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High school dropout in proximal context : the triggering role of stressful life events
(Wiley, 2017-03-28)
Adolescents who drop out of high school experience enduring negative consequences across many domains. Yet, the circumstances triggering their departure are poorly understood. This study examined the precipitating role of ...
Prospective links between friendship and early physical aggression : preliminary evidence supporting the role of friendship quality through a dyadic intervention
Friendship quality and early physical aggression
(Wayne State University Press, 2016)
Positive friendships have been related to decreasing levels of children’s physical aggression over time. While this evidence calls for interventions aimed at helping children build good-quality friendships, tests of causality ...
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 ...
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. ...
Identifying at-risk profiles and protective factors for problem gambling : a longitudinal study across adolescence and early adulthood
(American Psychological Association, 2018-03-19)
Past studies have identified various risk and protective factors for problem gambling (PG). However, no study has examined the interplay between these factors using a combination of person-centered and variable-centered ...
Evidence of a unique and common genetic etiology between the CAR and the remaining part of the diurnal cycle : a study of 14 year-old twins
(Elsevier, 2016-04)
Introduction
By and large, studies have reported moderate contributions of genetic factors to cortisol secreted in the early morning and even smaller estimates later in the day. In contrast, the cortisol awakening ...
Persistent genetic and family-wide environmental contributions to early number knowledge and later achievement in mathematics
Etiology of early math knowledge and skills development
(SAGE, 2017-10-03)
This study investigated the stable and transient genetic and environmental contributions to
individual differences in number knowledge in the transition from preschool (age 5) to Grade 1
(age 7) and to the predictive ...
Validation of an adapted procedure to collect hair for cortisol determination in adolescents
Adaption of the collection protocol for hair cortisol determination
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
Introduction
In the last decades, cortisol has been extensively studied in association to early exposure to adversity as well as in the etiology of a number of physical and mental problems. While saliva and blood samples ...
The gene–environmental architecture of the development of adolescent substance use
Gene–environmental architecture of adolescent substance use
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-02-19)
Background: Using a longitudinal twin design and a latent growth curve/autoregressive
approach, this study examined the genetic-environmental architecture of substance use across
adolescence.
Methods: Self-reports of ...
Predictors of trivialization of workplace violence among healthcare workers and law enforcers
(2015-12)
This study aims to identify individual and organizational predictors of trivialization of violence in 2 work sectors: healthcare and law enforcement. On the basis of data from a survey conducted among 1,141 workers from ...