Our publications

  • Friggieri, A., & Sammut -Scerri, C. (2022). Karolina, Ferdi u s-Sahhar il- Hazin”. Malta: Merlin Publishers. This is a book for children about the subject of domestic violence.
  • Gatt, M., & Sammut-Scerri, C. (2021). “She is mine”. The experience of becoming parents through international adoption. Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachment. Vol 0 (0) 1 – 20 Doi10.1177/26344041221 108486
  • Abela, A., Sammut- Scerri, C., Grech Lanfranco, I. (2020). A Scoping Review of the current Family-friendly practices in Malta; with recommendations for policy and research post Covid- 19. Commissioned by the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity.
  • Grech Lanfranco, I. (2020). Parents As Partners Coparenting Programme with 
    Parents of Infants with a Highly Reactive Temperament: A randomised controlled study. PhD Dissertation – University of Malta.
  • Sammut-Scerri, C., Vetere, A. & Abela, A (2020). Looking Back on Childhood: Women’s Experience of Triangulation in the Context of Domestic Violence. Contemporary Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-019-09530-9
  • Borg, K., Bonnici, J., Pace Gasan, S., Lauri, M., Bonello, P., & Sammut Scerri, C. (2020). Investigating the barriers to local  adoption in Malta. Commissioned by the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity.
  • Catania, A., Sammut Scerri, C., & Catania, G. (2019). Men’s experience of their partner’s breast cancer diagnosis, breast surgery and oncological treatment. Journal of Clinical Nursing. DOI: 1111/jocn/4800
  • Putnam, S. et al., (2019). Cultural Influences on Temperament Development: Findings from the Global Temperament Project. Presentation at Internation Congress on Infant Studies, Baltimore, U.S.A.
  • Sammut Scerri, C., Grech Lanfranco, I., & Abela, A. (2019). “Family wellbeing: A look at Maltese families” in S. Vella, R. Falzon & A. Azzopardi (Eds) Perspectives of Social Wellbeing: A Reader. Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publishing House.
  • Abela, A., & Sammut Scerri, C. (June, 2018).  Child and Family scholars and practitioners offer their reflections to the Embryo Protection (Amendment) Bill. Bill no 3.
  • Sammut Scerri, C., Grech Lanfranco, I., & Abela, A. (2018). Family Wellbeing: A look at Maltese families. In Vella, S., Falzon, R., Azzopardi, A. (Eds.). Perspectives of Wellbeing: A Reader (p.p. 65 to p.p. 80). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  • Abela, A. (2017). Working systemically with parents, children and adult survivors when the abuse stops In C. Sammut Scerri., A. Vetere., A. Abela., & J. Cooper. Intervening after violence: therapy for couples and families. (p.p. 93–116 ). Switzerland: Springer. 
  • Abela, A. (2017). Prevention and early intervention with violence and abuse in families. In C. Sammut Scerri., A. Vetere., A. Abela., & J. Cooper. Intervening after violence: therapy for couples and families. (p.p. 151–173). Switzerland: Springer.
  • Abela, A. (2017). Supervision and consultation with practitioners who intervene with families where there is trauma. In C. Sammut Scerri., A. Vetere., A. Abela., & J. Cooper. Intervening after violence: therapy for couples and families. (p.p. 129–150). Switzerland: Springer.
  • Sammut Scerri, C., A., Vetere, A., Abela, A., & Cooper, J.  (2017). Intervening after Violence: Therapy for Couples and Families. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
  • Sammut Scerri, C. (2017). When the violence stops: Different relationships and different forms of violence in the family. In C. Sammut Scerri, A. Vetere, A. Abela., & J. Cooper. Intervening after violence: Therapy for couples and families (p.p. 1–18). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
  • Sammut Scerri, C. (2017). Living with violence in the family. Retrospective recall of women’s childhood experiences.  In C Sammut Scerri, A. Vetere, A. Abela., & J. Cooper. Intervening after violence: Therapy for couples and families (p.p. 19–70). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
  • National Centre for Family Research (2017) Sustaining Relationships, The Expectations and lived experiences of Maltese couples The President’s Foundation.
  • Abela, A. & Grech Lanfranco, L. (2016)  Positive Parenting National Strategic Policy 2016–2014 Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity.
  • Abela, A. (2016). Family Life in Eds Briguglio, M. & Brown, M. Sociology in Malta (p.p. 18–46) Malta, Miller Publications. National Centre for Family Research, (2016). Sustaining Relationships: Couples and singles  in a changing society The President’s Foundation.
  • Schembri Lia, E., & Abela, A. (2016). Not broken but strengthened: Stories of resilience by persons with acquired physical disability and their families. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 37, 400–417. doi: 10.1002/anzf.1156.
  • Abela, A., Casha, C., Debono, M., & Lauri, M.A. (2015). Attitudes about remarriage in Malta. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 56(5), 369-387. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2015.1046799. 
  • Abela, A. & Grech Lanfranco, I. (2014). A Positive Parenting Policy for Malta.
  • Abela, A., Farrugia, R., Casha, C., Galea, M., & Schembri, D. (2013). The relationship between Maltese adolescents and their parents (Department of Family Studies Research Report No.1). Malta: Office of the President of Malta.
  • Abela, A., Borg Xuereb, R., Casha, C., Clark, M., Inguanez, J., & Sammut Scerri, C. (2012). The needs of Maltese families with dependent children. A focus group study among professionals. Bank of Valletta Review, 45(2), 55–86.
  • Sammut Scerri, C., Abela, A., & Vetere, A. (2012). Ethical dilemmas of a clinician/researcher interviewing women about their childhood experiences of witnessing domestic violence. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 11 (2), 102–131.
  • Abela, A., & Sammut Scerri, C. (2003) Collaborative inquiry versus Formal Training. Human Systems 14(1), 41–45. 

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