Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences by Author "Vitaro, Frank"
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Adolescent cannabis use, change in neurocognitive function, and High-School Graduation : a longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood
Castellanos Ryan, Natalie; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste; Parent, Sophie; Vitaro, Frank (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 ... -
Age of cannabis use onset and adult drug abuse symptoms : a prospective study of common risk factors and indirect effects
Rioux, Charlie; Castellanos Ryan, Natalie; Parent, Sophie; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Séguin, Jean (SAGE, 2018-04-22)Objective: The present study examined (1) whether the associations between cannabis use (CU) age of onset and drug abuse by 28 years remain when controlling for risk factors in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood; and (2) developmental pathways ... -
Aggression can be contagious : longitudinal associations between proactive aggression and reactive aggression among young twins
Dickson, Daniel J.; Richmond, Ashley; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Laursen, Brett; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (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 ... -
Associations between daily mood states and brain gray matter volume, resting-state functional connectivity and task-based activity in healthy adults
Ismaylova, Elmira; Di Sante, Jessica; Gouin, Jean-Philippe; Pomares, Florence B.; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Booij, Linda (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
Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra; Laursen, Brett; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (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
Geoffroy, Marie-Claude; Boivin, Michel; Arseneault, Louise; Turecki, Gustavo; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Renaud, Johanne; Séguin, Jean; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Côté, Sylvana (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
Bekkhus, Mona; Brendgen, Mara; Czajkowski, Nikolai O.; Vitaro, Frank (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) ... -
Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins : an individualbased pooled analysis of 21 cohorts
Jelenkovic, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Almqvist, Catarina; Magnusson, Patrik KE; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina EM; Bogl, Leonie-Helen; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Ji, Fuling; Ning, Feng; Pang, Zengchang; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfeld, Keith E.; Rebato, Esther; Llewellyn, Clare H.; Fisher, Abigail; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten; Beck-Nielsen, Henning; Sodemann, Morten; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Ooki, Syuichi; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; Brescianini, Sonia; Dubois, Lise; Boivin, Michel; Brendgen, Mara; Dionne, Ginette; Vitaro, Frank; Cutler, Tessa L.; Hopper, John L.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Shandell, Pahlen; Craig, Jefrey M.; Safery, Richard; Haworth, Claire MA; Plomin, Robert; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Mankuta, David; Abramson, Lior; Burt, S. Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Derom, Catherine A.; Loos, Ruth JF; Loos, Ruth JF; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild IA; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri (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 ... -
Can sports mitigate the effects of depression and aggression on peer rejection?
Sport, mental health, and peer rejection
Perron-Gélinas, Andreann; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank (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
Bolanis, Despina; Orri, Massimiliano; Castellanos Ryan, Natalie; Renaud, Johanne; Montreuil, Tina; Boivin, Michel; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Turecki, Gustavo; Côté, Sylvana; Séguin, Jean; Geoffroy, Marie-Claude (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 ... -
The CODAT wins project : the current status and recent findings of collaborative project of development of anthropometrical measures in twins
Silventoinen, Karri; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank (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 ... -
Compensatory and protective factors against violent delinquency in late adolescence : results from the Montreal longitudinal and experimental study
Fontaine, Nathalie; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest (Elsevier, 2016-03-02)Purpose To identify compensatory/protective factors in pre-adolescence and in mid-adolescence against late adolescence violent delinquency in a sample of kindergarten males from low socioeconomic environments. The selected factors concerned modifiable ... -
Complex effects of dyslexia risk factors account for ADHD-traits : evidence from two independent samples
Mascheretti, Sara; Trezzi, Vittoria; Giorda, Roberto; Dionne, Ginette; Plourde, Vickie; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Boivin, Michel; Marino, Cecilia (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 ... -
Contagion of anxiety symptoms among adolescent siblings : a twin study
Serra Poirier, Catherine; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (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
Orri, Massimiliano; Geoffroy, Marie-Claude; Turecki, Gustavo; Feng, Bei; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Paquin, Stéphane; Galera, Cedric; Renaud, Johanne; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Côté, Sylvana; Boivin, Michel (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 ... -
Controlling parenting and physical aggression during elementary school
Joussemet, Mireille; Vitaro, Frank; Barker, Edward D.; Côté, Sylvana; Nagin, Daniel; Zoccolillo, Mark; Tremblay, Richard Ernest (Wiley, 2008-03)The goal of the present study was to examine whether controlling parenting contributes to the problem of physical aggression. Developmental trajectories of children’s physical aggression were modeled from yearly teachers’ ratings, from ages 6 to 12. ... -
The dark side of friends : a genetically informed study of victimization within early adolescents’ friendships
Brendgen, Mara; Girard, Alain; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (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, ... -
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
Buil, J. Marieke; Van Lier, Pol A. C.; Brendgen, Mara; Koot, Hans M.; Vitaro, Frank (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) ... -
Does cortisol moderate the environmental association between peer victimization and depression symptoms? a genetically informed twin study
Brendgen, Mara; Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle; Girard, Alain; Lupien, Sonia; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel (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?
Lemyre, Alexandre; Poliakova, Natalia; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard Ernest; Boivin, Michel; Bélanger, Richard E. (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. ...