By Dr Ciara Anne Smyth

Journal articles

Idle J; Robinson S; Fisher KR; Ikäheimo H; Smyth C; Yoon J, 2024, 'Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2024.2336076

Smyth C; Fisher K; Robinson S; Ikaheimo H; Hrenchir N; Idle J; Yoon J, 2023, 'Policy representation of everyday harm experienced by people with disability', Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12985

Drysdale K; Bates S; Ritter A; Smyth C; Leeuw ED; Katz I, 2023, 'Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place-based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12621

Smyth C; Cullen P; Breckenridge J; Cortis N; valentine K, 2021, 'COVID-19 lockdowns, intimate partner violence and coercive control', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56, pp. 359 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.162

Cortis N; Smyth C; valentine K; Breckenridge J; Cullen P, 2021, 'Adapting Service Delivery during COVID-19: Experiences of Domestic Violence Practitioners', The British Journal of Social Work, 51, pp. 1779 - 1798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab105

Smyth C; Cortis N; Powell A, 2021, 'University staff and flexible work: inequalities, tensions and challenges', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43, pp. 489 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2020.1857504

valentine K; Smyth C; Newland J, 2019, '‘Good enough’ parenting: Negotiating standards and stigma', International Journal of Drug Policy, 68, pp. 117 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.07.009

Cortis N; Smyth C; Wade C; Katz I, 2018, 'Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection: Practitioners' perspectives', Child and Family Social Work, 24, pp. 50 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12580

Smyth CA, 2017, 'Maximising advantage in the preschool years: Parents’ resources and strategies', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42, pp. 65 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.42.3.08

Smyth C, 2015, 'Getting Ahead in the Preschool Years: An Analysis of a Preschool Enrichment and Entertainment Market', Sociology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038515577916

Smyth C; Craig L, 2015, 'Conforming to intensive parenting ideals: willingness, reluctance and social context', Families, Relationships and Societies, 6, pp. 107 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674315X14393034138937

Craig L; Powell A; Smyth C, 2014, 'Towards intensive parenting? Changes in the composition and determinants of mothers and fathers' time with children 1992-2006', British Journal of Sociology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12035

Smyth C, 2014, 'Boost your preschooler's brain power! An analysis of advice to parents from an Australian government-funded website', Women's Studies International Forum, 45, pp. 10 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.011

Smyth C; Blaxland M; Cass B, 2011, ''So that's how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life'. Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', Journal of Youth Studies, 14, pp. 145 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2010.506524

Smyth C; Cass B; Hill T, 2011, 'Children and young people as active agents in care-giving: agency and constraint', Children and Youth Services Review, 33, pp. 509 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.05.009

Smyth C; Michail S, 2010, 'Exploring Young Carers’ Agency', Qualitative Research Journal, 10, pp. 36 - 50, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=480116752024060;res=IELHSS

Cass B; Blaxland M; Smyth C, 2008, '‘So that’s how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life.’ Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', Family Tax Benefit Part B: Where to from here?

Smyth C; Mchugh MH, 2006, 'Exploring the dimensions of professional fostering: carers` perceptions of their fostering role', Children Australia, 31 (1), pp. 12 - 20

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