• Co-Occurring Change in Children’s Conduct Problems and Maternal Depression: Latent Class Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of the Incredible Years Parenting Program 

      Leijten, Patty; Gardner, Frances; Melendez-Torres, G. J; Weeland, J; Hutchings, J; Landau, Sabine; Mcgilloway, Sinead; Overbeek, Geertjan; van Aar, J; Menting, A; Orobio de Castro, B; Berry, V; Gaspar, Maria Filomena; Axberg, Ulf; Mørch, Willy-Tore; Scott, S (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)
      Children vary in the extent to which they benefit from parenting programs for conduct problems. How does parental mental health change if children benefit less or more? We assessed whether changes in conduct problems and maternal depressive symptoms co-occur following participation in the Incredible Years parenting program. We integrated individual participant data from 10 randomized trials (<i>N</i> ...
    • Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data 

      Berry, Vashti; Melendez‑Torres, G.J.; Axford, Nick; Axberg, Ulf; Orobio de Castro, Bram; Gardner, Frances; Gaspar, Maria Filomena; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Hutchings, Judy; Menting, Ankie; McGilloway, Sinéad; Scott, Stephen; Leijten, Patty (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-23)
      There is a social gradient to the determinants of health; low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to reduced educational attainment and employment prospects, which in turn afect physical and mental wellbeing. One goal of preventive interventions, such as parenting programs, is to reduce these health inequalities by supporting families with difculties that are often patterned by SES. Despite ...
    • Transition to Primary School of Children in Economic Disadvantage: Does a Preschool Teacher Training Program Make a Difference? 

      Seabra-Santos, Maria; Major, Sofia; Patras, Joshua; Pereira, Marcelino; Pimentel, Mariana; Baptista, Elsa; Cruz, Francisca; Santos, Mariana; Homem, Tatiana; Azevedo, Andreia Fernandes; Gaspar, Maria Filomena (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-30)
      Transition to school may be experienced as a critical event for both children and their families. Within an ecological framework of transition, the scope of the concept of school readiness in recent years has decentered from the child to the environment, including the readiness of (pre)school education to develop core skills in children. This study aims to understand the extent to which preschool ...