SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2013
Do evidence-based interventions work when tested in the "real world?" A systematic review and meta-analysis of parent management training for the treatment of child disruptive behavior.
Synthesis in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04097457 (A Community-implemented, Parent-mediated, Group Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Community-implemented, Parent-mediated, Group Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Disruptive Behaviors.
Who cites it
88 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Reducing Self-Directed Violence and Suicidality in Usual Care Settings: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Parental and Familial Predictors and Moderators of Parent Management Treatment Programs for Conduct Problems in Youth.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Internet-Based Parenting Programs for Children and Adolescents with Behavior Problems: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2020Pooled it
- Assessment and Treatment of Behavioral Disorders in Children with Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Parent Group Interventions for Primary School Children Aged 4-12 Years with Externalizing and/or Internalizing Problems.Child psychiatry and human development · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Parent Training for Disruptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2017Pooled it
- Engagement in Behavioral Parent Training: Review of the Literature and Implications for Practice.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2016Pooled it
- 'Pilot RCT of a new treatment for child conduct problems that have not responded to evidence-based parent training'.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers on parent behavioral outcomes.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Trial
- Evaluating the Effect of Parent-Child Interactive Groups in a School-Based Parent Training Program: Parenting Behavior, Parenting Stress and Sense of Competence.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of an Internet-Based and Telephone-Assisted Training for Parents of 4-Year-Old Children With Disruptive Behavior: Implementation Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- A Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families with Adolescents: Integrating Science, Culture, and a Focus on Immigration-Related Adversity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Trial
- Adding the Coping Power Programme to parent management training: the cost-effectiveness of stacking interventions for children with disruptive behaviour disorders.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Longer-Term Outcomes of the Incredible Years Parenting Intervention.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Trial
- An intervention for parents with severe personality difficulties whose children have mental health problems: a feasibility RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
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- A Culturally Adapted Intervention for Mexican-Origin Parents of Adolescents: The Need to Overtly Address Culture and Discrimination in Evidence-Based Practice.Family process · 2019Trial
- Preventative Intervention for Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Toddlers and Their Families: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Distance-Delivered Parent Training for Childhood Disruptive Behavior (Strongest Families™): a Randomized Controlled Trial and Economic Analysis.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2018Trial
- Randomized effectiveness Trial of the Family Check-Up versus Internet-delivered Parent Training (iComet) for Families of Children with Conduct Problems.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors.
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Abstract
Evidence-based interventions are often unavailable in everyday clinical settings. This may partly reflect practitioners' assumptions that research evidence does not reflect "real-world" conditions. To examine this further, we systematically assessed the clinical effectiveness of parent management training (PMT) for the treatment of child disruptive behavior across different real-world practice contexts. We identified 28 relevant randomized controlled trials from a systematic search of electronic bibliographic databases and conducted a meta-analysis of child outcomes across trials. Planned subgroup analyses involved comparisons between studies grouped according to individual real-world practice criteria and total real-world practice criteria scores, reflecting the extent to which PMT was delivered by non-specialist therapists, to a clinic-referred population, in a routine setting, and as part of a routine service. Meta-analysis revealed a significant overall advantage for PMT compared with waitlist control conditions. Subgroup analyses did not demonstrate significant differences in effect size estimates according to the total number of real-world practice criteria met by studies. Moreover, no consistent relationships were found between specific practice criteria and effect size estimates. In conclusion, PMT appears to be an effective treatment for children with disruptive behavior problems. There was no clear evidence that conducting PMT in real-world practice contexts is a deterrent to achieving effective child behavior outcomes, although relative advantage to "usual care" was not directly examined and the power of the analysis was limited as a result of significant heterogeneity. More research is needed to investigate whether this finding is generalizable to other psychological interventions. Suggestions are also made for developing more differentiated criteria to assist with evaluating the specific applicability of research evidence to different care providers.
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