Table S1.
Reporting Domestic and Family Violence in Practice
| Mandatory reporting (Asked to respondents who indicated they practice in South Australia, Northern Territory, and New South Wales) | Voluntary reporting (Asked to respondents who indicated they practice in Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, and Western Australia) | ||||||
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No Personal Experience DFV (n = 53)
n (%) |
Personal Experience of DFV (n = 50)
n (%) |
Comparing Experience of DFV |
No Personal Experience DFV (n = 56)
n (%) |
Personal Experience of DFV (n = 58)
n (%) |
Comparing Experience of DFV | ||
| Are you aware of the specific instances where you would be required to mandatory report child abuse? | χ2 (df,n) p | If you decide to report child abuse in the context of family violence, do you understand what consents are required? | Fisher’s exact test, p | ||||
| No | 7 (13.2%) | 11 (22.0%) | 3.304 (3, 103) 0.347 | No | 30 (53.6%) | 20 (34.5%) | χ2 = 5.570, 0.134 |
| Unsure | 15 (28.3%) | 8 (16.0%) | Unsure | 13 (23.2%) | 17 (29.3%) | ||
| Yes | 23 (43.4%) | 25 (50.0%) | Yes | 2 (3.6%) | 7 (12.1%) | ||
| Did not respond | 8 (15.1%) | 6 (12.0%) | Did not respond | 11 (19.6%) | 14 (24.1%) | ||
| Do you understand the process to follow when you have to mandatory report child abuse? | If you decided to report child abuse in the context of family violence, are you aware of the process involved? | χ2 (df,n) p | |||||
| No | 13 (24.5%) | 13 (26.0%) | 2.949 (3, 103) 0.400 | No | 27 (48.2%) | 16 (27.6%) | 6.334 (3, 114) 0.096 |
| Unsure | 18 (34.0%) | 11 (22.0%) | Unsure | 13 (22.4%) | 16 (28.6%) | ||
| Yes | 14 (26.4%) | 20 (40.0%) | Yes | 5 (8.9%) | 12 (20.7%) | ||
| Did not respond | 8 (15.1%) | 6 (12.0%) | Did not respond | 11 (19.6%) | 14 (24.1%) | ||
| Would you feel comfortable if you had to mandatory report child abuse in the context of family and domestic violence? | Would you feel comfortable reporting child abuse in the context of family and domestic violence? | ||||||
| No | 7 (13.2%) | 6 (12.0%) | 1.362 (3, 103) 0.714 | No | 6 (10.7%) | 6 (10.3%) | 0.791 (3, 114) 0.869 |
| Unsure | 12 (22.6%) | 8 (16.0%) | Unsure | 16 (28.6%) | 13 (22.4%) | ||
| Yes | 26 (49.1%) | 30 (60.0%) | Yes | 23 (41.1%) | 25 (43.1%) | ||
| Did not respond | 8 (15.1%) | 6 (12.0%) | Did not respond | 11 (19.6%) | 14 (24.1%) | ||
| Is there any situation that you feel you would not report child abuse in the context of family and domestic violence? | Fisher’s exact test, p | Is there a situation that you feel you would report child abuse in the context of family and domestic violence? | Fisher’s exact test, p | ||||
| No | 33 (62.3%) | 29 (58.0%) | χ2 = 0.938, 0.851 | No | 4 (7.1%) | 8 (13.8%) | χ2 = 4.703, 0.193 |
| Unsure | 10 (18.9%) | 12 (24.0%) | Unsure | 26 (46.4%) | 16 (27.6%) | ||
| Yes | 2 (3.8%) | 3 (6.0%) | Yes | 14 (25.0%) | 19 (32.8%) | ||
| Did not respond | 8 (15.1%) | 6 (12.0%) | Did not respond | 12 (21.4%) | 15 (25.9%) | ||
| For practitioners living near state boarders or seeing a client from interstate with no mandatory reporting obligations, would you feel like you need to report child abuse in the context of family and domestic violence? | If you see a client from a state that has mandatory reporting, would you be aware of the reporting requirements? | χ2 (df,n) p | |||||
| No | 1 (1.9%) | 0 | χ2 = 1.579, 0.789 | No | 19 (33.9%) | 15 (25.9%) | 2.854 (3, 114) 0.415 |
| Unsure | 8 (15.1%) | 5 (10.0%) | Unsure | 19 (33.9%) | 16 (27.6%) | ||
| Yes | 19 (35.8%) | 20 (40.0%) | Yes | 7 (12.5%) | 13 (22.4%) | ||
| Did not respond | 25 (47.2%) | 25 (50.0%) | Did not respond | 11 (19.6%) | 14 (24.1%) | ||
df = degrees of freedom; DFV = domestic and family violence.