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Published in: BMC Medicine 1/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Commentary

A commentary on evidenced-based parenting programs: redressing misconceptions of the empirical support for Triple P

Authors: Matthew R Sanders, John A Pickering, James N Kirby, Karen MT Turner, Alina Morawska, Trevor Mazzucchelli, Alan Ralph, Kate Sofronoff

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

A meta-analytic review of the Triple P-Positive Parenting program by Wilson et al., recently published in BMC Medicine, claimed to demonstrate that although Triple P is widely disseminated and adopted, the evidence attesting to the effectiveness of the program is not as convincing as it may appear. Although this review addresses the important issue of evaluation and reporting methods within evidence-based interventions, we contend that the Wilson et al. review contains a number of significant conceptual, methodological and interpretational inadequacies that render the key conclusions of their review problematic.
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Metadata
Title
A commentary on evidenced-based parenting programs: redressing misconceptions of the empirical support for Triple P
Authors
Matthew R Sanders
John A Pickering
James N Kirby
Karen MT Turner
Alina Morawska
Trevor Mazzucchelli
Alan Ralph
Kate Sofronoff
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-145

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