Matthew Sanders
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3697109 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Matthew Sanders |
| NOMBRES | Matthew |
| APELLIDO | Sanders |
| FIRMA | SANDERS M |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3479-6337 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 81 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Catalyzing collective action in evidence‐based parenting support
Understanding the interplay among parental involvement, parental self-regulation, and child adjustment
High levels of parental involvement in children's learning and education bring considerable benefits to children and act as a protective factor for difficulties in children's social, emotional, and behavioral adjustment. Parental self-regulation and efficacy have been found to have positive associations with both their contributions to the home-school partnership and to children's wellbeing. However, most previous studies examining these relation…
Can a low‐intensity evidence‐based parenting seminar series promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and families? A cluster randomised trial
BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the efficacy of three interconnected parenting seminars delivered online and through schools in promoting positive parenting practices and improving children's social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing. METHODS: The study employed an incomplete batched stepped wedged cluster randomised trial design, which tests systematic replication of effects across different batches and steps and allowed schools to be recruit…
Part I
High-quality home-school partnership can bring significant benefits to children's learning and wellbeing. While evidence-based parenting programs often target key determinants of high-quality home-school partnership (i.e., parenting self-efficacy and parental self-regulation), it remains unknown whether parenting programs can promote the home-school partnership. The present study, an incomplete stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of an evidenc…
Part II
High-quality partnerships between families and schools can bring enormous benefits to the development, learning, and well-being of children. Although past literature has frequently identified the parenting self-efficacy element of parental self-regulation as a key determinant of the strength of the home-school partnership, this knowledge base relies heavily on cross-sectional studies. This paper follows on from an article in Family Process report…
Partners in Education Survey
Lessons from the field. Toward evidence‐based parenting support to promote positive parenting in children's sport
The role of parenting self-efficacy on teacher-child relationships and parent-teacher communication
High-quality teacher-child relationships and parent-teacher communications have substantial benefits to children's well-being and school functioning. However, more research is needed to understand how parenting self-efficacy influences these relationships. This cross-sequential study investigated the direct associations of parenting self-efficacy with the teacher-child relationship and parent-teacher communication, as well as potential mediation …
Place-based approach to support children’s development towards sustainable development goals
In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were announced with the agreement of 190 world leaders aiming for ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and injustice by 2030. Among different approaches, investments in future generations’ capacities to thrive are key to attaining these goals. Promoting children’s thriving, however, is not a simple matter because child development is not a single state and is not determined by a single forc…
Play Well Triple P
Parents play a central role in children's ongoing participation and enjoyment of sport. Despite compelling evidence that parental behaviour can undermine the quality of children's experiences in sport, little research has examined whether strategies to support parents to engage in positive sports parenting behaviour are effective. In this paper, we report two studies that had the overall aim of developing, implementing and evaluating a program de…
Using a stakeholder engagement approach to inform professional development programs to promote education for sustainability in schools
Connecting families, schools, and communities
The achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demands an increased focus on investing in young children as a pivotal solution. Many of the SDGs' targeted solutions directly or indirectly address facets of children's living conditions, aiming to foster their social and emotional well‐being. However, the current approach, while successful in delivering some impacts, are often disjointed. In this article, we contend that…
Extended Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (Capes)
Facilitators, barriers, and enablers of social workers’ utilization of an evidence-based parenting program
Social workers play a critical role in delivering evidence-based parenting programs. • Knowing more about factors that influence social workers’ sustained delivery is needed. • This mixed-method study surveyed an international sample of 301 social workers. • Consistency between qualitative and quantitative findings was observed. • Qualitative findings provided more information on the most significant influencers. Social workers play a vital role …
The role of social identity and self-efficacy in predicting service providers’ use of Stepping Stones Triple P following training
SSTP professionals’ delivery data were analysed with survey data from 2 years after training. • Social identity was associated with delivery of Stepping Stones Triple P in independent analysis. • Self-efficacy mediated the relationship between social identity and use of SSTP. Identifying factors that may contribute to the use of programs following the completion of training by practitioners is of practical and theoretical importance. This study e…
The thriving kids and parents schools project
The trial is registered at the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (Trial Registration Number: ACTRN12623000852651)
Experiences of Aboriginal parents in the context of junior rugby league
The proportion of Aboriginal peoples in a variety of Australian sports are at a much higher levels than their proportion of the overall population in Australia. Given the relative absence of Aboriginal parents in discussions of parenting, and the strong involvement of Aboriginal peoples in sport, the experiences of Aboriginal parents within Junior Rugby League (JRL) were explored in this study. The aim was to consider the key factors impacting th…
Predictors of champion behaviors in an evidence‐based parenting program
The importance of champions in the implementation of evidence‐based public health programs has been well established. Champions perform a range of behaviors which can have significant influence on the adoption and sustainability of interventions. This study investigates champion behaviors in parenting practitioners with the aim to provide insight into the range and extent that practitioners engage in champion behaviors and to examine predictors o…
Attending to Task Demands
Online‐delivered parenting intervention for young children with disruptive behavior problems
BACKGROUND: This study evaluated whether an evidence-based parenting intervention, when delivered online, could effectively address disruptive behavior problems in young children and yield outcomes comparable to in-person delivery of the same intervention. METHODS: Families (n = 334) of children (3-7 years; 63% White, 22% African American, 15% other races; 63% male) with disruptive behavior problems were randomized to online-delivered interventio…
Predictors of Change in Stepping Stones Triple Interventions
The current study explored the process of change in Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) using a community-based sample of 891 families of children with developmental disabilities (DD) who participated in an SSTP intervention at a community level. A preliminary analysis of outcome data indicated that SSTP intervention was effective in reducing parental adjustment difficulties, coercive parenting, and children's behavioral and emotional difficulties im…
Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports
Building sustainable communities for sustainable development
Environmental crises often stem back to how humans make decisions and behave. Thus, the extent to which we can successfully address these challenges will depend on the extent to which we can design and deliver effective behavioral change interventions. This project examines how complex behavioral change interventions can be applied to modify human behavior of villagers living in coastal communities. Our work aimed to increase adoption of sustaina…
Using behaviour science to enrich development
Low-resource communities that rely on the environment face challenges in the forms of climate change and the overuse of natural resources. Behaviour science offers methods and strategies to mitigate behaviours that contribute to environmental degradation, as well as promote the adoption of desirable behaviours. We investigated the attitudes and beliefs of vulnerable communities. We conducted surveys across five villages on Selayar Island, a small…
Scaling Up Parenting Interventions is Critical for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals
Of all the potentially modifiable influences affecting children's development and mental health across the life course, none is more important than the quality of parenting and family life. In this position paper, we argue that parenting is fundamentally linked to the development of life skills that children need in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss key principles that should inform the development of a…
Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale
This study examined the psychometric characteristics of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES). The CAPES was designed as a brief outcome measure in the evaluation of both public health and individual or group parenting interventions. The scale consists of a 30‐item intensity scale with two subscales measuring children's behaviour problems and emotional maladjustment and a 20‐item self‐efficacy scale that measures parent's self‐ef…
Protecting Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries from Abuse and Neglect
How Socialization Shapes Chinese Views of America and the World
Urban Chinese today do not appear to trust foreign countries. Why are they so suspicious? Over the past quarter century, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has utilized its educational and propaganda systems to produce historical narratives of imperial China's beneficence towards its East Asian neighbors, and of an early modern ‘Century of Humiliation’ at the hands of ‘imperialist’ foreign powers. Qualitative analysis of Chinese social media today…
An evaluation of a brief universal seminar series on positive parenting
This study examined the impact of a brief seminar series on positive parenting (Selected Triple P) on behavioural and emotional problems in pre-adolescent children and on inter-parental conflict, parenting style, relationship quality, parental adjustment and parental confidence. Two hundred and forty-four parents with children aged four to seven years were assigned to one of three conditions: (a) partial exposure condition involving attendance at…
Model of Engaging Communities Collaboratively
The Model of Engaging Communities Collaboratively was developed with the integration of literature reviews in cultural adaptation approaches, engagement and implementation approaches; and international Indigenous feedback to inform the processes of implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) with Indigenous populations. This model synthesises the collective strengths of these approaches and feedback and provides checklists for practicality of use…
Enhancing Accessibility and Engagement in Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Reduce Maltreatment
11 focus groups (N = 160) of high-risk parents in Los Angeles County were asked to assess the value of social media to deliver an evidence-based parenting program, Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, to reduce child maltreatment. For feasibility, (N = 238) parents were surveyed regarding their internet use. Parents responded enthusiastically to the online program, and expressed the importance of a sense of community and learning through the expe…
The Role of Parenting Programmes in the Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Child maltreatment is a major worldwide concern and continuing high rates of abuse demand action. This article examines the role of parenting programmes as a strategy to prevent child maltreatment in the population as a whole and also as a targeted intervention for parents who have abused, or are at risk of abusing, their children. We argue that a blend of universal and targeted interventions is needed to reduce the prevalence of child maltreatme…
Connecting families, schools, and communities
The achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demands an increased focus on investing in young children as a pivotal solution. Many of the SDGs' targeted solutions directly or indirectly address facets of children's living conditions, aiming to foster their social and emotional well‐being. However, the current approach, while successful in delivering some impacts, are often disjointed. In this article, we contend that…
Predictors of champion behaviors in an evidence‐based parenting program
The importance of champions in the implementation of evidence‐based public health programs has been well established. Champions perform a range of behaviors which can have significant influence on the adoption and sustainability of interventions. This study investigates champion behaviors in parenting practitioners with the aim to provide insight into the range and extent that practitioners engage in champion behaviors and to examine predictors o…
Using epidemiological survey data to examine factors influencing participation in parent-training programmes
Evidence-based parent-training programmes aim to reduce child behaviour problems; however, the effects of these programmes are often limited by poor participation rates. This study proposes a model of parent, child and family factors related to parental participation in parenting interventions. A computer-assisted telephone interview was used to survey parents of 4- to 7-year-old children ( N = 2999). Logistic regression analyses showed that seve…
The effectiveness of the Grandparent Triple P program with Hong Kong Chinese families
This study described the development and evaluation of the Grandparent Triple P (GTP) program with Hong Kong Chinese families. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 56 grandparents being randomized to either the intervention condition (GTP) or a waitlist control group. Focus groups were also conducted at post-intervention to explore the experience of participants and facilitators who participated in the program. Participants completed …
Issues in Professional Training to Implement Evidence‐based Parenting Programs
Indigenous children have elevated risk for poor health, behavioural, emotional, and social outcomes. Significant evidence exists that parenting programs can reduce family risk factors and improve outcomes for children and families; however, mainstream programs have had slower uptake in Indigenous communities than other communities. Culturally sensitive delivery of evidence‐based programs can enhance engagement of parents, yet the development of a…
Designing effective interventions for working parents
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine working parents' experiences and attitudes and to determine if these differ according to gender. Three areas were investigated: level of reported difficulties in parenting and balancing work and family; parental perceptions about the workplace as a context for the delivery of parenting support; and employee preferences for intervention features. Design/methodology/approach In total, 721 employed par…
Implementation of Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program in Hong Kong
This study examined the effectiveness of the Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program in a government child health service delivery context with Chinese parents in Hong Kong. Specifically, the study sought to identify pre‐intervention variables that might predict programme outcomes such as level of clinical improvement and programme completion. Participants were 661 parents of pre‐school and primary aged children participating in a group version of th…
Innovation, research integrity, and change
Psychology and the social sciences have an important role to play in developing innovative solutions to pressing global mental health and social problems. Programs developed by psychologists and other social scientists have immense potential to alleviate suffering and to promote healthy human development across the lifespan. In order to realise this potential program developers must manage the research and development challenges involved in testi…
Conflict between work and family among New Zealand teachers with dependent children
Parent Problem Checklist
This study explored the psychometric properties of the Parent Problem Checklist (PPC), a measure of parental conflict over child-rearing issues. Participants were a clinical sample of 391 parents of children aged 0–18 years presenting at a university paediatric psychology clinic for intervention in relation to their child's behavioural or emotional problems. Exploratory factor analysis was done on the PPC Extent scale. It provided support for a r…
The costs of a public health infrastructure for delivering parenting and family support
Designing a university clinical research and training environment
This paper examines the organisational, interpersonal, and political processes involved in setting up specialised clinical research and training facilities within Australian universities. The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre (BRTC) at the University of Queensland is discussed as an example to illustrate the tasks involved in setting up and maintaining a clinical research and training facility. We also discuss some of the organisational obsta…
Enhancing generalization and maintenance effects in systematic parent training
This paper critically reviews research on the use of self-management procedures to enhance generalization and maintenance effects in behavioural parent training. It is argued that while many training programs for parents implicitly expect parents to engage in self-controlling behaviors, specific training in these skills is rarely provided. Research evidence relating to teaching parents goal selection, self-monitoring, self-determination of reward…
Designing a university clinical research and training environment
This paper examines the organisational, interpersonal, and political processes involved in setting up specialised clinical research and training facilities within Australian universities. The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre (BRTC) at the University of Queensland is discussed as an example to illustrate the tasks involved in setting up and maintaining a clinical research and training facility. We also discuss some of the organisational obsta…
Triple P-Positive Parenting Program
Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Family Intervention for the Treatment of Child Behavior Problems in Stepfamilies
Examined the efficacy of behavioral family intervention (BFI) for the treatment of child oppositional and conduct behavior problems in stepfamilies. Forty-two stepfamilies were randomly assigned to wait list control, therapist-directed BFI, or self-directed BFI. No significant differences were obtained for self-directed vs. therapist-directed BFI. Families receiving BFI reported significantly greater reductions from pre- to post-intervention in c…
The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program
Three variants of a behavioral family intervention (BFI) program known as Triple P were compared using 305 preschoolers at high risk of developing conduct problems. Families were randomly assigned to enhanced BFI (EBFI), standard BFI (SBFI), self-directed BFI (SDBFI), or wait list (WL). At postintervention, the 2 practitioner-assisted conditions were associated with lower levels of parent-reported disruptive child behavior, lower levels of dysfun…
The relationship between maternal self‐efficacy and parenting practices
The present study examined the relationship between maternal self‐efficacy, dysfunctional discipline practices and child conduct problems. Specifically, three levels of self‐efficacy, global, domain and task‐specific self‐efficacy, were assessed in mothers of 2‐ to 8‐year‐old children with conduct problems (clinic group, n = 45) and non‐clinic mothers from the community (non‐clinic group, n = 79). Measures of global, domain and task‐specific self…
A review of parental engagement in parenting interventions and strategies to promote it
Despite the importance of increasing engagement and minimising attrition and drop‐out in parenting interventions, there is a paucity of empirical evidence examining factors related to engagement and participation. The range of factors examined in relation to engagement is generally limited in scope and variety, focusing on variables of convenience rather than utilising a theoretically‐driven approach.The aim of this article is to review the facto…
Implementation of Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program in Hong Kong
This study examined the effectiveness of the Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program in a government child health service delivery context with Chinese parents in Hong Kong. Specifically, the study sought to identify pre‐intervention variables that might predict programme outcomes such as level of clinical improvement and programme completion. Participants were 661 parents of pre‐school and primary aged children participating in a group version of th…
Family Transitions Triple P
Divorce is a major life Stressor and life transition for parents and children. It places parents and children at risk of developing psychological problems that can have long-term negative consequences for children. Family Transitions Triple P is an adaptation of Triple P-Positive Parenting Program that has been specifically developed to address risk factors and enhance protective factors for parents who are divorced. This paper presents the ratio…
Mediators and moderators of change in dysfunctional parenting in a school‐based universal application of the Triple‐P Positive Parenting Programme
The present study examined the role of socio‐demographic and family risk factors as mediators or moderators of the success of parents undertaking a universal group parent training programme for young children. The results showed that parents' capacity to change dysfunctional parenting practices was not moderated by the child's gender, family income, family type, or pre‐intervention level of parental stress, but was partially mediated by changes i…
Triple P-Positive Parenting Program as a public health approach to strengthening parenting.
Parenting programs have considerable potential to improve the mental health and well-being of children, improve family relationships, and benefit the community at large. However, traditional clinical models of service delivery reach relatively few parents. A public health approach is needed to ensure that more parents benefit and that a societal-level impact is achieved. The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is a comprehensive, multilevel syste…
Every Family
The costs of a public health infrastructure for delivering parenting and family support
Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment
The prevention of child maltreatment necessitates a public health approach. In the U.S. Triple P System Population Trial, 18 counties were randomly assigned to either dissemination of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program system or to the services-as-usual control condition. Dissemination involved Triple P professional training for the existing workforce (over 600 service providers), as well as universal media and communication strategies. Larg…
An Analysis of Training, Generalization, and Maintenance Effects of Primary Care Triple P for Parents of Preschool-Aged Children with Disruptive Behavior
Reducing Preschoolers’ Disruptive Behavior in Public with a Brief Parent Discussion Group
An evaluation of a brief universal seminar series on positive parenting
This study examined the impact of a brief seminar series on positive parenting (Selected Triple P) on behavioural and emotional problems in pre-adolescent children and on inter-parental conflict, parenting style, relationship quality, parental adjustment and parental confidence. Two hundred and forty-four parents with children aged four to seven years were assigned to one of three conditions: (a) partial exposure condition involving attendance at…
Parent Problem Checklist
This study explored the psychometric properties of the Parent Problem Checklist (PPC), a measure of parental conflict over child-rearing issues. Participants were a clinical sample of 391 parents of children aged 0–18 years presenting at a university paediatric psychology clinic for intervention in relation to their child's behavioural or emotional problems. Exploratory factor analysis was done on the PPC Extent scale. It provided support for a r…
Population-Based Provider Engagement in Delivery of Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions
What are the Parenting Experiences of Fathers? The Use of Household Survey Data to Inform Decisions About the Delivery of Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions to Fathers
The Role of Practitioner Self-Efficacy, Training, Program and Workplace Factors on the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention in Primary Care
Designing effective interventions for working parents
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine working parents' experiences and attitudes and to determine if these differ according to gender. Three areas were investigated: level of reported difficulties in parenting and balancing work and family; parental perceptions about the workplace as a context for the delivery of parenting support; and employee preferences for intervention features. Design/methodology/approach In total, 721 employed par…
The Role of Parenting Programmes in the Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Child maltreatment is a major worldwide concern and continuing high rates of abuse demand action. This article examines the role of parenting programmes as a strategy to prevent child maltreatment in the population as a whole and also as a targeted intervention for parents who have abused, or are at risk of abusing, their children. We argue that a blend of universal and targeted interventions is needed to reduce the prevalence of child maltreatme…
An epidemiological examination of parenting and family correlates of emotional problems in young children
The present article used data from a community sample of primary caregivers of children between 4 and 7 years old to investigate the prevalence and correlates of emotional symptoms in young children transitioning to elementary school. Mothers (n = 3,483) and fathers (n = 1,019) living in metropolitan areas of eastern Australia participated in a telephone survey of parenting practices and child behavioral and emotional problems. Fifteen percent of…
Development, Evaluation, and Multinational Dissemination of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program
The quality of parenting children receive has a major influence on their development, well-being, and life opportunities. Of all the potentially modifiable influences that can be targeted through preventive interventions, none are more important than the quality of parenting children experience. Prevention interventions targeting parenting should be widely used to promote positive developmental outcomes for children and adolescents. This review a…
Psychology (67 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (51 obras) · Developmental psychology (48 obras) · Psychiatry (44 obras) · Medicine (42 obras) · Clinical Psychology (39 obras) · Psychological intervention (33 obras) · Family and Disability Support Research (28 obras) · Clinical Psychology (27 obras) · Intervention (counseling (27 obras)