A commentary on evidenced-based parenting programs: Redressing misconceptions of the empirical support for Triple P

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sanders, Matthew R ^a   Pickering, John A ^a   Kirby, James N ^a   Turner, Karen M T ^a   Morawska, Alina ^a   Mazzucchelli, Trevor ^a,b   Ralph, Alan ^a   Sofronoff, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence; Parenting; Public Health; Triple P

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL LEARNING;

HUMANS; PARENTING;

EID: 84869886676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-145     Document Type: Note

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