2023

• Leijten, P. (2023). How online treatment research can enrich child and adolescent psychiatry. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 
• Howe, G., & Leijten, P. (2023). When is it time to revise or adapt our prevention programs? Introduction to Special Issue on using baseline target moderation to assess variation in prevention impact. Prevention Science. Advance online publication.
• Eltanamly, H., Leijten, P., Van Roekel, E., Mouton, B., Pluess, M., & Overbeek, G. (2023). Strengthening parental self-efficacy and resilience: A within-subject experimental study with refugee parents of adolescents. Child Development, 94, 187-201.
• Backhaus, S., Leijten, P., Jochim, J., Melendez-Torres, G. J., & Gardner, F. (2023). Effects over time of parenting interventions to reduce physical and emotional violence against children – A systematic review and meta-analysis. eClinicalMedicine.
• Backhaus, S., Leijten, P., Meinck, F., & Gardner, F. (in press). Different instrument, same content? A systematic comparison of child maltreatment and harsh parenting instruments. Trauma, Violence & Abuse. Advance online publication
• Van den Akker, A., Leijten, P., Hoffenaar, P., & Gardner, F. Using Daily Diary Assessments to Better Understand the Role of Parental Consistency in the Development of Externalizing Child Behavior. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Advance online publication
• Kjøbli, J., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Gardner, F., Backhaus, S., Linnerund, S., & Leijten, P. (2023). Research review: Effects of parenting programs for children’s conduct problems on children’s emotional problems: a network meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64, 348-356. 
• Dekkers, T. J., Groenman, A. P., Cuijpers, P., Hoekstra, P. J., Luman, M., Orobio de Castro, B., Overbeek, G., Popma, A., Rommelse, N., Salemink, E., Stikkelbroek, Y., Van den Hoofdakker, B., Van der Oord, S., Leijten, P. (2023). Why treatment is the best choice for childhood mental disorders – A commentary on Roest et al. (2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64, 470-473. Commentary on Roest et al. (2022)
• Berry, V., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Axford, N., Axberg, U., Orobio de Castro, B., Gardner, F., Gaspar, M. F., Handegard, B. H., Hutchings, J., Menting, A. T. A., McGilloway, S., Scott, S., & Leijten, P. (in press). Does social and economic disadvantage predict lower engagement with parenting interventions? An integrative analysis using individual participant data. Prevention Science. Advance online publication
• Mo, J., Van den Akker, A., Leijten, P., Asscher, J. J. (2023). Parental discipline techniques and changes in observed temper tantrum severity in toddlers. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 571-582. 
• Hutchings, J., Williams, M., & Leijten, P. (in press). Attachment, behavior problems and interventions. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 
• Uluköylü, S., Leijten, P., & Assink, M. (2023). Changing or acknowledging negative cognitions: A meta-analysis of reducing depression in adolescence. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Advance online publication.
• Van der Stouwe, T., Leijten, P., Zijlstra, B. J. H., Asscher, J. J., Dekovic, M., & Van der Put, C. E. (2023). The added value of targeting specific risk factors for child maltreatment in an evidence‑based home visitation program: a repeated single‑case time series study. International Journal of Child Maltreatment. Advance online publication
• Van der Stouwe, T., Leijten, P., Asscher, J. J., Dekovic, M., & Van der Put, C. E. (2023). Adding structured components to home visitation to reduce mothers’ risk for child maltreatment: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Family Violence. Advance online publication
• Weeland, J., Leijten, P., Orobio de Castro, B., Menting, A. T. A., Overbeek, G., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Jongerling, J., & Matthys, W. (2023). Exploring parenting profiles to understand who benefits from the Incredible Years Parenting Program. Prevention Science. Advance online publication

 2022

• Leijten, P.*, Melendez-Torres, G. J.*, & Gardner, F. (2022). The most effective parenting program content for disruptive child behavior: A network meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63, 132-142. *shared first authorship Commentary by Fearon & Sonuga-Barke
• Leijten, P. (2022). Ingrediënten van effectieve ouderbegeleiding bij gedragsproblemen van jonge kinderen [ingrediënts of effective parenting support for disruptive behavior in young children]. Jeugd in Ontwikkeling, 22. 
• Canário, A. C., Byrne, S., Creasey, N., Kodyšová, E., Kömürcü Akik, B., Lewandowska-Walter, A., Modić Stanke, K., Pećnik, N., & Leijten, P. (2022). The use of information and communication technologies in family support across Europe: A narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1488-1500. Part of special issue on Family Support and Children's Health and Well-being.
• Hua, N., & Leijten, P. (2022). Parenting programs for disruptive child behavior in China: a meta-analysis. Research on Social Work Practice, 32, 32-48.
• Eltanamly, H., Leijten, P., Van Rooij, F. & Overbeek, G. (2022). Parenting in times of refuge: A qualitative investigation. Family Process, 61, 1248-1263.
• Awolaran, O., Olubumuyi, O., OlaOlurun, F., Assink, M., Van Rooij, F., & Leijten, P. (2022). Interventions to reduce intimate partner violence against women in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 64, 101746. 
• Mouton, B., Weeland, J., Leijten, P., & Overbeek, G. (2022). When parents wear dark glasses: An experimental study on parental negative attributions and parenting behavior. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 3468–3484.
• Van de Wetering, J., Leijten, P., Spitzer, J., & Thomaes, S. (2022). Does environmental education benefit environmental outcomes in children and adolescents? A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 81, 101782.

2021

• Leijten, P., Weisz, J. R., & Gardner, F. (2021). Research strategies to discern active psychological therapy components: A scoping review. Clinical Psychological Science, 9, 307-322.
• Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Eradus, M., & Overbeek, G. (2021; Stage 1 Registered Report). Specificity of parenting program component effects: Relational, behavioral, and cognitive approaches to children’s conduct problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 61, 458-460. 
• Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G.J., & Oliver, B. R. (2021). Parenting programs to improve sibling interactions: a meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 703-708.
• Leijten, P., Wijngaards-de Meij, L., Weeland, J., Menting, A. T. A., Orobio de Castro, B., Overbeek, G., & Matthys, W. (2021). Parenting group composition does not impact program effects on children's conduct problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 709-714.
• Eltanamly, H., Leijten, P., Jak, S., & Overbeek, G. (2021). Parenting in times of war: A meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis of war-exposure, parenting, and child adjustment. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 22, 147-160.
• Overbeek, G., van Aar, J., Orobio de Castro, B., Matthys, W., Weeland, J., Chhangur, R. R. & Leijten, P. (2021). Longer-term benefits of the Incredible Years parenting intervention. Prevention Science, 22, 419-431.
• Parra-Cardona, J. R., Leijten, P., Baumann, A., Mejía, A., Lachman, J., Amador Buenabad, N. G. . . . &  Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2021). Strengthening a culture of prevention in low- and middle-income countries: Balancing scientific expectations and contextual realities. Prevention Science, 22, 7–17.
• Van Aar, J., Leijten, P., Overbeek, G., Thomaes, S., & Rothman, A. J. (2021). Does setting goals enhance parenting intervention effects? A field experiment. Behavior Therapy, 52, 418-429.

2020

• Leijten, P. (2020). Effective components of parenting programs for children’s conduct problems. In J. Allen, D. Hawes, C. Essau (Eds.). Family-based intervention for child and adolescent mental health. Cambridge University Press.
• Leijten, P., Scott, S., Landau, S., Harris, V., Mann, J., Hutchings, J., ... & Gardner, F. (2020). Individual participant data meta-analysis: Impact of conduct problem severity, comorbid ADHD and emotional problems, and maternal depression on parenting program effects. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59, 933-943. Discussed in JAACAP Editorial.
• Mertens, E. C. A., Deković, M., Leijten, P., Van Londen, M., & Reitz, E. (2020). Components of school-based interventions stimulating students’ intrapersonal and interpersonal domains: a meta-analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 23, 605–631.
• Thongseiratch, T., Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G.J. (2020). Online parent programs for children's behavioral problems: A meta-analytic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29, 1555-1568.
• Thomaes, S. & Leijten, P. (2020). Developmental psychology of praise. In E. Brummelman (Ed.). Psychological perspectives on praise. Routledge.
• De Wit, M., Leijten, P. Van der Put, C., Asscher, J., Bouwmeester-Landweer, M., & Dekovic, M. (2020). Study protocol: Randomized controlled trial of manualized components in home visitation to reduce mothers' risk for child maltreatment. BMC Public Health, 20, 136.
• Fisher, K., Weeland, J., Leijten, P., Van den Akker, A., & Overbeek, G. (2020). Current and future perspectives on children's genetic- and endophenotype-based differential susceptibility to parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 773-778.

2019

• Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Van Aar, J., Hutchings, J., Schulz, S., Knerr, W. & Overbeek, G. (2019). Meta-analyses: Key parenting program components for disruptive child behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58, 180-190.
• Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Weeland, J., Hutchings, Landau, S., . . . & Scott, S. (2019). Co-occurring change in children's conduct problems and maternal depression. Development and Psychopathology, 31, 1851-1862.
• Gardner, F., Leijten, P., Harris, V., Mann, J., Hutchings, J., Beecham, J., . . . & Landau, S. (2019). Equity effects of parenting interventions for child conduct problems: a pan-European individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6, 518-527. Commentary by Minnis. 
• Gardner, F, Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Scott, S., Beecham, J, Mann, J., . . . & Landau, S. (2019). Earlier the better? Individual participant data and traditional meta-analysis of age effects of parenting intervention. Child Development, 90, 7-19. Commentary by Maughan and Barker. video 
• Melendez-Torres, G.J., Leijten, P., & Gardner, F. (2019). What are the optimal combinations of parenting intervention components to reduce child maltreatment? Child Abuse Review. 
• Remmelink, L., Leijten, P., & Veldboer, L. (in press). Andere ouders als bron van steun: Ervaringen met het geven en ontvangen van informele sociale steun in het opvoedingsondersteuningsprogramma Buurtgezinnen.nl. Kind en Adolescent, 40, 330-346.
• Schulz, S., Leijten, P., Shaw, D. S., & Overbeek, G. (2019). Parental reactivity to disruptive behavior in toddlerhood: An experimental study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 779-790. 
• Van Aar, J., Leijten, P., Orobio de Castro, B., Weeland, J., Matthys, W., Chhangur, R, & Overbeek, G. (2019). Families who benefit and families who do not: integrating person- and variable-centered analyses of parenting intervention responses. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58, 993-1003. Selected for JAACAP Editors' Best of 2019.

2018

• Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Gardner, F., van Aar, J., Schulz, S., & Overbeek, G. (2018). Are relationship enhancement and behavior management the “Golden Couple” for reducing disruptive child behavior? Two meta-analyses. Child Development, 89, 1970-1982.
• Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Landau, S., Harris, V., Mann, J., Hutchings, J., ... & Scott, S. (2018). Harnessing the power of individual participant data in a meta-analysis of the benefits and harms of the Incredible Years parenting program. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59, 99-109. 
• Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Knerr, W., & Overbeek, G. (2018). Parenting behaviors that shape child compliance: A multilevel meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 10, e0204929. 
• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Wijngaards, L., Matthys, W., Menting, A. T. A., Hemink-van Putten, M., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2018). Understanding who benefits from parenting interventions for children’s conduct problems: An integrative data analysis. Prevention Science, 19, 579-588. 
• Leijten, P., Menting, A. T. A., Wijngaards, L., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Matthys, W., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2018). Ouderinterventie voor gedragsproblemen bij kinderen: Dezelfde interventie even effectief voor verschillende gezinnen? Kind en Adolescent, 39, 143-159. 
• De Wit, M., & Leijten, P. (2018). Opvoedgedrag onderzoeken bij ouders met verschillende culturele achtergronden: Methodologische moeilijkheden en praktische aanbevelingen. Pedagogiek, 38, 318-325. 

2017

• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., van den Ban, E., & Matthys, W. (2017). Effectiveness of the Incredible Years parenting intervention for families with socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 59-73. 
• Leijten, P. (2017). Review of the book Opgroeien in het Hedendaagse Gezin, by F. van der Horst et al. Pedagogiek, 37, 275-278.
• Gardner, F., & Leijten, P. (2017). Incredible Years parenting interventions: Current effectiveness research and future directions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 99-104.
• Gardner, F., Leijten, P., Mann, J., Landau, S., Harris, V., Beecham, J., . . . & Scott, S. (2017). Could scale-up of parenting programmes improve child disruptive behaviour and reduce social inequalities? Using individual participant data meta-analysis to establish for whom programmes are effective and cost-effective. Public Health Research, 5(10). 
• Mejía, A., Leijten, P., Lachman, J. M., Parra-Cardona, J. R. (2017). Different strokes for different folks? Contrasting approaches to cultural adaptation of parenting interventions. Prevention Science, 18, 630-639. 
• Van Aar, J., Leijten, P., Orobio de Castro, B., & Overbeek, G. (2017). Sustained, fade-out or sleeper effects? A systematic review and meta-analysis of parenting interventions for disruptive child behavior. Clinical Psychology Review, 51, 153-163. 
• Vlahovicova, K., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Leijten, P., Knerr, W., & Gardner, F. (2017). Parenting programs for the prevention of child physical abuse recurrence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 20, 351-365. 

2016

• Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Knerr, W., & Gardner, F. (2016). Transported versus homegrown parenting interventions for reducing disruptive child behavior: A multilevel meta-regression study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 55, 610-617. 
• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Matthys, W. (2016). Ethnic differences in problem perception: Immigrant mothers in a parenting intervention to reduce disruptive child behavior. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86, 323-331.
• Leijten, P., Thomaes, S., Orobio de Castro, B., Dishion, T. J. & Matthys, W. (2016). What good is labeling what’s good? A field experimental investigation of labeled praise and child compliance. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 87, 134-141.   
• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Matthys, W. (2016). Incredible Years ouderprogramma voor gedragsproblemen bij kinderen uit laagopgeleide- en migrantengezinnen. Systeemtherapie, 28, 233-241.

2015

• Leijten, P., Dishion, T. J., Thomaes, S., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Matthys, W. (2015). Bringing parenting interventions back to the future: How randomized controlled microtrials may benefit parenting intervention efficacy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 22, 47-57.
• Leijten, P., Shaw, D. S., Gardner, F., Wilson, M. N., Matthys, W., & Dishion, T. J. (2015). The Family Check-Up and service use in high risk families of young children: Bridging the gap between empirically supported prevention and community-based service. Prevention Science, 16, 397-406. 
• Abrahamse, M. E., Junger, M., Leijten, P., Boer, F., & Lindauer, R. J. L. (2015). Identifying behavioural problems in a community sample and a multi-ethnic clinical sample of young children: Psychometric properties of the Dutch Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 37, 679-691.

Before 2015

• Leijten, P. (2014). Toward improved parenting interventions for disruptive child behavior: Reaching disadvantaged families and searching for effective elements. Doctoral thesis, Utrecht University.
• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., & Matthys, W. (2013). Does socioeconomic status matter? A meta-analysis on parent training effectiveness for disruptive child behavior. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 42, 384-392. 
• Leijten, P., Overbeek, G., & Janssens, J. M. A. M. (2013). Praten met Kinderen: Effectief voor ouders van (pre)adolescenten. Kind en Adolescent, 34, 80-91. 
• Leijten, P., Overbeek, G., & Janssens, J. M. A. M. (2012). Effectiveness of a parent training program in (pre)adolescence: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 833-842. 
• Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A. J., Orobio de Castro, B., Posthumus, J. A., & Matthys, W. (2011). Oudertraining Incredible Years effectief bij gedragsprobleem jong kind. JeugdenCo Kennis, 5, 17-23.