Publications

2021

• Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Eradus, M., & Overbeek, G. (2021; in-principle acceptance, 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. Advance online publication 15 November. 
• 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., & Gardner, F. (2021). The most effective parenting program content for disruptive child behavior: A network meta-Analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication July 2021
• 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.
• Eltanamly, H., Leijten, P., Van Rooij, F. & Overbeek, G. (2021). Parenting in times of refuge: A qualitative investigation. Family Process. Advance online publication September 2021
• Hua, N., & Leijten, P. (2021). Parenting programs for disruptive child behavior in China: a meta-analysis. Research on Social Work Practice. Advance online publication June 2021
• 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

• 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). 
• 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. 
• 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

• 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.
• 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. 

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.