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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 associations between meth/amphetamine (speed) and MDMA (ecstasy) use and depressive symptoms in secondary school students
(2012-11)
Background Research has raised significant
concern regarding the affective consequences of
synthetic drug use. However, little evidence from
well-controlled longitudinal studies exists on these
consequences. The aim ...
Predictors and Consequences of Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Adolescents
(2011-07)
Background/Aims: The simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis is common among adolescents, but has been
little studied. In this study, we examine predictors and consequences of this behavior in a population-based
sample ...
Stressors and turning points in high school and dropout : a stress process, life course framework
(2015-12)
High school dropout is commonly seen as the result of a long-term process of failure and disengagement. As useful as it is, this view has obscured the heterogeneity of pathways leading to dropout. Research suggests, for ...
Reciprocal Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Relationship With Parents in Early Adolescence
Associations prospectives réciproques entre les symptômes dépressifs et la relation perçue avec les parents au début de l’adolescence
(2013-03)
Objective: Adolescent depressive symptoms are associated with difficult family
relationships. Family systems and interpersonal theories of depression suggest that this
association could reflect a circular process in which ...
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 ...
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 ...