Browsing Titles index "Developmental psychology"

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  • Beyond college for all : portrait of rapid and successful school-to-work transitions among vulnerable youth 

    Thouin, Éliane; Dupéré, Véronique; Denault, Anne‐Sophie; Schoon, Ingrid (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 ...

  • The moderating role of peer norms in the associations of social withdrawal and aggression with peer victimization 

    Peer norms, social withdrawal and victimization
    Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra; Brendgen, Mara; Correia, Stephanie; Turgeon, Lyse; Vitaro, Frank (American Psychological Association, 2018-08)
    This study examined the moderating role of classroom injunctive norms salience regarding social withdrawal and regarding aggression in the longitudinal association between these behaviors and peer victimization. A total of 1,769 fourth through sixth ...

  • Personal and familial predictors of peer victimization trajectories from primary to secondary school 

    Predictors of peer victimization trajectories
    Brendgen, Mara; Girard, Alain; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (American Psychological Association, 2016-07)
    Using a sample of 767 children (403 girls, 364 boys), this study aimed to 1) identify groups with distinct trajectories of peer victimization over a six-year period from primary school through the transition to secondary school, and 2) examine the ...

  • The spread of substance use and delinquency between adolescent twins 

    The spread of twin substance use and delinquency
    Laursen, Brett; Hartl, Amy C.; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (American Psychological Association, 2017-02)
    This investigation examines the spread of problem behaviors (substance use and delinquency) between twin siblings. A sample of 628 twins (151 male twin pairs and 163 female twin pairs) drawn from the Quebec Newborn Twin Study completed inventories ...

  • Twin classroom dilemma : to study together or separately? 

    White, Elaine K.; Garon-Carrier, Gabrielle; Tosto, Maria G.; Malykh, Sergey B.; Li, Xinying; Kiddle, Beata; Riglin, Lucy; Byrne, Brian; Dionne, Ginette; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Boivin, Michel; Kovas, Yulia (American Psychological Association, 2018-07)
    There is little research to date on the academic implications of teaching twins in the same or different classroom. Consequently, it is not clear whether twin classroom separation is associated with positive or negative educational outcomes. As a result, ...