Background Programs to support parents are the recommended strategy to reduce
disruptive child behavior problems. Efforts have been made to demonstrate which program …

Objective Parenting programs are the recommended strategy for the prevention and
treatment of disruptive child behavior. Similar to most psychosocial interventions, it is …

Evidence-based interventions are often unavailable in everyday clinical settings. This may
partly reflect practitioners' assumptions that research evidence does not reflect “real-world” …

Parenting programmes that are delivered in group settings have the potential to help parents
develop parenting skills that improve the behaviour of their young children. This review …

Background Early‐onset child conduct problems are common and costly. A large number of
studies and some previous reviews have focused on behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural …

Externalizing problem behaviour is one of the most common childhood disorders. Parent
training is an effective treatment for these children and there is growing interest in the effects …

There has been rapid global dissemination of parenting interventions, yet little is known
about their effectiveness when transported to countries different from where they originated …

Externalizing disorders are the most common and persistent forms of maladjustment in
childhood. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness …

Behavior problems in children are an important social, educational, and health issue. The
prevalence of these problems, their stability over time, their poor prognosis, and their costs …

This article presents a comprehensive meta-analysis of international studies on the effects of
parent training programs (PTP) on antisocial behavior (ASB) in children and adolescents …