Children's Early Intervention Trust
DRAFT_Published Research

DRAFT_Published Research

CEIT collaborates with CEBEI at Bangor University who undertake research in order to contribute to the evidence base for resources and interventions that support early intervention for children and families. This enables health, social care and educational professionals to make informed choices about what works, when helping families.

Published Research is listed below.

Year PublishedProgrammeReferenceBlog post link
2024IYMelendez-Torres, G. J., Leijten, P., Scott, S., Gardner, F., Axford, N., Seabra Santos, M. J., Menting, A., Hutchings, J., & Berry, V. (2024). Disruptive child behavior severity and parenting program session attendance: Individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000893
2024PLH-YCHutchings, J., Ferdinandi, I., Janowski, R., Ward, C., McCoy, A., Lachman, J.M., Gardner, F. and Williams, M.E. (2024) Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children in Montenegro: Preliminary outcomes, dissemination, and broader embedding of the program. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-024-01682-x 
2024IYSellars, E., Bowes, Lucy., Oliver, B. R., Gardner, F., Axburg, U., Berry, V., Seabra-Santos, M. J., Hutchings, J., McGilloway, S., Overbeek, G., Menting, A.T. A., Scott, S. and Leijten, P. (2024) Effects of the Incredible Years parenting program on children’s interpersonal conflict: An integrative data analysis. Journal of Family Psychology (In press). 
2024PLH-YCHutchings, J., Ferdinandi, I., Janowski, R., Ward, C., McCoy, A., Lachman, J.M., Gardner, F. and Williams, M.E. (in press) Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children in Montenegro: Preliminary outcomes, dissemination, and broader embedding of the program. Prevention Science. 
2024IYBackhaus, S., Gardner, F.. Melendez-Torres, G. J.. Arruabarrena, I., Berry, V., Orobio de Castro, B., Gaspar, M. F., Hutchings, J., Menting, A. and Leijten, P., (2024) Equity Effects of Parenting Interventions to Reduce Violence Against Children: Individual Participant Data and Aggregate-Level Meta-Analyses. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4738720 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4738720. 
2024Murphy, H., Prandstetter, K., Ward, C. L.,  Hutchings, J., Kunovski, I., Tăut, D and  Foran, H. M.(2024) Factor structure of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale among caregivers in Southeastern Europe Family Relations 73(2) 9050920 (published online 05 April 2023) https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12882
2024Book SharingWilliams M. E., Owen C., and Hutchings, J. (2024) School-based delivery of a dialogic book sharing intervention: a feasibility study of Books Together. Frontiers in Education, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1304386 https://ceit-cymru.org/2024/06/booksharing-in-schools/
2023Hutchings J., Williams, M. E. and Leijten P. (2023) Attachment, behavior problems and interventions. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Section: Child Mental Health and Interventions (2) https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2023.1156407 Attachment, behaviour problems and interventions – Children’s Early Intervention Trust (ceit-cymru.org)
2023KiVaBadger, J.R., Zaneva, M., Hastings, R.P., Broome, M.R., Hayes, R., Patterson, P., Rose, N., Clarkson, S., Hutchings, J. and Bowes, L. (2023) Associations between School-Level Disadvantage, Bullying Involvement and Children’s Mental Health. Children, 10, 1852. https://doi.org/10.3390/children1012185 Publication – Bullying in schools, influences of disadvantage and mental health – Children’s Early Intervention Trust (ceit-cymru.org)
2023COPINGHutchings, J., Owen, D. and Williams, M. E. (2023) Development and initial evaluation of the COnfident Parent INternet Guide program for parents of 3–8 year olds. Frontiers in Psychology, 24 July 2023, Developmental Psychology section.  14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1228144 
2023Prandstetter, K.,  Waller, F.,  Heinrichs, N.,  Hutchings, J.,  Ward, C. L.,  Dănilă, I.,  Lachman, J. M., &  Foran, H. M.(2023).  Measuring dysfunctional parenting: Psychometrics of three versions of the Parenting Scale. Family Relations,  72( 3),  1254– 1275. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12732 
2023IYGaspar, M. F., Patras, J., Hutchings, J., Homem, T., Azevedo, A. F., Pimentel, M., Baptista, I., Major, S.,  Vale, V. & Seabra-Santos, M. (2023) Effects of a Teacher Classroom Management program on preschool teachers’ practices and psychological factors: A randomized trial with teachers of children from economically disadvantaged families, Early Education and Development, 34:3, 626-647, DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2022.2063612 
2023Waller, F., Prandstetter,, K., Nikolova, G., Lachman, J. M., Hutchings, J. and Foran, H. M.  (2023) Screen use: Its association with caregiver mental health, parenting, and children’s ADHD symptoms. Family Relations (1 – 17), https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12869
2022PLH-YCWilliams, M. E., Foran, H. M., Hutchings, J., Frantz, I., Taut, D., Lachman, J., Ward, C. L., & Heinrichs, N. (2022). Exploring factors associated with parent engagement in a parenting program in Southeastern Europe. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(11), 3097-3112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02411-0 
2022Williams, M. E., Clarkson, S., Hastings, R. P., Watkins, R. C., McTague, P., & Hughes, C. J. (2022). Factors from middle childhood that predict academic attainment at 15-17 years in the UK: A systematic Review. Frontiers in Education. doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.849765 
2022PLH-YCJansen, E., Frantz  I., Hutchings, J., Lachman, J., Williams, M., …… Heinrichs, N. and Foran, H. M. (2022). Preventing child mental health problems in southeastern Europe: Feasibility study (phase 1 of MOST framework). Family Process, 61(3), 1162-1179. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12720 
2022Berry, V., Melendez‑Torres, G., Axford, N. . Axberg, A., de Castro, B. O., Gardner, F., Gaspar, M. F., Handegard, B. H., Hutchings, J., Menting, A., McGilloway, S., Scott, S.  and Leijten, P. (2022). Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01404-1 
2022KiVaClarkson S., Bowes, L., Coulman E., Broome R.M., Canning Johns, R., …. Hutchings, J. and the Stand Together Team (2022). The UK stand together trial: protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of KiVa to reduce bullying in primary schools. BMC Public Health 22:608 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12642-x 
2021PLH-YCTăut, D., Băban, A., Frantz, I., Dănilă, I., Lachman, J.M., Heinrichs, N., Ward, C.L., Gardner, F., Fang, X., Hutchings, J. and Raleva, M. (2021). Prevention of child mental health problems through parenting interventions in Southeastern Europe (RISE): study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), pp.1-18. 
2021PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Alampay, L. P. , Jocson, R. M., Alinea, C., Madrid, B., Ward, C., Hutchings, J., Mamauag, B. L., Garilao, M. A. V. F. V. and Gardner, F. (2021). Effectiveness of a parenting programme to reduce violence in a cash transfer system in the Philippines: RCT with follow-up. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 17, 10027 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100279 
2021PLH-YCShenderovich, Y., Lachman, J.M., Ward, C.L., Wessels, I., Gardner, F., Tomlinson, M., ……… Hutchings, J., Kisyombe, D., Massetti, G., Mazak, J., Mbuyi, H., Singh, P., Polsky, K., Rakotomalala, S., Raleva, M., Savo, R. and Cluver, L. (2021). The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention: (2021) A New Agenda for Family Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Frontiers in Public Health 9:581440. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.581440
2021PLH-YCMamaug, B. L., Alampay, L. P., Lachman, J., Madrid, B. J., Hutchings, J., Ward, C. L. and Gardner, F. (2021) A South-to-South Cultural Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Parenting Program for Families in the Philippines.  Family Process. doi: 10.1111/famp.12625 
2020PLH-YCShenderovich, Y., Ward, C.L., Lachman, J.M. …… Hutchings, J. Gardner, F. and Cluver, L. (2020). Evaluating the dissemination and scale-up of two evidence-based parenting interventions to reduce violence against children: study protocol. Implementation Science Communications 1, 109 https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00086-6 
2020Jansen, E.,  Lachman, J. M., Heinrichs, N., Hutchings, J., Baban, A. and Foran, H. M. (2020). Hunger in Vulnerable Families in Southeastern Europe: Associations With Mental Health and Violence. Frontiers in Public Health, April 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00115 
2020IYWilliams, M. E., Hastings, R. P., & Hutchings, J. (2020). The Incredible Years Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Parent program: A pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial. Autism Research. doi:10.1002/aur.2265 
2020IYHutchings, J., Pye, K., Bywater, T., & Williams, M. E. (2020). A feasibility evaluation of the Incredible Years School Readiness Parenting programme. Psychosocial Intervention. doi:105093/pi2020a2 
2020KiVaAxford, N., Bjornstad, G, Clarkson, S., Ukoumunne, O.S., Wrigley, Z., Matthews, J., Berry, V. & Hutchings, J. (2020) The Effectiveness of the KiVa Bullying Prevention Program in Wales, UK: Results from a Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Prevention Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01103-9 
2020IYLeijten, 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. Advanced online publication.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.01.023 
2019IYHutchings, J. and Williams, M. (2019). Disseminating the Incredible Years® Basic Parenting Programme in Wales. In M.M. Barry, A.M. Clarke, I. Petersen, & R. Jenkins. A (Eds.), Implementing Mental Health Promotion (Second Edition; pp. 273-277). New York: Springer. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030234546 
2019PLH-YCWessels, I., Booij, A., Cluver, L., Cooper, P., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., Jeffery, D., Lachman, J., Masuku-Mukadah, N., Murray, L., Tomlinson, M., & Ward, C. L. (2019). Implementing the Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes: Lessons learned from low-resource settings. In M.M. Barry, A.M. Clarke, I. Petersen, & R. Jenkins. A (Eds.), Implementing Mental Health Promotion (Second Edition; pp. 278-284). New York: Springer. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030234546 
2019PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Heinrichs, N., Jansen, E., Brühl, E., Fang, X., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., Ward, C. L., Williams, M. E., Raleva, M., Båban, A., Lesco, G.and Foran, H. M. (2019) Preventing child mental health problems through parenting interventions in Southeastern Europe (RISE): Protocol for a multi-country cluster randomized factorial study. Contemporary Clinical Trials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2019.105855 
2019EPaSWilliams, M. E., Hoare, Z., & Hutchings, J. (2019). Feasibility study of the Enhancing Parenting Skills programme. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Online First. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01581-8   
2019PLH-YCWard, C. L., Wessels, I. M., Lachman, J. M., Hutchings, J., Cluver, L., Kassanjee, R., Nhapi, R., Little, F. and Gardner, F. (2019) Parenting for Lifelong Health for young children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry  https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13129 
2019IYLeijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G.J., Weeland, J., Hutchings. J, Landau, S., . . . & Scott, S. (2019). Co-occurring change in children’s conduct problems and maternal depression: Latent class individual participant data meta-analysis of the Incredible Years parenting program. Development and Psychopathology https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001068 
2019IYGardner, F., Leijten, P, Harris, V., Mann, J, Hutchings, J., Beecham, J., Bonin, E.M., Berry, V McGilloway, S., Gaspar, M., Seabra-Santos, M-J., Orobio de Castro, B., Menting, A., Williams, M.,  Axberg, U., Morch. W-T., Scott, S., & Landau, S.  (2019). Do parenting interventions increase social inequalities in child conduct problems? Pan-European Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis The Lancet Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30162-2MDOIDOI 
2019KiVaClarkson, S., Charles, J. M., Saville, C. W. N., Bjornstad, G. J. and Hutchings, J. (2019) Introducing KiVa school-based anti-bullying programme to the UK: A preliminary examination of effectiveness and programme cost. School Psychology International Vol. 40(4) 347–365. DOI: 10.1177/0143034319841099 
2019IYWilliams, M. E., Bywater, T. J., Lane, E., Williams, N., & Hutchings, J. (2019). Building social and emotional competence in school children: A randomised controlled trial. Psychology (Educational Psychology Special Issue), 10, 107-121. doi:10.4236/psych.2019.102009 
PLH-YCFrantz, I., Foran, H., Lachman, J., Jansen, E., Hutchings, J., Baban, A., Fang, X., Gardner, F., Lesco, G., Raleva, M., Ward, C., Williams, M. E., & Heinrichs, N. (2019). Prevention of child mental health problems in South-eastern Europe: A multi-centre sequential study to adapt, optimise and test the parenting programme “Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children” – Protocol for stage 1, the feasibility study. BMJ Open, 9(1), e026684. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026684  
2019Leijten, 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(2):180–190 doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.900 
2018
PLH-YCAlampay, L.P., Lachman, J.M., Landoy, B.V., Madrid, B.J., Ward, C.L., Hutchings, J., Alinea, M.C.D., & Gardner, F. (2018). Preventing child maltreatment in low and middle-income countries: Parenting for lifelong health in the Philippines. Ch 15 pp 277-293 In S. Verma & A. Petersen (Eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: Using Developmental Science to Improve Young Lives Globally. Cham: Springer 
2018EPaSWilliams, M. E. & Hutchings, J. (2018). Health visitor feedback on structured behavioural training for working with families of children with behaviour problems. Community Practitioner, 91(9), 45-47. 
2018Gardner, F., Leijten, P., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Landau, S., Harris, V., Mann, J., Beecham, J., Hutchings, J. and Scott, S. (2018). The Earlier the Better?  Individual Participant Data and Traditional Meta-Analysis of Age Effects of Parenting Interventions. Child Development, 90(1), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13138 
2018Parra-Cardona, R. & Leijten, P. & Lachman, J. M., Mejía, A., Baumann, A. A., Buenabad, N. G. A., Cluver, L., Doubt, J., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., Ward, C. L., Wessels, I. M., Calam, R., & Chavira, V. & Rodríguez, M. M. G (2018). Strengthening a Culture of Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Balancing Scientific Expectations and Contextual Realities. Prevention Science. Online First https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0935-0 
2018COPINGHutchings, J., Owen, D., & Williams, M. (2018). Web-based parenting support: Development of the COPING Confident Parent programme. Education Sciences, 8(2), 59-67. doi:10.3390/educsci8020059 
2018Gridley, N., Bywater, T.J. and Hutchings, J. M. (2018). Comparing Live and Video Observation to Assess Early Parent-child Interactions in the Home. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(6), 1818-1829. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1039-y 
2018IYLeijten, P., Gardner, F., Landau, S., Harris, V., Mann, J., Hutchings, J., Beecham, J., Bonin, E-M. and Scott, S. (2018). Research Review: 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(2), 99-109. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12781 
2018IYSonugaBarke, E. J. S., Barton, J.,  Daley, D., Hutchings, J. … Thompson, M. J. J. (2018). A comparison of the clinical effectiveness and cost of specialized individually delivered parent training for preschool attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder and a generic, groupbased programme: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial of the New Forest Parenting Programme versus Incredible Years. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27(6), 797-809. DOI 10.1007/s00787-017-1054-3 
2018PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Cluver, L., Kelly, J., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J., Gardner, F. (2018). Process evaluation of a parenting program for low-income families in South Africa. Research on Social Work Practice, 28(2), 188-202. doi: 10.1177/1049731516645665 
2018PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Cluver, L., Ward, C., Hutchings, J., Wessels, I.M., Mlotshwa, S. and Gardner, F. (2017). Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting Program to Reduce the Risk of Child Maltreatment in South Africa, Child Abuse and Neglect, 72, 338-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.08.014   
2017COPINGOwen, D. A., & Hutchings, J. (2017). An evaluation of the online universal programme COPING parent: A feasibility study. Journal of Public Health Research, 6(81), 37-43. doi:10.4081/jphr.2017.819 
2017COPINGOwen D.A., Griffith, N, Hutchings J. (2017). Evaluation of the COPING parent online universal programme: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 7, e013381. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2016 013381   
2017IYWilliams, M. E., Hastings, R., Charles, J., Evans, S., and Hutchings, J. (2017). The Parenting for Autism, Language, And Communication Evaluation Study (PALACES): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 7, e014524. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014524 
2017IYHutchings, J., & Williams, M. E. (2017). Taking the Incredible Years child and teacher programs to scale in Wales. Childhood Education, 93, 20-28. doi:10.1080/00094056.2017.1275233  
2017IYHutchings, J., Griffith, N., Bywater, T., & Williams, M.E. (2017). Evaluating the Incredible Years Toddler Parenting programme with parents of toddlers in disadvantaged (Flying Start) areas of Wales. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(1), 104-113. doi:10.1111/cch.12415  
2016Gridley, N., Baker-Henningham, H. & Hutchings, J. (2016). Measuring Parental Language to Target Families for Early-intervention Services, Child Care in Practice, 22(4), 348-367 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2016.1188761 
2016Jones, C., Erjavec, M., Viktor, S. & Hutchings, J. (2016). Outcomes of a Comparison Study into a Group Based Infant Parenting Programme. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 3309–3321. DOI:10.1007/s10826-016-0489-3 
2016IYHutchings, J., Pearson-Blunt, R., Pasteur, M-A., Healy, H. & Williams, M.E. (2016). A pilot trial of the Incredible Years® Autism Spectrum and Language Delays programme. Good Autism Practice Journal, 17, 15-22. 
2016PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Cluver, L., Kelly, J., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J., Gardner, F. (2016). Process evaluation of a parenting program for low-income families in South Africa. Research on Social Work Practice, 28(2), doi: 10.1177/1049731516645665 
2016PLH-YCCluver L., Lachman J., Ward C., Gardner F., Petersen T., Meinck F., Hutchings J., Mikton, C., Tsoanyane S., Doubt J. & Boyes, M. (2016). Developing a parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in South Africa: Findings from a pre-post pilot study. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(7), 758-766. DOI:10.1177/1049731516628647  
2016IYEdwards, R. T., Linck, P., Berry, R., Charles, J., Jones, C., Bywater, T. and Hutchings, J. (2016). Incredible Years Parenting Programme: Cost-Effectiveness and Implementation Journal of Children’s Services  11(1), 54-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-02-2015-0005
2016PLH-YCLachman, J. M., Sherr, L.T., Cluver, L., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J. and Gardner, F. (2016). Integrating Evidence and Context to Develop a Parenting Program for Low-Income Families in South Africa. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(7), 2337-2352. DOI 10.1007/s10826-016-0389-6 
2016KiVaClarkson, S., Axford, N., Berry, V., Edwards, R.T., Bjornstad, G., Wrigley, Z., Charles, J., Hoare, Z., Ukoumunne, O., Matthews, J. and Hutchings, J. (2016). Effectiveness and micro-costing of the KiVa school-based bullying prevention programme in Wales: study protocol for a pragmatic definitive parallel group cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 16, 104. DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-2746-1 
2015PLH-YCLachman, J.M., Ward, C. L., Wessels, I. M., Cluver, L., D., Gardner, F. & Hutchings, J. (2015). Learning lessons about positive parenting from a parent skills training programme. Ilifa Labantwana Insights, 3, 8-11.  
2015KiVaHutchings, J. & Clarkson, S. (2015). Rolling out evidence-based programmes in schools. Better: Evidence-based Education, 7(2), 20-21. 
2015IYHutchings, J. (2015). Lessons learned from introducing, researching, and disseminating the Incredible Years programmes in Wales. In C.A. Essau & J.L. Allen (Eds), Making parenting work for children’s mental health. ACAMH Occasional Paper 33 (Chap 1, pp. 3-11), doi:10.13056/OP33.d London: Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.  
2015IYEvans, S., Hutchings, J., Davies, S., and Williams, M.E. (2015). Short-term benefits from the Incredible Years Parents and Babies programme in Powys. Community Practitioner, September, 46-48 
2015KiVaAxford, N., Farrington, D. P., Clarkson, S., Bjornstad, G. J., Wrigley, Z and Hutchings, J. (2015). Involving parents in school-based programmes to prevent and reduce bullying: what effect does it have? Journal of Children’s Services, 10(3), 1-10. 
2015EPaSWilliams, M. & Hutchings, J. (2015). A pilot effectiveness study of the Enhancing Parenting Skills (EPaS) 2014 programme for parents of children with behaviour problems: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16, 221. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0741-y; http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/16/1/221 
2015KiVaHutchings, J. & Clarkson, S. (2015). Introducing and piloting the KiVa bullying prevention programme in the UK. Educational and Child Psychology, 32(1), 49-61. 
2015Jones, C.H., Hutchings, J., Erjavec, M., & Viktor, S. (2015). The Parent Infant Play Observation code (PIPOc): development and testing of a new positive parenting measure. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(1), 54-68. DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2014.970151  
2015IYGridley, N., Hutchings, J., & Baker-Henningham, H. (2015). The Incredible Years Parent-Toddler Programme and parental language: a randomised controlled trial. Child: Care, Health and Development, 41(1), 103-111. doi:10.1111/cch.12153 
2014PLH-YCWard, C.L., Mikton, C., Cluver, L., Cooper, P., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., Lachman, J.M., Murray, L., Tomlinson, M., & Wessels, I.M. (2014). Parenting for Lifelong Health: from South Africa to other low- and middle-income countries. Early Childhood Matters, 122, 49-53. 
2014IYMcCann, D.C., Thompson, M., Daley, D., Barton, J., Laver-Bradbury, C., Hutchings, J., Coghill, D., Stanton, L., Maishman, T., Dixon, L., Caddy, J., Chorozoglou, M., Raftery, J., & Sonuga-Barke, E. (2014). Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of a specialist and a generic parenting programme for the treatment of preschool ADHD. Trials, 15, 142-163. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-142 
2014Hutchings, J. (2014). New ways to tackle bullying. Society Central. http://societycentral.ac.uk/2014/04/08/new-ways-to-tackle-bullying/ 
2014KiVaAxford, N., Hutchings, J., Bjornstad, G., Clarkson, S. & Hunt, A. (2014). KiVa: Helping schools and parents beat bullying. Better: Evidence-based Education, 6(2), 14-15. 
2013Hutchings, J., & Williams, M.E. (2014). Joined-up thinking, joined-up services, exploring coalface challenges for making services work for families with complex needs. Journal of Children’s Services, 9(1), 31-41. doi: 10.1108/JCS-082013-0027 
2013Wessels, I., Mikton, C., Ward, C. L., Kilbane, T., Alves, R., Campello, G., Dubowitz, H., Hutchings, J., Jones, L., Lynch, M., & Madrid, B. (2013). Preventing violence: Evaluating outcomes of parenting programmes. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization 
2013IYCharles, J.M., Bywater, T., Edwards, R.T., Hutchings, J., & Zou, L. (2013). Parental depression and child conduct problems: evaluation of parental service use and associated costs after attending the Incredible Years Basic Parenting Programme. BMC Health Services Research, 13, 523-535. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-523 
2013Gridley, N., Hutchings, J., & Baker-Henningham, H. (2013). Associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and parenting behaviours. Journal of Children’s Services, 8(4), 254-263. doi:10.1108/JCS-022013-0004  
2013IYHutchings, J., Martin-Forbes, P., Daley, D., & Williams, M.E. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of the impact of a teacher classroom management program on the classroom behavior of children with and without behavior problems. Journal of School Psychology, 51(5), 571-585. doi:10.1016/j.jsp. 2013.08.001  
2013IYHutchings, J., Griffith, N., Bywater, T., Williams, M.E., & Baker-Henningham, H. (2013). Targeted vs universal provision of support in high-risk communities: comparison of characteristics in two populations recruited to parenting interventions. Journal of Children’s Services, 8(3), 169-183. doi:10.1108/JCS 03-2013 0009 
2013IYHutchings, J. (2013). Incredible Years: an update. Smalltalk, 110, 16-17.   
2013IYHutchings J. & Bywater T. (2013) Delivering the Incredible Years parent programme to foster carers in Wales: Reflections from group leader supervision. Adoption and Fostering, 37(1), 28-42. doi:10.1177/0308575913477075     
2013Hutchings, J. (2013). Lifestyle Versus Medication. Agenda: Journal of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Spring 2013, 56-57  
2013Williams, M.E., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Daley, D., & Whitaker, C.J. (2013). Schedule of Growing Skills II: Pilot study of an alternative scoring method. Psychology, 4(3), 143-152. doi:10.4236/psych.2013. 43021  
2013IYCharles, J.M., Edwards, R.T., Bywater, T., & Hutchings, J. (2013). Micro-costing in Public Health Economics: steps towards a standardised framework, using the Incredible Years Toddler Parenting Programme as a worked example. Prevention Science, 14(4), 377-389. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0302-5  
2012Hutchings, J. (2012) Support for teachers around the world. Better: Evidence-based Education, 5(1), 18-19.  
2012IYHutchings, J. (2012). Introducing, researching and disseminating the Incredible Years programmes in Wales. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6(2), 225-233.      
2012IYJones, C.H., Hutchings, J., Erjavec, M., & Hughes. J.C. (2012). Parent and group leader reflections on a group-based programme for parents and babies with costing on delivery. Community Practitioner, 85(11), 26-29.
2012Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Williams, M.E., Lane, E., & Whitaker, C.J. (2012). Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of child behaviour change. Psychology, 3(9A), 795-801. doi:10.4236/psych.2012.329120   
2012Hutchings, J. (2012). From ABA to SPR: 30 years developing evidence based services for the treatment and prevention of conduct disorder in Wales. Journal of Children’s Services, 7(2), 101-112. doi:10.1108/17466661211238664 
2012Furlong, M., McGilloway, S., Bywater, T., Hutchings, J., Donnelly, M., Smith, S.M., & O’Neill, C. (2012) Behavioural/cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting interventions for children age 3-12 with early onset conduct problems. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD008225.  doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008225.pub2 
2012IYHutchings, J., Bywater, T., Gridley, N., Whitaker, C.J., Martin-Forbes, P., & Gruffydd, S. (2012). The Incredible Years Therapeutic Social and Emotional Skills Programme: A Pilot Study. School Psychology International, 33(3), 285-293. doi:10.1177/0143034311415899 
2012IYHutchings, J. (2012). Children’s incredible early years. Smalltalk, 105, 14-15. 
2012Hutchings, J., & Gardner, F. (2012). Support from the Start: effective programmes for three to eight year olds, Journal of Children’s Services, 7(1), 29-40. doi:10.1108/17466661211213652 
2011IYBywater, T., Hutchings, J., Evans, C., Parry, L., & Whitaker, C.J. (2011). Research Protocol: Building Social and Emotional Competence in Young High-Risk School Children: A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of the Incredible Years Therapeutic (Small Group) Dinosaur Curriculum in Gwynedd Primary Schools, Wales. Trials, 12(1), 39-46. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-39 
2011Hutchings, J., Williams, M.E., Martin, P., & Pritchard, R.O. (2011). Levels of Behavioural Difficulties among Young Welsh Schoolchildren. The Welsh Journal of Education, 15(1), 103-115. 
2011Hutchings, J., & Bywater, T. (2011). Challenges facing foster carers. Agenda: Journal of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Spring 2011, 54-57. 
2011IYBywater, T., Hutchings, J., Gridley. N., & Jones, K. (2011). Incredible Years parent training support for nursery staff working within a disadvantaged Flying Start area in Wales: A feasibility study. Child Care in Practice, 17(3), 285-302. doi:10.1080/13575279.2011.575353 
2011IYHutchings, J., Bywater, T., Williams, M.E., Whitaker, C.J., Lane, E., & Shakespeare, K. (2011). The extended School Age Incredible Years parent programme. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16(3), 136 143. doi:10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00590.x 
2011IYHutchings, J., & Bywater, T. (2011). Developing the Incredible Years Programs in Wales. In: Carolyn Webster-Stratton (Ed.), The Incredible Years Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series: Program content, methods, research and dissemination, (pp 293-298), Seattle: Incredible Years Inc. 
2010Hutchings, J., &  Bywater, T. (2010). Childhood Conduct Disorder: the contribution of psychologists. Clinical Psychology Forum, 205 Special Edition, 21-25. 
2010Furlong, M., McGilloway, S., Bywater, T., Hutchings, J., Donnelly, M., Smith, S.M., & O’Neill, C. (2010). Behavioural/cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting interventions for children age 3-12 with early onset conduct problems (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD008225. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008225. 
2010Hutchings, J. (2010). Effective Parenting, Agenda: Journal of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Spring 2010, 24-26. 
2010Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., & Whitaker, C.J. (2010). Who Benefits and How Does It Work? Moderators and Mediators of Outcome in an Effectiveness Trial of a Parenting Intervention. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 39(4), 1-13. doi:10.1080/15374416.2010.486315  
2010Martin, P., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Jones, K., Eames, C., &, C.J. (2010). The Teacher-Pupil Observation Tool (T-Pot): The development and testing of a classroom observation measure. School Psychology International, 31(3), 229-249. doi:10.1177/0143034310362040 
2010IYBywater, T., Hutchings, J., Linck, P., Whitaker, C.J., Daley, D., Yeo, S.T., & Edwards, R.T. (2010). Incredible Years Parent Training Support for Foster Carers in Wales: A Multi-Centre Feasibility Study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 37(2), 233-243. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01155.x 
2010Eames, C., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Whitaker, C.J., Bywater, T., Jones, K., & Hughes, J.C. (2010). The impact of group leaders behaviour on parents’ acquisition of key parenting skills during parent training. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48(12), 1221-1226. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2010.07.011 
2009Eames, C., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Whitaker, C.J., Jones, K., Hughes, J.C., & Bywater, T. (2009). Treatment fidelity as a predictor of behaviour change in parents attending group based parent training. Child: Care, Health and Development, 35(5), 603-612. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00975  
2009Daley, D., Jones, K., & Hutchings, J. (2009). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in preschool children: current findings, recommended interventions and future directions. Child: Care, Health and Development, 35(6), 754-766. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00938.x 
2009Ford, T., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Goodman, A., & Goodman, R. (2009). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Added Value Score; a method for estimating effectiveness in child mental health services tested using data from a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry. 194(6), 552–558. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.108.052373 
2009IYBywater, T., Hutchings, J., Daley, D., Whitaker, C.J., Yeo, S.T., Jones, K., Eames, C., & Edwards, R.T. (2009). Long-term effectiveness of a parenting intervention in Sure Start services in Wales for children at risk of developing conduct disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(4), 318-324. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.108. 056531 
2009IYEvans, S., & Hutchings. J. (2009). The Incredible Years Programmes: Developing Social and Emotional Competence of Children in the Foundation Phase.  Prif-Faterion /Leading Matters, 2009/10 NAHT Cymru, pp. 30-33. 
2008IYJones, K., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., & Eames, C. (2008). Efficacy of the Incredible Years Basic Parent Training Programme as an early intervention for children with Conduct Disorder and ADHD: Long Term Follow-up. Child: Care, Health and Development, 34(3), 380-390. doi:10.1111/j.13652214. 2008.00817.x 
2008Eames, C., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Hughes, J.C., Jones, K., Martin, P., & Bywater, T. (2008). The Leader Observation Tool (LOT): A process skills measure of treatment fidelity measure of the Incredible Years Parenting Programme. Child: Care, Health and Development, 34(3), 391-400. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00828.x  
2008Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Eames, C., & Martin, P. (2008). Implementing child mental health interventions in service settings: Lessons from three pragmatic randomized controlled trials in Wales. Journal of Children’s Services, 3(2), 17-27. doi:10.1108/17466660200800009 
2007IYHutchings, J., Bywater, T., Daley, D., & Lane, E. (2007). A pilot study of the Webster-Stratton Incredible Years Therapeutic Dinosaur School programme. Clinical Psychology Forum,170, 21-24. 
2007Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Daley, D., Gardner, F., Whitaker, C.J., Jones, K., Eames, C., & Edwards, R.T. (2007). Parenting Intervention in Sure Start Services for Children at Risk of Developing Conduct Disorder: Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial. British Medical Journal, 334(7595), 678-684. doi:10.1136/bmj. 39126.620799.55 
2007Edwards, R.T., Ó Céilleachair, A., Bywater, T., Hughes, D.A., & Hutchings, J. (2007). Parenting Programme for Parents of Children at Risk of Developing Conduct Disorder: Cost-Effective Analysis. British Medical Journal, 334(7595), 682-687. doi:10.1136/bmj.39126.699421.55. 
2007IYJones, K., Daley, D., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., & Eames, C. (2007). Efficacy of the Incredible Years Basic Parent Training Programme as an early intervention for children with Conduct Disorder and ADHD. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(6), 749-756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00747. 
2007Hutchings, J., & Bywater, T. (2007). Response to WAG consultation on “The Foundation Phase.” British Psychological Society, Faculty of Children and Young People: Service and Practice Update, 6(2), 41-43. 
2007Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., & Daley, D. (2007). Early prevention of Conduct Disorder: How and why did the North and Mid Wales Sure Start study work? Journal of Children’s Services, 2(2), 4-14. doi:10.1108/17466660200700012 
2007Hutchings, J., & Bywater, T. (2007). Parenting support can help parents to develop better relationships with their children and reduce the risk of behaviour problems. Education Review, 20(2), 57-67. 
2007IYHutchings, J., Daley, D., Jones, K., Martin, P., Bywater, T., & Gwyn, R. (2007). Early results from developing and researching the Webster-Stratton Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Training Programme in North West Wales. Journal of Children’s Services, 2(3), 15-26. doi:10.1108/17466660200700023 
2006Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Davies, C., & Whitaker, C.J. (2006). Do crime rates predict the outcome of parenting programmes for parents of ‘high risk’ pre-school children? Special Issue Youth Offending and Youth Justice: Educational and Child Psychology, 23(2), 15-24. 
2007Hutchings, J. (2006). Commissioned Article: Update on Conduct Disorder and Parenting Interventions. British Psychological Society, Faculty of Children and Young People: Service and Practice Update 5(2), 14-19. 
2006Hutchings, J., & Lane, E. (2006). Conduct Disorder: what we have learned about it and how to deal with it. Invited paper for the Psychologist: Special Issue on Criminality in 2006:  Nipping Criminality in the Bud, 19(8), 480-483. 
2006Hutchings, J. (2006). Response to the Welsh Assembly Government consultation document “Joining Together in Wales: an Adult and Young People’s Strategy to Reduce Re-offending” British Psychological Society, Faculty of Children and Young People: Service and Practice Update, 5(3), 19-20. 
2006IYHutchings, J. (2006). Incredible Years Wales. British Psychological Society, Faculty of Children and Young People: Service and Practice Update, 5(4), 19-21. 
2006IYHutchings, J. (2006). Incredible Years: How Wales has led the UK in ensuring effectiveness of Sure Start children’s programme, Agenda: Journal of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Winter 2006, 55-56. 
2005Hutchings, J., & Lane, E. (2005). The role of parenting to the development and prevention of child mental health problems. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18(4), 386-391. doi: 10.1097/01.yco.0000172056.63401.e0 
2004Hutchings, J., Lane, E., & Kelly J. (2004). Comparison of two treatments of children with severely disruptive behaviours: a four-year follow up. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32(1), 15-30. doi:10.1017/S1352465804001018 
2004IYHutchings, J., Lane, E., Ellis Owen, R., & Gwyn, R. (2004). The introduction of the Webster-Stratton Classroom Dinosaur School Programme in Gwynedd, North Wales. Education and Child Psychology, 21(4), 4-15. 
2004Muntz, R., Hutchings, J., Edwards, R. T., Hounsome, B. & Ó Céilleachair, A. (2004). Economic Evaluation of Treatments for Children with Severe Behavioural Problems. Journal for Mental Health Policy and Economics, 7, 177-189. 
2004Hutchings, J., & Webster-Stratton, C. (2004). Community Based Support for Parents. In: Masud Hoghughi and Nicholas Long (Eds.) Handbook of Parenting (pp 334-351), London: Sage. 
2004Gardner, F., Lane, E. & Hutchings, J. (2004). Three to seven years: Risk and protective factors; effective interventions. In: Carole Sutton David Utting and David  Farrington (Eds), Support from the start: Working with young children and their Families to reduce the risks of crime and antisocial behaviour. Research Report 524. ISBN: 1 84478 203 4, London: Department for Education and Skills. 
2004Hutchings, J., Gardner, F., & Lane, E. (2004). Making evidence based interventions work in clinical settings: common and specific therapy factors and implementation fidelity. In: Carole Sutton David Utting and David Farrington (Eds), Support from the start: Working with young children and their Families to reduce the risks of crime and antisocial behaviour. Research Report 524. ISBN: 1 84478 203 4. London: Department for Education and Skills. 
2004Lane, E., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., & Jacobs, B. (2004). Eight to thirteen Years: Risk and protective factors; effective interventions. In: Carole Sutton David Utting and David Farrington (Eds), Support from the start: Working with young children and their Families to reduce the risks of crime and antisocial behaviour. Research Report 524. ISBN: 1 84478 203 4. London: Department for Education and Skills. 
2002Hutchings, J., Appleton, P., Smith, M., Lane. E., & Nash, S. (2002). Evaluation of two treatments for children with severe behaviour problems: child behaviour and maternal mental health outcomes. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 279-295. doi:10.1017/S1352465802003041 
2002Lane, E., & Hutchings, J.  (2002). Benefits of a course in behavioural analysis for health visitors. British Journal of Nursing, 11(10), 702 -714. 
1998Hutchings, J., & Pope, S. (1998). Consumer satisfaction and the outcome of behavioural therapy. Clinical Psychology Forum, 116, 2-6. 
1998Hutchings, J., Nash, S., Williams, J.M.G., & Nightingale, D. (1998). Parental autobiographical memory: Is this a helpful clinical measure in behavioural child management?  British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37, 303-312. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01387.x       
1998Hutchings, J., & Nash, S. (1998). Behaviour therapy: what do health visitors know? Community Practitioner, 71, 364-367. 
1997Hutchings, J., Midence, K., & Nash, S.  (1997). Assessing social isolation among mothers of conduct problem children: Preliminary findings from the Community Contacts Questionnaire. Clinical Psychology Forum, 108, 24-27. 
1996EPaSHutchings, J.  (1996). Evaluating a behaviourally based parent training group: Outcomes for parents, children and health visitors. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 24, 149-170. doi:10.1017/S13524658000 17410