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Academic, socioeconomic and interpersonal consequences of cannabis use : a narrative review
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-04-05)This article reviews the literature on the association between cannabis use (CU) and psychosocial functioning, operationalized here as academic achievement, economic prospects, social relationships and quality of life. So far, study results have been ... -
Acute and chronic stress among workers in residential treatment centers for youth : effects on restraint and seclusion
(Elsevier, 2020-08-29)Workers in residential treatment centers for youth are often victims of violence, including verbally and physically aggressive behavior. Restraint and seclusion (R&S) are the last-resort methods used by residential workers to deal with the aggressive ... -
Adaptation and validation of the life events and difficulties schedule for use with high school dropouts
(Wiley, 2016-11-16)The Life Events and Difficulties Schedule (LEDS) is considered the standard for measuring psychosocial stressor exposure, but it has not been used with academically at-risk adolescents, including high school dropouts. The goal of this study was to (1) ... -
Adolescent cannabis use, change in neurocognitive function, and High-School Graduation : a longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-10)The main objective of this prospective longitudinal study was to investigate bidirectional associations between adolescent cannabis use (CU) and neurocognitive performance in a community sample of 294 young men from ages 13 to 20 years. The results ... -
Adolescent Illicit Drug Use and Subsequent Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment : an Examination of Socially-Mediated Pathways
(2014-02)Background: Questions remain regarding the consequences of illicit drug use on adolescent adjustment and the nature of mechanisms that may explain these consequences. In this study, we examined whether early-onset illicit drug use predicts subsequent ... -
Adolescent suicide attempts and adult adjustment
(2015-04)Background: Adolescent suicide attempts are disproportionally prevalent and frequently of low severity, raising questions regarding their long-term prognostic implications. In this study, we examined whether adolescent attempts were asso- ciated ... -
Adolescent Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms : co-development of Behavioral and Academic Problems
(2015-09)Purpose: Increasing evidence suggests the existence of heterogeneity in the development of depressive symptoms during adolescence, but little remains known regarding the implications of this heterogeneity for the development of commonly co-occurring ... -
Aggression can be contagious : longitudinal associations between proactive aggression and reactive aggression among young twins
(Wiley, 2015-09)The present study examined sibling influence over reactive and proactive aggression in a sample of 452 same‐sex twins (113 male dyads, 113 female dyads). Between and within siblings influence processes were examined as a function of relative levels of ... -
Aggressive incidents inside a Montreal barroom involving patrons, barmaids and bouncers : a micro level examination of routine activity theory
(2015-05)Objectives: This article further examines the phenomenon of aggression inside barrooms by relying on the “bouncer-ethnographer” methodology. The objective is to investigate variations in aggression through time and space according to the role and ... -
Agreement between visual inspection and objective analysis methods : a replication and extension
(Wiley, 2022-04-27)Behavior analysts typically rely on visual inspection of single-case experimental designs to make treatment decisions. However, visual inspection is subjective, which has led to the development of supplemental objective methods such as the conservative ... -
Les aides-enseignants (AE) : un service utile et controversé en adaptation scolaire
(2011)Depuis leur création en 1994, les conseils scolaires francophones de l’Alberta ont élaboré un modèle de service basé sur un recours aux aides-enseignants (AE). Cette façon de faire n’est pas sans conséquence, puisque le recours systématique aux AE ... -
Application du renforcement non contingent pour réduire les comportements problématiques chez les personnes ayant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme
Applying noncontingent reinforcement to reduce problem behaviour in individuals with an autism spectrum disorder
(École de psychoéducation, 2012)Le renforcement non contingent (RNC) est une intervention basée sur des données probantes pour réduire les comportements problématiques chez les personnes ayant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA). L’intervention implique de donner à ces ... -
L’approche comportementale en psychoéducation
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Artificial intelligence for the measurement of vocal stereotypy
(Wiley, 2020-11-03)Both researchers and practitioners often rely on direct observation to measure and monitor behavior. When these behaviors are too complex or numerous to be measured in vivo, relying on direct observation using human observers increases the amount of ... -
Assessment and treatment of stereotypy in an individual with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and deafblindness
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Background Several researchers have reduced engagement in stereotypy in individuals with intellectual disability and deafblindness using interventions containing a punishment component. The purpose of our study was to examine whether we could produce ... -
Associations between daily mood states and brain gray matter volume, resting-state functional connectivity and task-based activity in healthy adults
(Frontiers Media, 2018-05-01)Numerous studies have shown differences in the functioning in the areas of the frontal-limbic circuitry between depressed patients and controls. However, current knowledge on frontal-limbic neural substrates of individual differences in mood states in ... -
Associations between mother-child relationship quality and adolescent adjustment : using a genetically controlled design to determine the direction and magnitude of effects
(Sage, 2016-05)This study used a genetically controlled design to examine the direction and the magnitude of effects in the over-time associations between perceived relationship quality with mothers and adolescent maladjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms and ... -
Associations between peer victimization and suicidal ideation and suicide attempt during adolescence : results from a prospective population-based birth cohort
(Elsevier, 2015-11-26)Objective:To test whether adolescents who are victim-ized by peers are at heightened risk for suicidal ideationand suicide attempt, using both cross-sectional andprospective investigations.Method:Participants are from the Quebec LongitudinalStudy ... -
Associations between sibling relationship quality and friendship quality in early adolescence : looking at the case of twins
Sibling relationship and friendship quality
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-04)Bidirectional pathways between twin relationship quality and friendship quality were investigated in a large longitudinal twin cohort. We examined negative and positive relationship features in 313 monozygotic (MZ) twins and 238 same-sex dizygotic (DZ) ... -
L'autisme, une autre intelligence: nouveauté ou recul?
(Revue de psychoéducation (Université de Montréal. École de psychoéducation.), 2007-01)Dans ce texte, nous soumettons à examen la conception de l'autisme avancée par Laurent Mottron dans son ouvrage L'autisme : une autre intelligence (Mottron, 2004). Le texte comprend quatre parties. Dans la première partie, nous présentons le cadre ... -
Les bases fragiles de la communication facilitée
(Revue de psychoéducation (Université de Montréal. École de psychoéducation.), 2004)La communication facilitée (CF), une méthode d'assistance impliquant une aide pour faciliter la composition de messages sur un clavier, passe souvent pour la solution privilégiée dans le cas des sujets dont la communication est entravée par de graves ... -
Behavior analytic methods
(Springer, 2017)Behavior analysts typically conceptualize social skills as behaviors, or series of behaviors, that mediate the responses of others. As such, practitioners may assess and teach social skills using the principles of learning derived from operant ... -
Beyond college for all : portrait of rapid and successful school-to-work transitions among vulnerable youth
(American Psychological Association, 2023-06-29)For noncollege-bound youth, swiftly finding a satisfying job upon exiting compulsory schooling might support adjustment. Yet, youths’ own job perceptions have rarely been considered in school-to-work transition research. Sequence analysis of monthly ... -
Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins : an individualbased pooled analysis of 21 cohorts
(Nature research, 2018-04-19)It is well established that boys are born heavier and longer than girls, but it remains unclear whether birth size in twins is affected by the sex of their co-twin. We conducted an individual-based pooled analysis of 21 twin cohorts in 15 countries ... -
Brief report : impact of challenging behavior on parenting stress in mothers and fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders
(Springer, 2018)Challenging behaviors are a known predictor of high parenting stress in families of children with autism spectrum disorders. However, few studies have evaluated the effect of reducing challenging behaviors on parenting stress. The purpose of our study ... -
Brief report : machine learning for estimating prognosis of children with autism receiving early behavioral intervention : a proof of concept
(Springer, 2022-06-28)Although early behavioral intervention is considered as empirically-supported for children with autism, estimating treatment prognosis is a challenge for practitioners. One potential solution is to use machine learning to guide the prediction of the ... -
Brief report : mobile technology to support parents in reducing stereotypy
(Springer, 2020-09-30)Although behavioral interventions have been known to efectively reduce stereotypy in children with ASD, these types of interventions are not accessible to all families. In response to this issue, we evaluated the efects of the iSTIM, an iOS application ... -
Brief report : virtual reality to raise awareness about autism
(Springer, 2023-12-11)Purpose The purpose of the study was to develop and test a virtual reality application designed to put the participants “in the shoes” of an autistic person during a routine task. Method The study involved a randomized controlled trial that included ... -
Can sports mitigate the effects of depression and aggression on peer rejection?
Sport, mental health, and peer rejection
(Elsevier, 2017-05-31)This study examined whether sports participation moderates the longitudinal link of depressive and aggressive symptoms with increased peer rejection. The sample consisted of 291 adolescents (50.5% girls), assessed at ages 12 and 13 years. Depressive ... -
Cannabis use, depression and suicidal ideation in adolescence : direction of associations in a population based cohort
(Elsevier, 2020-05-29)Background To clarify the direction of the association between frequency of cannabis use, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation from 15 to 20 years using cross-lagged analyses. Method We included 1606 adolescents from the province of Québec ... -
Changes in autistic symptoms and adaptive functioning of children receiving early behavioral intervention in a community setting : a latent growth curve analysis
(Springer, 2021-11-23)Despite showing effects in well-controlled studies, the extent to which early intensive behavioral intervention (EBI) produces positive changes in community-based settings remains uncertain. Thus, our study examined changes in autistic symptoms and ... -
The CODAT wins project : the current status and recent findings of collaborative project of development of anthropometrical measures in twins
(2019-07-31)The COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) project is a large international collaborative effort to analyze individual-level phenotype data from twins in multiple cohorts from different environments. The ... -
Commentary : On the importance of looking at nonlinearity and developmental effects – a reflection on Flom et al. (2017)
(Wiley, 2017-04-17)By examining both linear and curvilinear associations between mental development and activity level, the study by Flom et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017) highlights the importance of going beyond linear associations in psychological ... -
Comorbid challenging behavior
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Comorbidity Between Major Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder From Adolescence to Adulthood
(2014-04-01)Background—Limited information exists regarding the long-term development of comorbidity between Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD; abuse/dependence). Using a representative prospective study, we examine multiple aspects ... -
Comparing two methods to promote generalization of receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-30)Objective: The purpose of our study was to compare the effects of serial and concurrent training on the generalisation of receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Methods: We taught one to three pairs of stimulus sets ... -
A comparison of communication tone and responding across users and developers in two R mailing lists
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019-06-19)The R programming language has an active community of both users and developers, which maintain mailing lists to communicate. Given their differences in training and stability, the effects of communication tone on responding may differ across these ... -
Comparison of tablet-delivered and instructor-delivered teaching on receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders
Tablet vs. instructor teaching
(SAGE, 2018-06)The purpose of our study was to compare the effectiveness of tablet- and instructor-delivered teaching (i.e., prompting and reinforcement) on the receptive identification of one-word concepts in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). To this ... -
A comparison of video-based interventions to Ttach data entry to adults with intellectual disabilities : a replication and extension
Video-based interventions
(SAGE, 2020-03-31)Researchers have demonstrated that video-based interventions are effective at teaching a variety of skills to individuals with intellectual disabilities. To replicate and extend this line of research, we initially planned to compare the effects of video ... -
Complex effects of dyslexia risk factors account for ADHD-traits : evidence from two independent samples
(Wiley, 2016-08-08)Background: Developmental dyslexia (DD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, whose etiology involves multiple risk factors. DD and ADHD co-occur in the same individuals much more ... -
Compliance training
(Springer, 2023-04-30)Compliance involves the extent to which a person behaves in accordance with the demands and expectations of their social environment. The issue of compliance is important to behavior analysis as failures to comply may produce detrimental effects on ... -
Concurrent validity of open-ended functional assessment interviews with functional analysis
(Wiley, 2021-12-22)Open-Ended Functional Assessment Interviews have limited empirical support for their concurrent validity with functional analysis. To address this issue, we conducted a study wherein 176 independent behavior analysts relied on data collected using ... -
Contagion of anxiety symptoms among adolescent siblings : a twin study
(Wiley, 2017-03)This study examined whether social contagion of anxiety symptoms is present between siblings during early adolescence and whether this process is moderated by sex, relationship quality, and zygosity. Based on 634 monozygotic and dizygotic twins (336 ... -
Contribution of genes and environment to the longitudinal association between childhood impulsive‐aggression and suicidality in adolescence
(Wiley, 2019-11-28)Background Population‐based and family studies showed that impulsive‐aggression predicts suicidality; however, the underlying etiological nature of this association is poorly understood. The objective was to determine the contribution of genes and ... -
Critique du modèle neurophysiologique de la desphinothérapie. Sonophorèse et écholocation
(Revue de psychoéducation (Université de Montréal. École de psychoéducation.), 2006-06)Un certain nombre de chercheurs (Birch, 1996; Cole, 1995, 1996; De Bergerac, 1998) fondent sur un modèle neurophysiologique leurs arguments en faveur de la delphinothérapie pour traiter divers désordres (DSM-IV) cognitifs et émotifs chez les enfants ... -
Croire : une tendance lourde
(2009-01)Au moins trois motifs sont susceptibles d’expliquer pourquoi la raison baisse les bras devant la croyance quelle qu’en soit la nature (religieuse, paranormale) : la satisfaction de l’homme à l’égard de sa propre pensée, la prééminence des émotions ... -
La croyance au Père Noël a une date de péremption
Belief in Santa Claus has an expiry date
(2009-12)La plupart des enfants en Occident sont en contact avec le Père Noël au cours de leur enfance. Pour la plupart des parents, il s’agit d’une croyance anodine destinée à conférer à la fête de Noël un certain mystère. Certains parents considèrent ... -
The dark side of friends : a genetically informed study of victimization within early adolescents’ friendships
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Using a genetically informed twin design, this study examined (a) whether, in line with gene–environment correlation (rGE), a genetic disposition for anxiety puts children at risk of being victimized by a close friend or by other peers, and (b) whether, ... -
Des célébrités "psy" continuent d'écoper
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Des classes sociales aux classes cognitives
From social classes to cognitive classes
(2009-06)Dans ce texte, l’auteur poursuit deux objectifs. Première- ment, il tente de montrer que, désormais, les compétences cognitives priment la classe sociale lorsqu’il s’agit d’obtenir un emploi prestigieux. Pour ce faire, il examine cinq aspects : le ... -
Developmental pathways linking childhood temperament with antisocial behavior and substance use in adolescence : explanatory mechanisms in the peer environment
Temperament, peer social processes and antisocial behavior & substance use
(American Psychological Association, 2017-06)This study investigated three developmental pathways involving the peer environment that may explain how certain temperamental dispositions in childhood may become manifested in later antisocial behavior and substance use. A total of 411 (52% boys) ... -
Differential negative reinforcement of other behavior to increase compliance with wearing an anti-strip suit
Compliance with wearing a medical device
(Wiley, 2019-08-27)Using a changing-criterion design, we replicated and extended a study (Cook, Rapp, & Schulze, 2015) on differential negative reinforcement of other behavior (DNRO). More specifically, educational assistants implemented DNRO to teach a 12-year-old boy ... -
Does cortisol moderate the environmental association between peer victimization and depression symptoms? a genetically informed twin study
(Elsevier, 2017-10-31)Many youths who are victimized by peers suffer from depression symptoms. However, not all bullying victims become depressed and individuals’ biological sensitivity may play an important moderating role in this regard. In line with this notion, peer ... -
Does shyness interact with peer group affiliation in predicting substance use in adolescence?
(American Psychological Association, 2017-11-20)Cigarette use and binge drinking are risky behaviors emerging during adolescence. Although many beneficial factors are well documented, studies linking shyness to substance use are somehow conflicting, which may be due to the contribution of moderators. ...
