title: A commentary on evidenced-based parenting programs: redressing misconceptions of the empirical support for Triple P.
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.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. matts@psy.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Karen M T
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morawska
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazzucchelli
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ralph
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sofronoff
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting