Dr Divna Haslam
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Biography
My research aims to ensure all children have access to safe, stable, violence-free childhoods. This spans from extensive work on evidence-based parenting programs (Triple P) to epidemiological work on child maltreatment and adverse childhood experiences. As both a clinical psychologist and a research academic I use a prevention lens to target risk and protective factors to enhance child and family well-being and to mitigate the impact of early adversity. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade contracted me as a specialist to provide consultation to the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture in the area of parenting, and I have provided similar consultation to governments in the UK, EU, and Canada about the dissemination of prevention and early intervention parenting programs. I have >30 publications and 4 invited book chapters. The Workplace Triple P Program I developed with Prof Matt Sanders AO has been disseminated by the QLD government and measures I have developed have been translated into 7 languages. I am frequently called on by the media for comment.
My current focus is the first major prevalence study of child maltreatment in Australia. The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) will be surveying up to 10 000 Australians across a range of age groups about their childhood experiences (including maltreatment, bullying, and exposure to ACESs) as well as information about their current physical and mental health and adult exposure to intimate partner violence. This is the first study nationwide epidemiological study of maltreatment and its impact in Australia.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Discipline
Law
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Parenting and Family Support Centre
Member Australian Psychological Society
Master Trainer: Triple P Positive Parenting Program
Research Affiliate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
Member, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT
Member, Childhood Adversity Research Program, QUT
Member, Parenting and Family Research Alliance
Member, Early Childhood Australia
Selected publications
- Haslam D, Mejia A, Thomson D, Betancourt T, (2019) Self-regulation in low- and middle-income countries: Challenges and future directions, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 22 (1), pp. 104-117.
- Haslam D, Mejia A, (2018) Accommodating race and ethnicity in parenting interventions. In MR Sanders & TG Mazzucchelli, The power of positive parenting: Transforming the lives of children, parents, and communities using the triple P system, Oxford University Press, pp. 332-344.
- Haslam D, Penman N, (2018) Parenting support in the workplace. In MR Sanders & TG Mazzucchelli, The power of positive parenting: Transforming the lives of children, parents, and communities using the triple P system, Oxford University Press, pp. 262-271.
- Burke K, Haslam D, Butler K, (2018) Policies and services affecting parenting. In MR Sanders & A Morawska, Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan, Springer, pp. 551-564.
- Haslam D, Burke K, (2018) Work, poverty, and financial stress. In MR Sanders & A Morawska, Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan, Springer, pp. 495-510.
- Haslam D, Patrick P, Kirby J, (2015) Giving voice to working mothers: A consumer informed study to program design for working mothers, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24 (8), pp. 2463-2473.
- Haslam D, Filus A, Morawska A, Sanders M, Fletcher R, (2015) The Work-Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS): Development and initial validation of a self-report measure of work-family conflict for use with parents, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46 (3), pp. 346-357.
- Haslam D, Sanders M, Sofronoff K, (2013) Reducing work and family conflict in teachers: A randomised controlled trial of workplace triple P, School Mental Health, 5 (2), pp. 70-82.
- Sanders M, Haslam D, Calam R, Southwell C, Stallman H, (2011) Designing effective interventions for working parents: a web-based survey of parents in the UK workforce, Journal of Children's Services, 6 (3), pp. 186-200.
- Morawska A, Haslam D, Milne D, Sanders M, (2011) Evaluation of a brief parenting discussion group for parents of young children, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 32 (2), pp. 136-145.
QUT ePrints
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