a six‐month period to estimate how many Queensland children, in one year and in their entire childhood, experience paternal imprisonment. Additional data were collected relating to the provision of care for the child prior to, and durin…
Making the developmental system work better for children
Pathways to Prevention is an early prevention project founded on developmental systems theory operating through a schools‐community agency‐university partnership in a socially disadvantaged area of Brisbane. Circles of Care is a Pathways programme also implemented on a small scale by the same agency in a regional city. The Circles programme is designed to strengthen connections between schools, families and community services, and harmonize activ…
Beyond Risk Factors
Since the mid 1990s early intervention and prevention has become a central feature of public policy across the western world. This development has had a major impact on re-constructing the prevention paradigm in children and youth services. It has been underpinned by the emergence of the science of risk factor analysis (RFA). This paradigm has had mixed success in prevention work but has gained significant political credence and support. While RF…
Creating pathways to participation
Pathways to Prevention is a developmental prevention project focused on the transition to school in a disadvantaged multicultural urban area in Queensland. The project incorporates two elements: The Preschool Intervention Program (PIP) promotes communication and social skills related to school success; and the Family Independence Program (FIP) (parent training, facilitated playgroups, support groups, etc) promotes family capacity to foster child …
Beyond Risk Factors
Since the mid 1990s early intervention and prevention has become a central feature of public policy across the western world. This development has had a major impact on re-constructing the prevention paradigm in children and youth services. It has been underpinned by the emergence of the science of risk factor analysis (RFA). This paradigm has had mixed success in prevention work but has gained significant political credence and support. While RF…
The Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (Peem)
This article describes the development, validity, and reliability of the Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (PEEM). Development was guided by theory and by challenges faced by Pathways to Prevention family support staff who required a short, practical, and reliable measure of parent empowerment. The measure's psychometric properties were tested using data from 866 parents of children aged 5 to 12, living in high to low socioeconomic status a…
My Life Is Separated’
Paternal imprisonment creates a significant risk for the intergenerational transmission of offending. However, there is little research on the mechanisms underpinning this risk, including how paternal imprisonment interrupts parenting and father-child relationships. Culturally relevant research is also essential in the context of high imprisonment rates of Indigenous Australian men. We conducted interviews with 41 Indigenous Australian fathers fr…
A prevalence study of children with imprisoned fathers
In Australia, data are not routinely collected on the parental status of prisoners, so there are no official nationwide figures and few State‐based figures. The current study uses data collected in Queensland over a six‐month period to estimate how many Queensland children, in one year and in their entire childhood, experience paternal imprisonment. Additional data were collected relating to the provision of care for the child prior to, and durin…
Evaluation of a place‐based collective impact initiative through cross‐sectoral data linkage
Australian governments fund many place‐based collective impact initiatives like Communities for Children (CfC); states fund family support services to keep at‐risk children out of the child protection system; and schools implement many extracurricular programmes. Do these services have a beneficial, cost‐effective collective impact on child well‐being? This paper describes a proof‐of‐concept attempt to address this question by linking for one CfC…
Child well‐being before and after the 2020 Covid ‐19 lockdowns in three Australian states
This paper reports on changes in the social‐emotional well‐being of 6‐ to 12‐year‐old children tested before the COVID‐19 pandemic and during 2020 and 2021. Well‐being was assessed using a video game that empowers children to report their own well‐being, including school attachment, social and emotional well‐being, behavioural conformity and family support. We compared well‐being over time for two groups of children in government schools in Queen…
Making the developmental system work better for children
Pathways to Prevention is an early prevention project founded on developmental systems theory operating through a schools‐community agency‐university partnership in a socially disadvantaged area of Brisbane. Circles of Care is a Pathways programme also implemented on a small scale by the same agency in a regional city. The Circles programme is designed to strengthen connections between schools, families and community services, and harmonize activ…
Creating pathways to participation
Pathways to Prevention is a developmental prevention project focused on the transition to school in a disadvantaged multicultural urban area in Queensland. The project incorporates two elements: The Preschool Intervention Program (PIP) promotes communication and social skills related to school success; and the Family Independence Program (FIP) (parent training, facilitated playgroups, support groups, etc) promotes family capacity to foster child …
Beyond Risk Factors
Since the mid 1990s early intervention and prevention has become a central feature of public policy across the western world. This development has had a major impact on re-constructing the prevention paradigm in children and youth services. It has been underpinned by the emergence of the science of risk factor analysis (RFA). This paradigm has had mixed success in prevention work but has gained significant political credence and support. While RF…
Making the developmental system work better for children
Pathways to Prevention is an early prevention project founded on developmental systems theory operating through a schools‐community agency‐university partnership in a socially disadvantaged area of Brisbane. Circles of Care is a Pathways programme also implemented on a small scale by the same agency in a regional city. The Circles programme is designed to strengthen connections between schools, families and community services, and harmonize activ…
A prevalence study of children with imprisoned fathers
In Australia, data are not routinely collected on the parental status of prisoners, so there are no official nationwide figures and few State‐based figures. The current study uses data collected in Queensland over a six‐month period to estimate how many Queensland children, in one year and in their entire childhood, experience paternal imprisonment. Additional data were collected relating to the provision of care for the child prior to, and durin…
The Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (Peem)
This article describes the development, validity, and reliability of the Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (PEEM). Development was guided by theory and by challenges faced by Pathways to Prevention family support staff who required a short, practical, and reliable measure of parent empowerment. The measure's psychometric properties were tested using data from 866 parents of children aged 5 to 12, living in high to low socioeconomic status a…
My Life Is Separated’
Paternal imprisonment creates a significant risk for the intergenerational transmission of offending. However, there is little research on the mechanisms underpinning this risk, including how paternal imprisonment interrupts parenting and father-child relationships. Culturally relevant research is also essential in the context of high imprisonment rates of Indigenous Australian men. We conducted interviews with 41 Indigenous Australian fathers fr…
Evaluation of a place‐based collective impact initiative through cross‐sectoral data linkage
Australian governments fund many place‐based collective impact initiatives like Communities for Children (CfC); states fund family support services to keep at‐risk children out of the child protection system; and schools implement many extracurricular programmes. Do these services have a beneficial, cost‐effective collective impact on child well‐being? This paper describes a proof‐of‐concept attempt to address this question by linking for one CfC…
Child well‐being before and after the 2020 Covid ‐19 lockdowns in three Australian states
This paper reports on changes in the social‐emotional well‐being of 6‐ to 12‐year‐old children tested before the COVID‐19 pandemic and during 2020 and 2021. Well‐being was assessed using a video game that empowers children to report their own well‐being, including school attachment, social and emotional well‐being, behavioural conformity and family support. We compared well‐being over time for two groups of children in government schools in Queen…
The development and psychometric properties of a scalable digital measure of social and emotional wellbeing for middle childhood
The need for a new measure of social-emotional wellbeing for children 6–12 years emerged in our collaboration with schools and community agencies in a disadvantaged region of Brisbane, Australia. Our search for an age-appropriate medium led us to develop Clowning Around, a computer game generating data which was assessed for validity and reliability in Study 1 (N = 3,461), revealing four wellbeing factors with satisfactory properties. The imperat…
Psychology (8 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Community Health and Development (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Disadvantaged (3 works)