Publications
Books
Sanders, M. R. and Ralph, A. (2001). Positive Parenting of Teenagers: Tipsheet Series. Brisbane, Australia: Triple P International.
Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2001). Consultation Flip chart for Primary Care Teen Triple P. Brisbane, Australia: Families International Publishing.
Ralph, Alan and Sanders, Matthew R. (2001). Positive Parenting for Parents with Teenagers. Brisbane, Australia: Triple P International.
Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2001). Practitioner's Manual for Primary Care Teen Triple P. Brisbane, Australia: Families International Publishing.
Book Chapters
Ralph, Alan (2018). Parenting of adolescents and emerging adults. Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan. (pp. 631-652) edited by Matthew R. Sanders and Alina Morawska. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94598-9_28
Ralph, Alan and Dittman, Cassandra (2018). Training a workforce to implement evidence-based parenting programs. The power of positive parenting: transforming the lives of children, parents, and communities using the Triple P system. (pp. 371-382) edited by Matthew R. Sanders and Trevor G. Mazzucchelli. Sydney, Australia: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190629069.003.0034
Sanders, Matthew R., Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. and Ralph, Alan (2012). Promoting parenting competence through a self-regulation approach to feedback. Feedback: The communication of praise, criticism and advice. (pp. 305-324) edited by Robbie M. Sutton, Matthew J. Hornsey and Karen M. Douglas. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang.
Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2007). Towards a multi-level model of parenting intervention. Handbook of Parenting: Theory and reseach for practice. (pp. 352-368) edited by Masud Hoghughi and Nicholas Long. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publication Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781848608160.n21
Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2005). Family intervention and prevention of behavioural and emotional disorders in childhood and adolescence. Psychopathology and the family. (pp. 323-350) edited by Jennifer L. Hudson and Ronald M. Rapee. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-008044449-9/50016-2
Sanders, M. R., Markie-Dadds, C., Turner, K. M. T. and Ralph, A. (2004). Using the Triple P system of intervention to prevent behavioural problems in children and adolescents. Handbook of Interventions that Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Treatment. (pp. 489-516) edited by P. Barrett and T. Ollendick. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9780470753385.ch20
Journal Articles
Dittman, Cassandra K., Burke, Kylie, Haslam, Divna and Ralph, Alan (2022). Assessing adolescent functioning from different perspectives: extending the validation of the Adolescent Functioning Scale (AFS). Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01428-2
Burke, Kylie, Dittman, Cassandra K., Haslam, Divna and Ralph, Alan (2021). Assessing critical dimensions of the parent–adolescent relationship from multiple perspectives: Development and validation of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale (PARS). Psychological Assessment, 33 (5), 395-410. doi: 10.1037/pas0000992
Arkan, Burcu, Güvenir, Taner, Ralph, Alan and Day, Jamin (2020). The efficacy and acceptability of the Triple P: Positive Parenting Program with Turkish parents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 33 (3) jcap.12283, 148-156. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12283
Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. and Ralph, Alan (2019). Self-regulation approach to training child and family practitioners. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 22 (1), 129-145. doi: 10.1007/s10567-019-00284-2
Jones, B. Max, Ralph, Alan and Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. (2017). Remembering Jay S. Birnbrauer. Behaviour Change, 34 (4), 279-285. doi: 10.1017/bec.2018.4
Hodges, Julie, Sheffield, Jeanie and Ralph, Alan (2015). Staff and Boarders Perspectives of the Boarding Environment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25 (4), 1045-1056. doi: 10.1007/s10826-015-0287-3
Sanders, Matthew R., Ralph, Alan, Sofronoff, Kate, Gardiner, Paul, Thompson, Rachel, Dwyer, Sarah and Bidwell, Kerry (2014). Erratum: Every family: a population approach to reducing behavioral and emotional problems in children making the transition to school. Journal of Primary Prevention, 35 (6), 451-451. doi: 10.1007/s10935-014-0363-2
Salari, Raziye, Ralph, Alan and Sanders, Matthew R. (2014). An efficacy trial: positive parenting program for parents of teenagers. Behaviour Change, 31 (1), 34-52. doi: 10.1017/bec.2013.31
Hodges, Julie, Sheffield, Jeanie and Ralph, Alan (2013). Home away from home? Boarding in Australian schools. Australian Journal of Education, 57 (1), 32-47. doi: 10.1177/0004944112472789
Sanders, Matthew R., Pickering, John A., Kirby, James N., Turner, Karen M. T., Morawska, Alina, Mazzucchelli, Trevor, Ralph, Alan and Sofronoff, Kate (2012). A commentary on evidenced-based parenting programs: redressing misconceptions of the empirical support for Triple P. BMC Medicine, 10 (1) 145, 145.1-145.5. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-145
Chu, Joanna Ting Wai, Farruggia, Susan P., Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2012). Towards a public health approach to parenting programmes for parents of adolescents. Journal of Public Health, 34 (S1), I41-I47. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr123
Sanders, Matthew R., Prior, Justine and Ralph, Alan (2009). An evaluation of a brief universal seminar series on positive parenting: A feasibility study. Journal of Children's Services, 4 (1), 4-20. doi: 10.1108/17466660200900002
Sanders, Matthew R., Ralph, Alan, Sofronoff, Katherine V., Gardiner, Paul, Thompson, Rachel, Dwyer, Sarah and Bidwell, Kerry (2008). Every family: a population approach to reducing behavioural and emotional problems in children making the transition to school. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 29 (3), 197-222. doi: 10.1007/s10935-008-0139-7
Stallman, Helen M. and Ralph, Alan (2007). Reducing risk factors for adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a self-administered parenting intervention. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 6 (2), 1-13.
Morawska, Alina, Stallman, Helen M., Sanders, Matthew R. and Ralph, Alan (2005). Self-directed behavioral family intervention: Do therapists matter?. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 27 (4), 51-72. doi: 10.1300/J019v27n04_03
Alan Ralph and Matthew R. Sanders (2004). The "Teen Triple P" Positive Parenting Program: A Preliminary Evaluation. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 282.
Ralph, Alan, Toumbourou, John Winston, Grigg, Morgen, Mulcahy, Rhiannon, Carr-Gregg, Michael and Sanders, Matthew R (2003). Early Intervention to Help Parents Manage Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Early Adolescents: What Parents want.. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 2 (3), 1-13.
Ralph, Alan and Sanders, Matthew R. (2003). Preliminary Evaluation of the Group Teen Triple P Program for Parents of Teenagers Making the Transition to High School. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 2 (3), 1-10.
Conference Papers
Ralph, A., Prior, J., Thompson, R. and Sanders, M. R. (2006). The impact and acceptability of information seminars a part of a population approach to parenting behaviour.. 17th International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 10-14 September, 2006.
Ralph, A., Stallman, H. and Sanders, Matthew R. (2004). Teen Triple P: A universal approach to reducing risk factors for behavioural and emotional problems in adolescents at the transition to high school. 39th Conference of The Australian Psychological Society, Sydney, Australia, 29 September - 3 October 2004. Basingstoke, UK: Taylor & Francis.
Ralph, A. and Sanders, M. R. (2002). The positive parenting program: An early intervention to improve personal relationships between teenagers and their parents. Second International Conference on Child and Adolescent Mentalh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2000. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science.