E E Freeman
Biographic Data
| ID | 7357652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E E Freeman |
| GIVEN NAMES | E E |
| FAMILY NAME | Freeman |
| SIGNATURE | FREEMAN E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1594-5213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of ‘Adapting Family Therapy for Autism’ (Afta) training on health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes
Objective Reflecting the shift towards a biopsychosocial understanding of autism, the professional training, Adapting Family Therapy for Autism (AFTA), emphasises systemic support for autistic individuals and their families and prioritises their unique strengths and perspectives. The present study is an evaluation of AFTA’s impacts on participants’ knowledge and attitudes.Materials and Methods Clinicians who had completed AFTA training were purpo…
What Do Dads Want in a Parenting Program? Improving Father Engagement in Parenting Education and Support
Father engagement in parenting programs is vital for positive child development and family wellbeing, yet fathers remain underrepresented in parenting programs. This study examines factors influencing fathers’ participation using two discrete choice experiments. Experiment 1 identified key attributes affecting engagement, including program content, cost, and delivery modality. Experiment 2 refined these insights, showing a preference for cost-fre…
Exploring the experiences and support for autistic students who have transitioned to a regional Australian university
Measuring Anxiety in Autistic Children
The present study assessed the validity of one of the first autism-specific anxiety measures, the Anxiety Scale for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC-ASD), and compared its ability to predict parent-reported clinical anxiety to a ‘traditional’ anxiety measure, the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS). Whether the inclusion of the child form for each measure improved the predictive ability of the parent forms was also examined. Eighty-…
The Relationship between Father–Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Children’s Working Memory
Rough-and-tumble play (RTP) between fathers and children has been linked to many social, emotional, and behavioural child outcomes, such as reduced aggression and increased self-regulation. This study extends our understanding of the importance of RTP to the development of the executive function, working memory. Father-child dyads (N = 30) were asked to play two RTP games that were videorecorded for later observational coding. Fathers were also a…
Enhancing fathers’ engagement in parenting programs
Objective Despite parenting programs providing benefits to parents and children, fathers enrol five times less often than mothers and dropout at higher rates. To better understand how to encourage father engagement, this study asked 55 Australian fathers about their preferences regarding six attributes of parenting programs: content; delivery method; participants; facilitator gender; program duration; and cost.Method Participants were asked to co…
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
Enhancing fathers’ engagement in parenting programs
Objective Despite parenting programs providing benefits to parents and children, fathers enrol five times less often than mothers and dropout at higher rates. To better understand how to encourage father engagement, this study asked 55 Australian fathers about their preferences regarding six attributes of parenting programs: content; delivery method; participants; facilitator gender; program duration; and cost.Method Participants were asked to co…
Measurement of Father–child Rough‐and‐tumble Play and Its Relations to Child Behavior
Although there is increasing evidence of paternal influence on child outcomes such as language and cognition, researchers are not yet clear on the features of father–child play that are most valuable in terms of child development. Physical play such as rough and tumble play (RTP) is a favored type of father–child play in Western societies that has been linked to children's socioemotional competence. It is important, therefore, to determine the im…
The Relationship between Father–Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Children’s Working Memory
Rough-and-tumble play (RTP) between fathers and children has been linked to many social, emotional, and behavioural child outcomes, such as reduced aggression and increased self-regulation. This study extends our understanding of the importance of RTP to the development of the executive function, working memory. Father-child dyads (N = 30) were asked to play two RTP games that were videorecorded for later observational coding. Fathers were also a…
Enhancing fathers’ engagement in parenting programs
Objective Despite parenting programs providing benefits to parents and children, fathers enrol five times less often than mothers and dropout at higher rates. To better understand how to encourage father engagement, this study asked 55 Australian fathers about their preferences regarding six attributes of parenting programs: content; delivery method; participants; facilitator gender; program duration; and cost.Method Participants were asked to co…
Measuring Anxiety in Autistic Children
The present study assessed the validity of one of the first autism-specific anxiety measures, the Anxiety Scale for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC-ASD), and compared its ability to predict parent-reported clinical anxiety to a ‘traditional’ anxiety measure, the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS). Whether the inclusion of the child form for each measure improved the predictive ability of the parent forms was also examined. Eighty-…
What Do Dads Want in a Parenting Program? Improving Father Engagement in Parenting Education and Support
Father engagement in parenting programs is vital for positive child development and family wellbeing, yet fathers remain underrepresented in parenting programs. This study examines factors influencing fathers’ participation using two discrete choice experiments. Experiment 1 identified key attributes affecting engagement, including program content, cost, and delivery modality. Experiment 2 refined these insights, showing a preference for cost-fre…
Exploring the experiences and support for autistic students who have transitioned to a regional Australian university
Impact of ‘Adapting Family Therapy for Autism’ (Afta) training on health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes
Objective Reflecting the shift towards a biopsychosocial understanding of autism, the professional training, Adapting Family Therapy for Autism (AFTA), emphasises systemic support for autistic individuals and their families and prioritises their unique strengths and perspectives. The present study is an evaluation of AFTA’s impacts on participants’ knowledge and attitudes.Materials and Methods Clinicians who had completed AFTA training were purpo…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Autism (2 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)