Trial of a Parenting Discussion Group in Panama, Central America

The present study aims to examine the effectiveness of a parenting intervention, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program Level 3 discussion groups \"dealing with disobedience\". Triple P is a system of interventions to support families and was developed at the University of Queensland in Australia in the 1980\'s. As few studies have tested the effectiveness of parenting programs in developing countries, the present study took place in a developing country, Panama. In a recent study carried out in Australia, this same intervention was found effective in reducing child behaviour problems and the use of dysfunctional parenting (Morawska, Haslam, Milne \& Sanders, 2011).