Transported Versus Homegrown Parenting Interventions for Reducing Disruptive Child Behavior: A Multilevel Meta-Regression Study

Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

“…For example, mindfulness, a practice rooted in South and East Asian culture, was not used by any of the trials. Although this may reflect a bias toward treatments developed in so-called Western contexts, recent research suggests that the effectiveness of treatment does not differ significantly among “homegrown” or “transported” treatments and that their elements are similar (Leijten et al 2016). Also, adapting psychological treatments for use with culturally distinct populations shows effectiveness similar to that of the original treatments when changes are made in implementation while preserving the treatment’s content (Chowdhary et al 2014).…”

The Earlier the Better? Individual Participant Data and Traditional Meta‐analysis of Age Effects of Parenting Interventions

“…We identified randomized trials of parenting interventions for reducing disruptive child behavior that taught parents skills based on social learning theory perspectives. We updated our systematic literature search from Leijten et al., , using six online databases (e.g., MEDLINE), to include studies up to January 2016 (see Appendix for characteristics of trials, Appendix , 4 for search and search update strategies, Appendix for flow chart). To maximize the number of relevant trials for analysis, we also searched for unpublished studies in trial registries and by contacting experts in many countries.…”

“…Parenting interventions provide an example of a well-established intervention, which can be implemented across a wide range of developmental stages, from infancy to late adolescence (Scott & Gardner, 2015). Parenting interventions aim to improve parent-child relationships and children's developmental outcomes, and have a substantial evidence base showing their effectiveness for reducing children's disruptive behavior (Leijten, Melendez-Torres, Knerr, & Gardner, 2016;Weisz et al, 2016). The majority of evidence-based parenting interventions are based on social learning theory.…”

Research Review: Harnessing the power of individual participant data in a meta‐analysis of the benefits and harms of the Incredible Years parenting program

“…Incredible Years is largely similar in content to many other established parenting programs (Kaehler, Jacobs, & Jones, 2016; (Leijten, Melendez-Torres, Knerr, & Gardner, 2016). We considered the following outcomes as potentially beneficially or adversely affected by the program:…”