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Gene-Environment Interplay in the Link of Friends' and Nonfriends' Behaviors with Children's Social Reticence in a Competitive Situation
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Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Forget-Dubois, Nadine; Dionne, Ginette; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study used a genetically informed design to assess the effects of friends' and nonfriends' reticent and dominant behaviors on children's observed social reticence in a competitive situation. Potential gene-environment correlations (rGE) and gene-environment interactions (GxE) in the link between (a) friends' and…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Prediction, Correlation
College Completion: A Longitudinal Examination of the Role of Developmental and Specific College Experiences
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Larose, Simon; Duchesne, Stéphane; Boivin, Michel; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
Using a 17-year longitudinal design, this study examined the role of personal and family factors assessed early in life, and also academic and social experiences assessed in the first year of college, in predicting college completion. We followed a sample of 444 French-speaking Canadian children from middle to upper socioeconomic backgrounds (66%…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Experience, Longitudinal Studies, Socioeconomic Background
Interplay between Friends' Aggression and Friendship Quality in the Development of Child Aggression during the Early School Years
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Salvas, Marie-Claude; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Lacourse, Eric; Boivin, Michel; Tremblay, Richard E. – Social Development, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate the unique and combined role of friendship quality and friends' aggression in regard to the persistence of young children's physical aggression from kindergarten to grade 2. The sample included 1555 children (808 girls) assessed annually using teacher ratings. Two theoretical perspectives (i.e., the social…
Descriptors: Socialization, Aggression, Friendship, Grade 2
Gene-Environment Interplay between Peer Rejection and Depressive Behavior in Children
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Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Boivin, Michel; Girard, Alain; Bukowski, William M.; Dionne, Ginette; Tremblay, Richard E.; Perusse, Daniel – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Genetic risk for depressive behavior may increase the likelihood of exposure to environmental stressors (gene-environment correlation, rGE). By the same token, exposure to environmental stressors may moderate the effect of genes on depressive behavior (gene-environment interaction, GxE). Relating these processes to a peer-related…
Descriptors: Twins, Peer Groups, Genetics, Peer Acceptance
Closing the Gap in Academic Readiness and Achievement: The Role of Early Childcare
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Geoffroy, Marie-Claude; Cote, Sylvana. M.; Giguere, Charles-Edouard; Dionne, Ginette; Zelazo, Philip David; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel; Seguin, Jean. R. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: Socially disadvantaged children with academic difficulties at school entry are at increased risk for poor health and psychosocial outcomes. Our objective is to test the possibility that participation in childcare--at the population level--could attenuate the gap in academic readiness and achievement between children with and without a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer Experiences and Social Self-Perceptions: A Sequential Model.
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Boivin, Michel; Hymel, Shelley – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Evaluated a social process model describing how aggression and withdrawal lead to negative social self-perception. Subjects were 793 French Canadian elementary school children. Found that withdrawal behavior uniquely predicted social self-perceptions. Both negative peer status and peer victimization successively mediated the impact of social…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students