Grania Sheehan
Biographic Data
| ID | 648954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grania Sheehan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grania |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheehan |
| SIGNATURE | SHEEHAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using professional practice experience to guide family law reform
This article explores the possibility of using professional practice experience as a basis for family law reform. It draws on a recent Australian study which is seeking to use an understanding of everyday practice in the family law system to generate a coherent child focused decision-making framework for children's care arrangements that can be used by all professionals within the system. The study, the Children's Needs project, responded to prac…
Conflict in Divorcing and Continuously Married Families
Family members in both separated or divorcing and married families completed a range of questionnaires about the conflict in 3 relationships-couple, parent-child, and sibling-across 2 phases of the study approximately 12 months apart. In addition, the adolescents completed measures of adjustment: self esteem, depression, and anxiety. Adolescents in a subset of the divorcing families were interviewed about the conflict in their families across the…
Superannuation and Divorce in Australia
This article presents the findings from a national survey of property distribution on separation and divorce. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on settlement behaviour of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 (Cth)(‘the Act’), which allows superannuation (i.e. pensions) to be shared between former spouses on divorce. The law was reformed to facilitate a fairer distribution of the husband's superannuation ben…
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Children's Perceptions of Their Sibling Relationships During Parental Separation and Divorce
The central aim of this paper is to explore whether parental separation and divorce influence children's experiences of the sibling relationship. In addressing this research aim, the paper draws on the first wave data from a longitudinal study of sibling relationships and adolescent adjustment to parental divorce. Participants include the adolescent children and their parents from 137 divorcing families, and from a comparison sample of 165 intact…
Adolescent’s perceptions of differential parenting
The study examines whether adolescent twins’ attachment style mediates the association between their perceptions of differential parental treatment and their reported adjustment. Data from a survey of 174 adolescent twins are used to assess the links between twins’ reports of differential parental affection and differential parental control, their attachment style, and their reported personal self‐esteem, social self‐esteem, and anxiety. Twins’ r…
Financial Aspects of the Divorce Transition in Australia
In this article, an overview of recent empirical findings on the financial aspects of the divorce transition is provided. The findings are drawn from the Australian Divorce Transitions Project - a national random survey of 650 divorced Australians, conducted in late 1997 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The overview presents key findings on how property is divided (including the treatment of superannuation and spousal maintenance), …
Marital conflict patterns
The goal of this study was to explore the effects of marital conflict on conflict patterns in the family, and on family members’perceptions of one another. Sixty‐eight two‐parent families with adolescent twins participated, with parents reporting on the conflict patterns used by the marital dyad, and by themselves in interaction with each of their twins, and adolescent twins reporting on their interactions with each other. In addition, all four f…
Financial Aspects of the Divorce Transition in Australia
In this article, an overview of recent empirical findings on the financial aspects of the divorce transition is provided. The findings are drawn from the Australian Divorce Transitions Project - a national random survey of 650 divorced Australians, conducted in late 1997 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The overview presents key findings on how property is divided (including the treatment of superannuation and spousal maintenance), …
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Marital conflict patterns
The goal of this study was to explore the effects of marital conflict on conflict patterns in the family, and on family members’perceptions of one another. Sixty‐eight two‐parent families with adolescent twins participated, with parents reporting on the conflict patterns used by the marital dyad, and by themselves in interaction with each of their twins, and adolescent twins reporting on their interactions with each other. In addition, all four f…
Adolescent’s perceptions of differential parenting
The study examines whether adolescent twins’ attachment style mediates the association between their perceptions of differential parental treatment and their reported adjustment. Data from a survey of 174 adolescent twins are used to assess the links between twins’ reports of differential parental affection and differential parental control, their attachment style, and their reported personal self‐esteem, social self‐esteem, and anxiety. Twins’ r…
Financial Aspects of the Divorce Transition in Australia
In this article, an overview of recent empirical findings on the financial aspects of the divorce transition is provided. The findings are drawn from the Australian Divorce Transitions Project - a national random survey of 650 divorced Australians, conducted in late 1997 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The overview presents key findings on how property is divided (including the treatment of superannuation and spousal maintenance), …
Children's Perceptions of Their Sibling Relationships During Parental Separation and Divorce
The central aim of this paper is to explore whether parental separation and divorce influence children's experiences of the sibling relationship. In addressing this research aim, the paper draws on the first wave data from a longitudinal study of sibling relationships and adolescent adjustment to parental divorce. Participants include the adolescent children and their parents from 137 divorcing families, and from a comparison sample of 165 intact…
Divergent Expectations and Experience
In this article, an overview of the key findings from the Children's Contact Services Project is presented. Children's Contact Services (CCSs) assist separated parents to manage contact arrangements with their children through the provision of supervised visitation and changeover services. The aims of this project were to investigate the use of CCSs in Australia by referring agencies (eg. courts and legal practitioners), and clients of contact se…
Conflict in Divorcing and Continuously Married Families
Family members in both separated or divorcing and married families completed a range of questionnaires about the conflict in 3 relationships-couple, parent-child, and sibling-across 2 phases of the study approximately 12 months apart. In addition, the adolescents completed measures of adjustment: self esteem, depression, and anxiety. Adolescents in a subset of the divorcing families were interviewed about the conflict in their families across the…
Superannuation and Divorce in Australia
This article presents the findings from a national survey of property distribution on separation and divorce. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on settlement behaviour of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 (Cth)(‘the Act’), which allows superannuation (i.e. pensions) to be shared between former spouses on divorce. The law was reformed to facilitate a fairer distribution of the husband's superannuation ben…
Using professional practice experience to guide family law reform
This article explores the possibility of using professional practice experience as a basis for family law reform. It draws on a recent Australian study which is seeking to use an understanding of everyday practice in the family law system to generate a coherent child focused decision-making framework for children's care arrangements that can be used by all professionals within the system. The study, the Children's Needs project, responded to prac…
Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Sibling (3 works) · Sibling relationship (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)