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The mediating role of adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal in the association between maternal depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescence : a 20-year population-based study
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-01-25)
We examined whether adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal mediated the association between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent suicidality. Secondary analyses on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child ...
Revisiting trajectories of BMI in youth : an in‐depth analysis of differences between BMI and other adiposity measures
(Wiley, 2021-06-16)
Objective
Body mass index (BMI) is used to identify trajectories of adiposity in youth, but it does not distinguish fat- from fat-free-mass. There are other inexpensive measures of adiposity which might better capture ...
Maternal depression symptoms and internalising problems in the offspring : the role of maternal and family factors
(Springer, 2017-12-22)
Maternal depression symptoms (MDS) are a robust risk factor for internalising problems (IP) in the offspring. However, the relative importance of MDS and other factors associated with it (i.e. other types of maternal ...
Maternal depressive symptoms and children's academic performance : sex differences in the mediating role of school experiences
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-12-04)
Background. Maternal depressive symptoms (MDSs) are negatively associated with children’s
academic performance, with stronger effects sometimes reported in boys. However, few studies have tested the mechanisms of this ...
Discrete time measures versus trajectories of drinking frequency across adolescence as predictors of binge drinking in young adulthood : a longitudinal investigation
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-09-23)
Objectives We compared discrete time measures with
trajectories of adolescent drinking frequency as predictors
of sustained binge drinking in young adulthood.
Design Prospective longitudinal study.
Setting 10 high ...
Missing single nucleotide polymorphisms in Genetic Risk Scores : a simulation study
(Public Library of Science, 2018-07-19)
Using a genetic risk score (GRS) to predict a phenotype in a target sample can be complicated by missing data on the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that comprise the GRS. This is usually addressed by imputation, ...
Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors : a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers
(BMC, 2020-04-23)
Background
Preschoolers regularly display disruptive behaviors in child care settings because they have not yet developed the social skills necessary to interact prosocially with others. Disruptive behaviors interfere ...
Impact of an early childhood intervention on the home environment, and subsequent effects on child cognitive and emotional development : a secondary analysis
(Public library of science, 2019-07-03)
The objective of this study was to use secondary data from the Preparing for Life (PFL) trial to test (1) the impact of a prenatal-to-age-five intervention targeting women from a disadvantaged Irish community on the quality ...
Longitudinal and sex measurement invariance of the affective neuroscience personality scales
(SAGE, 2016-06-24)
The Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS) is a personality instrument based on six evolutionary-related brain
systems that are at the foundation of human emotions and behaviors: SEEKING, CARING, PLAYFULNESS, ...
La confiance publique est une voie à double sens
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2020-04-27)