ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2020
ParentWorks: Evaluation of an Online, Father-Inclusive, Universal Parenting Intervention to Reduce Child Conduct Problems.
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- Engaging Parents in Technology-Assisted Interventions for Childhood Adversity: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Intervention and Implementation Characteristics to Enhance Father Engagement: A Systematic Review of Parenting Interventions.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Promoting Mental Health in Parents of Young Children Using eHealth Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
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- An online, father-inclusive parenting intervention for reducing child conduct problems: a randomised controlled trial of family man.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers on parent behavioral outcomes.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Trial
- A Randomized Trial of Digitally Delivered, Self-Administered Parent Training in Primary Care: Effects on Parenting and Child Behavior.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Insights From Wise Warriors: A Needs Assessment and Preventive Parenting Program Recommendations From Parents of Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy.Journal of child neurology · 2026Article
- Study protocol for a randomised evaluation of a brief psychological intervention for clinically stressed parents of adolescents: Approach for Parenting Teenagers (APT).BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Do Parents Find it Helpful to Receive A Diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder for their Child?Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Examining Differential Effects of Digital Parent Training for Child Behavior Problems on Maternal and Paternal Outcomes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of the Turkish Version of the Responsive Teaching Program Applied as an Online Group Intervention on Autistic Children and Their Fathers: A Randomized Control Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Design of Digital Mental Health Platforms for Family Member Cocompletion: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- ProVIA-Kids - outcomes of an uncontrolled study on smartphone-based behaviour analysis for challenging behaviour in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Mental health symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 in Australia.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Conduct problems among middle adolescents in the community settings: A concept analysis.Belitung nursing journal · 2023Article
- Socioeconomic factors and parents' preferences for internet- and mobile-based parenting interventions to prevent youth mental health problems: A discrete choice experiment.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Enhancing Engagement of Fathers in Web-Based Preventive Parenting Programs for Adolescent Mental Health: A Discrete Choice Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Engaging Parents of Lower-Socioeconomic Positions in Internet- and Mobile-Based Interventions for Youth Mental Health: A Qualitative Investigation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Perspectives on ParentWorks: Learnings from the development and national roll-out of a self-directed online parenting intervention.Internet interventions · 2019Article
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Abstract
Evidence-based parenting interventions are effective in reducing conduct problems, yet these interventions have limited reach, and few involve the participation of fathers. This paper describes the outcomes of an open trial of ParentWorks, a universal, online, father-inclusive parenting intervention aiming to decrease childhood behavioural problems and promote positive parenting in mothers and fathers. A total of 388 families (456 individual parents; 36.6% fathers) were included in the study. Mixed model analyses showed significant decreases in child emotional/behavioural problems, dysfunctional parenting, interparental conflict, and parental mental health problems. The baseline severity of child behavioural problems significantly moderated the effects on child outcomes so that children with higher levels of problems benefitted more from the program. Participation of both caregivers in two-parent families, as well as parent sex, did not significantly affect the program outcomes. Results provide initial empirical support for the universal, self-directed, online parenting intervention, in addressing both child behavioural problems and parenting outcomes. Trial registration: ACTRN12616001223426, registered 05/09/2016.
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