Publications

• Matte-Landry, A., Camarata, S., Werfel, K. L., Boivin, M., Tanguay-Garneau, L., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Dionne, G. (2020). Children with persistent versus transient early language delay: language, academic and psychosocial outcomes in elementary school. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(11), 3760-3774.

https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00230

• Hayward, D., Pomares, F., Casey, K. F., Ismaylova, E., Levesque, M., Greenlaw, K., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Rénard, F., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., Booij, L. (2020). Birth weight is associated with adolescent brain development: a multi-modal imaging study in monozygotic twins. Human Brain Mapping, 41(18), 5228-5239.

https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25188

• Larose, M.-P., Ouellet-Morin, I., Vergunst, F., Vitaro, F., Girard, A., Tremblay, R. E., Brendgen, M., Côté, S. (2020, Online First). Examining the Impact of a Social Skills Training Program on Preschoolers' Social Behaviors: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Child Care Centers. BMC Psychology, 8 , 39.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00408-2

• Viau, S.J., Denault, A.-S., Dionne, G., Brendgen, M., Geoffroy, M.-C., Côté, S., Larose, S., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M. (2020). Joint Trajectories of Peer Cyber and Traditional Victimization in Adolescence: A Look at Risk Factors. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40 (7), 936-965.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619880339

• Ouellet-Morin, I., Cantave, C., Paquin, S., Geoffroy, M.-C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M., Lupien, S., Côté, S. (2020, Online First). The enduring effect of peer victimization on chronic cortisol secretion at the end of adolescence: A prospective study of timing and severity of adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

      https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13228

• Oncioiu, S., Orri, M., Boivin, M., Geoffroy, M.-C., Arseneault, L., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Navarro, M., Galera, C., Tremblay, R., Côté, S. M. (2020). Early childhood factors associated with peer victimization trajectories from 6 to 17 years of age. Pediatrics, 145 (5) e20192654.

https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-2654

• Battaglia, M., Garon-Carrier-, G., Brendgen, M., Feng, B., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M. (2020). Trajectories of Pain and Anxiety in a Longitudinal Cohort of Adolescent Twins. Depression and Anxiety, 37 (5), 475-484.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13228

• Tanguay-Garneau, L., Boivin, M., Feng, B., Matte-Landry, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. (2020). A genetic cross-lagged study of the longitudinal association between anxiety and depressive symptoms during childhood. Behavior Genetics, 50 (2), 105-118.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-019-09988-1

• Orri, M., Geoffroy, M.-C., Turecki, G., Feng, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Paquin, S., Galera, C., Renaud, J., Tremblay, R., E., Côté, S., Boivin, M. (2020). Contribution of genes and environment to the longitudinal association between childhood impulsive-aggression and suicidality in young adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61 (6), 711-720.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13163

• *Bilodeau, F., Brendgen, M., Vitaro. F., Côté, S. M., Tremblay, R. E., Touchette, E., Montplaisir, J., Boivin, M. (2020). Association Between Peer Victimization and Parasomnias in Children: Searching for Relational Moderators. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 51 (2), 268-280.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00928-y

2019

• *Zheng, Y., Brendgen, Girard, A., M., Vitaro. F., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2019). Peer Alcohol Use Differentially Amplifies Genetic and Environmental Effect on Different Developmental Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65 (6), 752-759.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.07.005

• Silventoinen, K. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2019). The CODATwins Project: the current status and recent findings of COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22 (6), 800-808.

https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.35

• Vitaro, F., Dickson, D., Brendgen, M., Lacourse, E., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2019). Longitudinal Interplay between Gambling Participation and Substance Use During Late Adolescence: A Genetically-Informed Study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 33(5), 457-466.

https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000482

• Brendgen, M., Poulin, F., Denault, A.-S. (2019). Peer Victimization in School and Mental and Physical Health Problems in Young Adulthood: Examining the Role of Re-Victimization at the Workplace. Developmental Psychology, 55(10), 2219-2230.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000771

• *Correia, S., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F. (2019, Online First). The role of norm salience in aggression socialization among friends: Distinctions between physical and relational aggression. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025419854133

• *Brouillard, C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro. F., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2019). Predictive Links between Genetic Vulnerability to Depression and Trajectories of Warmth and Conflict in the Mother-Adolescent and Father-Adolescent Relationships. Developmental Psychology, 55(8), 1743-1757.

https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000751

• Orri, M., Tremblay, R. E., Japel, C., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Losier, T., Brendgen, M., Falissard, B., Melchior, M., Côté, S. (2019). Early childhood childcare and disruptive behavior problems during adolescence: A 17-year population-based propensity score study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60 (11), 1174-1182.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13065

• Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Ouellet-Morin, I., Dubois, L., Pérusse, D., Robaey, P., Tremblay, R. E., & Vitaro, F. (2019). The Quebec Newborn Twin Study at 21. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1), 64-69.

https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.74

• Morneau-Vaillancourt, G., Dionne, D., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Feng, B., Henry, J., Forget-Dubois, N., Tremblay, R., Boivin, M. (2019). The genetic and environmental etiology of shyness through childhood. Behavior Genetics, 49 (4), 376-385.

http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-019-09955-w

• Petitclerc, A., Henry, J., Feng, B., Poliakova, N., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., & Boivin, M. (2019). Genetic correlation between child callous-unemotional behaviors and fear recognition deficit: Evidence for a neurocognitive endophenotype. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 (9), 1483–1493.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00529-2

• *Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Vitaro. F., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2019). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28 (9), 1203–121.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01284-x

• *Cantave, C. Y., Langevin, S., Marin, M.-F., Brendgen, M., Lupien, S., & Ouellet-Morin, I. (2019). Impact of maltreatment on depressive symptoms in young male adults: The mediating and moderating role of cortisol stress response and coping strategies. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 103, 41–48.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.235

• *Cantin, S., Brendgen, M., Dussault, F., Vitaro, F. (2019). Transactional Links Between Adolescents’ and Friends’ Victimization During the First Two Years of Secondary School: The Mediating Role of Likeability and Friendship Involvement. Social Development, 28 (3), 743-757.

https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12355

• Fontaine, N., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., Côté, S.  (2019). Longitudinal associations Between Delinquency, Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescence: Testing the Moderating Effect of Sex and Family Socioeconomic Status. Journal of Criminal Justice, 62, 58-65.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.09.007

• Ouellet-Morin, I., Robitaille, M.P., Langevin, S., Cantave, C., Brendgen, M., & Lupien, S. (2019). Enduring effect of childhood maltreatment on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress: The moderating role of severity of experiences. Development and Psychopathology, 31(2), 497-508.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418000123

• Tosto, M. G., Garon Carrier, G., Gross, S., Petrill, S. A., Boivin, M., Malykh, S., Malki, K., Hart, S. A., Thompson, L., Karadaghi, R. L., Yakovlev, N., Tikhomirova, R., Opfer, J. E., Mazzocco, M. M. M., Dionne, G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Kovas, Y. (2019). The Nature of the Association Between Number Line and Mathematical Performance: An International Twin Study. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 89(4), 787-803.

https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12259

2018

• Côté, S.M., Ahun, M.N., Herba, C.M., Brendgen, M., Geoffroy, MC., Orri, M., Liu, X., Vitaro, F., Melchior, M., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E. (2018). Why is maternal depression related to adolescent internalizing problems? A 15-year population-based study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57 (12), 916-924.

​ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.04.024

• Booij, L., Ismaylova, E., Lévesque, M., Pomares, F., Szyf, M., Nemoda, Z., Fahim, C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E. (2018). Serotonin transporter promoter methylation in peripheral cells and neural responses to negative stimuli: A study of adolescent monozygotic twins. Translational Psychiatry, 8:147.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0195-6.

• *Bilodeau, F., Brendgen, M., Vitaro. F., Côté, S. M., Tremblay, R. E., Touchette, E., Montplaisir, J., Boivin, M. (2018). Longitudinal Association Between Peer Victimization and Sleep Problems in Preschoolers: The Moderating Role of Parenting. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47 (Sup1), S555-S568.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1469091

• Jelenkovic, A. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2018). Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. Early Human Development, 120, 53-60.​​

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.004

• Jelenkovic, A. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2018). Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts. Scientific Reports, 8, 6300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24634-2

• Henry, J., Dionne, G., Viding, E., Petitclerc, A., Feng, B., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R.E., and Boivin, M. (2018). A Longitudinal Twin Study of Callous-Unemotional Traits during Childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(4), 374-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/abn0000349

• Henry, J., Dionne, G., Viding, E., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R.E., and Boivin, M. (2018). Early Warm-Rewarding Parenting Moderates the Genetic Contributions to Callous-Unemotional Traits in Childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59, 1282-1288.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12918

• *Guimond, F.-A., *Correia, S., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Turgeon, L. (2018). The Moderating Role of Peer Norms in the Associations of Social Withdrawal and Aggression with Peer Victimization. Developmental Psychology, 54(8), 1519-1527.

https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000539

• *Rivizzigno, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2018). Links Between Friends’ Behaviors and the Emergence of Leadership in Childhood: A Genetically Informed Study of Twins. Social Development, 27(2), 279-292.

https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12266

• Allami, Y., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Carbonneau, R., & Tremblay, R. E. (2018). Identifying At-Risk Profiles and Protective Factors for Problem Gambling: A Longitudinal Study Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(3), 373-382.

https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000356

• White, E. K., Garon-Carrier, G., Tosto, M. G., Malykh, S. B., Li, X., Kiddle, B., Riglin, L., Byrne, B., Dionne, G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M., Kovas, Y. (2018). Twin classroom dilemma: to study together or separately? Developmental Psychology, 54(7), 1244-1254.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000519

• Vitaro, F., Dickson, D., Brendgen, M., Laursen, B., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2018). The Genetic-Environmental Architecture of the Development of Adolescent Substance Use. Psychological Medicine, 48 (15), 2500-2507.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000089.

• Mimeau, C., Dionne, G., Feng, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E. & Boivin, M. (2018). The Genetic and Environmental Etiology of the Association Between Vocabulary and Syntax in First Grade. Language Learning and Development, 14(2), 149-166.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2018.1427589

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. (2018). Longitudinal Links between Gambling Participation and Academic Performance in Youth: A Test of Four Models. Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(3), 881–892.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-017-9736-9

• Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Robaey, P., Tremblay, R. E., Dionne, G. (2018). Cognitive mechanisms underlying the associations between inattention and reading abilities. Developmental Neuropsychology, 43 (1), 92-105.

https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2017.1422508

• Brendgen, M. & Poulin, F. (2018). Continued Bullying Victimization from Childhood to Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study of Mediating and Protective Factors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 46(1), 27-39.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0314-5

• Geoffroy, M.-C., Boivin, M., Arseneault, L., Renaud, J., Turecki, G., Michel, G., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R. E., Côté, S. (2018). Childhood trajectories of peer victimization and prediction of mental health outcomes in mid-adolescence: a longitudinal population-based study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 190 (2), 37-43.

https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170219

• Brendgen, M. (2018). Peer victimization and adjustment in young adulthood: Introduction to the special section. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 46(1), 5-9.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0347-9

• Carbonneau, R., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R.E. (2018). The intergenerational association between parents’ problem gambling and impulsivity-hyperactivity/inattention behaviors in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46(6), 1203–1215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0362-x

• *Brouillard, C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2018). Links Between the Mother-Adolescent and Father-Adolescent Relationships and Adolescent Depression : a Genetically Informed Study. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 47, S397-S408.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1350964v

2017

• *Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2017). Heterogeneity in the Development of Proactive and Reactive Aggression in Childhood: Common and Specific Genetic - Environmental Factors. PLOS ONE, 12 (2), e0188730.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188730

• Ahun, M.N., Geoffroy, MC, Herba, C.M., Brendgen, M., Séguin, J.R., Sutter-Dallay, AL., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E., & Côté, S.M. (2017) Timing and chronicity of maternal depression symptoms and children's verbal abilities. Journal of Pediatrics, 190, 251-257.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.07.007

• Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M. Kovas, Y., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Séguin, J.R., Tremblay, R.E., & Dionne, G. (2017). Persistent genetic and family-wide environmental contributions to early number knowledge and later achievement in mathematics across childhood. Psychological Science, 28(12), 1707–1718.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617721480

• Brendgen, M., Ouellet-Morin, I., Lupien, S. J., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2017). Does Cortisol Moderate the Environmental Association Between Peer Victimization and Depression Symptoms? A Genetically Informed Twin Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 84, 42-50.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.06.014

• Ulset, V., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Bekkhus, M., & Borge, A. I. H. (2017). Time spent outdoors during preschool: Links with children's cognitive and behavioral development. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 52, 69-80.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.05.007

• Côté, S., Orri, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Japel, C., Séguin, J., Geoffroy, M.-C., Rouquette, A., Falissard, B. (2017). Psychometric Properties of the 'Mental Health and Social Inadaptation Assessment for Adolescents' (MIA) in a population-based sample. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 26(4), e1566.

 https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1566

• Schumann, L., Boivin, M., Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E., Boiij, L. (2017). Persistence and innovation effects in genetic and environmental factors in negative emotionality during infancy: A twin study. PlosOne, 12 (4), e0176601.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0176601.

• Buil, J. M., van Lier, P. A. C., Brendgen, M., Koot, H. M & Vitaro, F. (2017). Developmental Pathways Linking Childhood Temperament with Antisocial Behavior and Substance Use in Adolescence: Explanatory Mechanisms within the Peer Environment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 112(6), 948-966.

https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000132

• Allami, Y., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Carbonneau, R., Lacourse, E., & Tremblay, R. E. (2017). A Longitudinal Empirical Investigation of the Pathways Model of Problem Gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33(4), 1153-1167.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-017-9682-6

• Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., & Dionne, G. (2017). Phenotypic and genetic associations between reading and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder dimensions in adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 29(4), 1215-1226. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416001255

• *Perron-Gélinas, A., Brendgen, M. & Vitaro, F. (2017). Can Sports Mitigate the Predictive Effects of Depression and Aggression on Peer Rejection? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 50, 26–35.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.03.006

• Casey, K., Levesque, M., Ismaylova, E., Verner, M.-P., Suderman, M., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R., Booij, L. (2017). Birth Weight Discordance, DNA Methylation and Cortical Morphology of Adolescent Monozygotic Twins. Human Brain Mapping, 38 (4), 2037–2050.

https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23503

• Brendgen, M., Ouellet-Morin, I., Lupien, S. J., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2017). Environmental Influence of Problematic Social Relationships on Adolescents’ Daily Cortisol Secretion: A Monozygotic (MZ) Twin Difference Study. Psychological Medicine, 47 (3), 460-470.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003329171600252X.

• Mascheretti, S., Trezzi, V., Giorda, R., Dionne, G., Plourde, V., Barr, C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Marino, C. (2017). Main and interactive effects of developmental dyslexia-candidate genes and environmental factors account for ADHD-traits. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58 (1), 1-8.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12612

• *Serra-Poirier, C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E. & Boivin, M. (2017). Contagion of Anxiety Symptoms Among Adolescent Siblings: A Twin Study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27 (1), 5-77.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12254

2016

• *Salvas, M.-C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M. (2016). Prospective links between friendship and early physical aggression: Preliminary evidence supporting the role of friendship quality through a dyadic intervention. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 26 (3), 284-305.

https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.3.0285

• Laursen, B., Hartl, A., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2016). The Spread of Substance Use and Delinquency between Adolescent Twins. Developmental Psychology, 53(2), 329-339.

https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000217

• Girard, S., Perreault, L. P., Legault, M. A., Barhdadi, A., Bourassa, C., Spiegelman, D., Laporte, A., Henrion, E., Diallo, O., Ambalavanan, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Noreau, A., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., Dion, P. A., Boivin, M., Dubé, M. P., & Rouleau, G. A. (2016). Paternal age explains a major portion of de novo germline mutation rate variability in healthy individuals. Plos One, 11(10), e0164212.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164212

• Jelenkovic, A. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2016). Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts. Scientific Reports, 6(28496), 1-13.

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28496

• Silventoinen, K. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2016). Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), 371-379.

https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.130252

• Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2016). Trajectories of Peer Victimization from Primary to Secondary School: Risk and Protective Factors. Developmental Psychology, 52(7), 1103-1114.

https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000107

• *Guimond, F. A., Laursen, B., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2016). Associations between mother–child relationship quality and adolescent adjustment: Using a genetically controlled design to determine the direction and magnitude of effects. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 40(3), 196-204.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415620059

• Vitaro, F. & Brendgen, M. (2016). Introduction to the Special Section Entitled "Environmental Effects on Development: Concordance and Discrepancies between Genetically-controlled and Non Genetically-controlled Studies. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 40(3), 193-195.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415623867

• Booij, L., Levesque, M. L., Fahim, C., Ismaylova, E., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Szyf, M., Tremblay, R., E. (2016). Serotonin transporter methylation, neural responses to sadness and resting state functional connectivity: a study in adolescent monozygotic twins. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26 (2), S362-S363.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-977X(16)31300-1

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E. & Boivin, M. (2016). Links between friends’ physical aggression and adolescents’ physical aggression: What happens if gene-environment correlations are controlled? International Journal of Behavioural Development, 40(3), 234-242.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415618277

• Fontaine, N. G. M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F. & Tremblay, R. E. (2016). Compensatory and Protective Factors against Violent Delinquency in Late Adolescence: Results from the Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(3), 54-62.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.013

• Carbonneau, R., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Nagin, D. & Tremblay, R. E. (2016). Comorbid Development of Disruptive Behaviors from age 1½ to 5 years in a Population Birth-Cohort and Association with School Adjustment in First Grade. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(4), 677-690.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-0072-1

• *Pryor, L. E., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Dubois, L., Japel, C., Tremblay, R. E., & Côté, S. (2016). Overweight during childhood and internalizing symptoms in early adolescence: The mediating role of peer victimization and the desire to be thinner. Journal of Affective Disorders, 202, 203-209.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.022

• Ouellet-Morin, I., Laurin, M., Robitaille, M.-P., Brendgen, M., Lupien, S. J., Boivin, M., & Vitaro, F. (2016). Validation of an adapted procedure to collect hair for cortisol determination in adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 70, 58-62.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.002

• Yokoyama, Y. and the CODAT twin project collaborators…..Brendgen… (2016). Twin’s birth-order differences in height and body mass index from birth to old age: a pooled study of 26 twin cohorts. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19 (2), 112-124. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2016.11

• Bekkhus, M., Brendgen, M., Czajkowski, N. O., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2016). Associations between sibling relationship quality and friendship quality in early adolescence. Looking at the case of twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19 (2), 125-135.

https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2016.9

• Ouellet-Morin, I., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Lupien, S. J., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M. (2016). Evidence of a unique and common genetic etiology between the CAR and the remaining part of the diurnal cycle: a study of 13 year-old twins. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 66, 91-100.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.12.022

• Geoffroy, M.-C., Boivin, M., Arseneault, L., Turecki, G., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., . . . Côté, S. M. (2016). Associations Between Peer Victimization and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt During Adolescence: Results From a Prospective Population-Based Birth Cohort. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 55(2), 99-105. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.11.010

• *Serra-Poirier, C., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2016). Friendship Experiences and Anxiety Among Preadolescents: A Genetically Informed Study. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 45 (5), 655-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.987382

• *Dussault, F., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., & Tremblay, R. E. (2016). Co-morbidity between Gambling Problems and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Perspective of Risk and Protective Factors. Journal of Gambling Studies. 32. (2), 547-565.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-015-9546-x.

2015

• Carbonneau, R., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M. & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). Variety of gambling activities from adolescence to age 30 and association with gambling problems: A 15-year longitudinal study of a general population sample. Addiction, 110 (12), 1985-1993. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13083

• Carbonneau, R., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M. & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). Trajectories of Gambling Problems From Mid-Adolescence to Age 30 in a General Population Cohort. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 29(4), 1012-1021.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0000102

• Levesque, M. L., Fahim, C., Ismaylova, E., Verner, M.-P., Casey, K. F., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E. & Booij, L. (2015). The impact of the in utero and early postnatal environments on grey and white matter volume: A study with adolescent monozygotic twins. Developmental Neuroscience, 37 (6), 489-496.

https://doi.org/10.1159/000430982

• *Pryor, L., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R. E., Pingault, J.-B., Liu, X., Dubois, L., Touchette, E., Falissard, B., Boivin, M., & Côté, S. M., (2015). Early Risk Factors of Overweight Developmental Trajectories During Middle Childhood. PlosONE, 10 (6), e013123. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131231

• *Guimond, F. A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015). Peer Victimization and Anxiety in Genetically Vulnerable Youth: The Protective Roles of Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Anti-Bullying Classroom Rules. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 43, 6, 1095-1106.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-0001-3

• Kovas, Y., Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Petrill, S. A., Plomin, R., Malykh, S. B., Spinath, F., Murayama, K., Ando, J., Bogdanova, O. Y., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Forget-Dubois, N., Gottschling, J., Guay, F., Lemelin, J.-P., Logan, J. A. R., Yamagata, S., Shikishima, C., Spinath, B., Thompson, L. A., Tikhomirova, T. N., Tosto, M. G., Tremblay, R. E. , & Vitaro, F. (2015). Why do Children Differ in Motivation to Learn: Insights from over 13,000 Twins from 6 Countries. Personality and Individual Differences. 80(0), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.006

• Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Forget-Dubois, N., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Marino, C., Tremblay, R.E. & Dionne, G. (2015). Phenotypic and Genetic Associations Between Reading Comprehension, Decoding Skills and ADHD Dimensions: Evidence from Two Population-based Studies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56 (10), 1074-1082.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12394

• Salazar, S., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Cantin, S., Forget-Dubois, N., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). Friendships and Deviancy Training in Young Children. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. 7 (2), 112–123.

https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-05-2014-0123

• Dirghangi, S., Bortman, G., Laursen, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015). Corumination Cultivates Anxiety:  A Genetically Informed Study of Friend Influence during Early Adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 51 (4), 564-571.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038848

• Dickson, D., Richmond, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Laursen, B., Hiatt, C., Dirghangi, S., Hartl, A., Bortman, G., & Shawcross, L. (2015). Aggression Can be Contagious: Reciprocal Longitudinal Associations between Proactive Aggression and Reactive Aggression Among Young Twins with Coercive Parents. Aggressive Behavior, 41 (5), 455-466.

https://doi.org/10.1002/AB.21582

• Vitaro, F., Hartl, A. M., Laursen, B., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015). Reciprocal Longitudinal Associations between Adolescent Twin Gambling and Delinquency. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(4), 1449-1461.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-014-9487-9

• Lacourse, E., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Petitclerc, A., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., *Paquin, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Dionne, G., & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression in early childhood: Evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome. Psychological Medicine, 45(6), 667-667.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291713003218

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., & Tremblay, R.E. (2015). The Expression of Genetic Risk for Aggressive and Non-aggressive Antisocial Behavior is Moderated by Peer Group Norms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 1379–1395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0296-y

• Brendgen, M. & Troop-Gordon, W. (2015). School-related Factors in the Development of Bullying Perpetration and Victimization: Introduction to the Special Section. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43 (1), 1-4.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-014-9939-9

• Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015). Gene-Environment Correlation Linking Aggression and Peer Victimization: Do Classroom Behavioral Norms Matter? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43 (1), 19-41.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9807-z

• Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015). The Dark Side of Friends: A Genetically Informed Study of Victimization Within Early Adolescents’ Friendships. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Special Issue on Peer Victimization, 44 (3), 417-431.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.873984

2014

• *Salvas, M.-C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2014). Friendship conflict and the development of generalized physical aggression in the early school years: A genetically informed study of potential moderators. Developmental Psychology, 50(6), 1794-1807.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036419

• *Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2014). The genetic-environmental architecture of proactive and reactive aggression throughout childhood. Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform [Journal of Criminology and Penal Reform]. Special issue on Neuroscience and Criminology. 79 (5-6), 1-22.

https://doi.org/10.1515/mks-2014-975-609

• Vitaro, F., Hartl, A., Brendgen, M., Laursen, B., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2014). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Gambling and Substance Use in Early Adolescence. Behavioral Genetics. 44 (4), 347-355.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-014-9658-6

• Brendgen, M. (2014). Introduction to the Special Issue “The Interplay between Genetic Factors and the Peer Environment in Explaining Children’s Social Adjustment”. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. 60 (2), SPECIAL ISSUE: The Interplay Between Genetic Factors and the Peer Environment in Explaining Children's Social Adjustment, pp. 101-109.

https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.60.2.0101

• Lévesque, M. L., Casey, K. F., Szyf, M., Ismaylova, E., Ly, V., Verner, M.-P., Suderman, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R., E., Booij, L. (2014). Genome-wide DNA methylation variability in adolescent monozygotic twins followed since birth. Epigenetics. 9(10), 1410-1422

https://doi.org/10.4161/15592294.2014.970060

• *Rivizzigno, A., Brendgen, M., Feng, B., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2014). Gene-Environment Interplay between Number of Friends and Prosocial Leadership Behaviour in Children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 60 (2), SPECIAL ISSUE: The Interplay Between Genetic Factors and the Peer Environment in Explaining Children's Social Adjustment, pp. 110-141.

https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.60.2.0110

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Giguère, C.-É., & Tremblay, R. E. (2013). Early Prevention of Life-course Personal and Property Violence: A 19 year follow-up of the Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study (MLES). Journal of Experimental Criminology, 9(4), 411-427.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-013-9188-x

• *Guimond, F. A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2014). Gene-Environment Interplay in the Link of Friends’ and Non-Friends’ Behaviors with Children’s Social Reticence in a Competitive Situation. Developmental Psychology, 50(3), 956-967.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034354

• Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., Pérusse, D., & Boivin, M. (2014). Gene-Environment Processes Linking Peer Victimization and Physical Health Problems: A Longitudinal Twin Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 39(1), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jst078

2013

• *Dussault, F., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Séguin, J. R., & Dionne, G. (2013). Chevauchement entre les trajectoires de jeu et les trajectoires de consommation de psychotropes au début de l’adolescence : une étude longitudinale génétiquement informative. Drogues, Santé et Société: Édition spéciale sur les Liens entre la consommation des psychotropes et le jeu d’hasard et de l’argent, 12 (2), 20-46.

https://doi.org/10.7202/1026876ar

• Boislard, M.-A. P., Dussault, F., Brendgen, M., & Vitaro, F. (2013). Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors as Predictors of Sexual Onset in Early Adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 33 (7), 920-945.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431612472982

• Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2013). Do Peer Group Norms Moderate the Expression of Genetic Risk for Aggression? Journal of Criminal Justice, 41(5), 324-330.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.06.004

• *Wettstein, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Guimond, F.-A., Forget-Dubois, N., Cantin, S., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2013). The Additive and Interactive Roles of Aggression, Prosocial Behavior, and Social Preference in Predicting Resource Control in Young Children. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 5 (3), 179-196.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-11-2012-0011

• Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Girard, A., Pérusse, D., & Tremblay, R. E. (2013). Strong genetic contribution to peer relationship difficulties at school entry: Findings from a Longitudinal Twin Study. Child Development, 84 (3), 1098-1114.

https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12019

• Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Bukowski, W. M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2013). Can Friends Protect Genetically Vulnerable Children From Depression? Development and Psychopathology, 25(2), 277–289.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412001058

• Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Barker, E. D., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2013). Do Other People’s Plights Matter? A Genetically Informed Twin Study of the Role of Social Context in the Link Between Peer Victimization and Children's Aggression and Depression Symptoms. Developmental Psychology, 49(2), 327-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0025665

• *Stone, L. L., Giletta, M., Brendgen, M., Otten, R., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Janssens, J. M. A. M. (2013). Friendship Similarities in Internalizing Problems in Early Childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28 (2), 210-217.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.12.003

• Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Forget-Dubois, N., Feng, B., Tremblay, R. E., & Dionne, G. (2013). Evidence of gene-environment correlation for peer difficulties: disruptive behaviors predict early peer relation difficulties in school through genetic effects. Development & Psychopathology, 25(1), 79-92.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412000910

• Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Dubois, L., Pérusse, D., Robaey, P., Tremblay, R. E., & Vitaro, F. (2013). The Quebec Newborn Twin Study into adolescence: 15 years later. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16 (1), 64-69.

https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.129

• Lévesque, M. L., Casey, K. F., Szyf, M., Ismaylova, E., Provencal, N., Suderman, M., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R., E., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boiij, L. (2013). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Variability in Adolescent Monozygotic Twins Followed Since Birth and Potential Association with Brain Function. Biological Psychiatry, 73(9), 68S.

https://doi.org/10.4161/15592294.2014.970060

2012

• *Perron, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Côté, S. M., Tremblay, R., E., & Boivin, M. (2012). Moderating Effects of Team Sports Participation on the Link Between Peer Victimization and Mental Health Problems. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 5 (2), 107-115.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2012.08.006

• Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., & Dionne, G. (2012). Social Experiences in Kindergarten and Academic Achievement: A Monozygotic Twin Difference Study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104(2), 366-380.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026879

• Van Lier, P., Vitaro, F., Barker, T., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2012). Peer Victimization, Poor Academic Achievement and the Link Between Childhood Externalizing and Internalizing Problems. Child Development, 83 (5), 1775-1788.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01802.x

• Brendgen, M (2012). Genetics and Peer Relations: A Review. SRA 2012 Peer Preconference Keynote Address Paper. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (3), 419-437.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00798.x

• Vitaro, F., Barker, E. D., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2012). Pathways Explaining the Reduction of Adult Criminal Behaviour by a Randomized Preventive Intervention for Disruptive Kindergarten Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53 (7), 748-756.  

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02517.x

• *Guimond, F. A., Brendgen, M., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2012). Associations of Mother's and Father's Parenting Practices with Children's Observed Social Reticence in a Competitive Situation: A Monozygotic Twin Difference Study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40 (3), 391-402.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9573-8

• *Eivers, A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., & Borge, A. I. (2012). Concurrent and Longitudinal Links Between Children’s and their Friends’ Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviour in Preschool. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27 (1), 137-146.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.001

2011

• Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Barker, E. D., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Pérusse, D. (2011). Gene-Environment Processes Linking Aggression, Peer Victimization, and the Teacher-Child Relationship. Child Development, 82 (6), pp. 2021-2036.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01644.x

• Lévesque, M. L., Beauregard, M., Ottenhof, K. W., Fortier, E., Tremblay, R. E., Brendgen, M., Pérusse, D., Dionne, G., Robaey, P., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., & Booij, L. (2011). Altered Patterns of Brain Activity during Transient Sadness in Children at Familial Risk for Major Depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 135 (1-3), 410-413.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.08.010

• *Salvas, M.-C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Lacourse, E., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2011). Interplay between Friends’ Aggression and Friendship Quality in the Development of Child during the Early School Years. Social Development, 20(4), 645-663.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00592.x

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Cantin, S., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R., Girard, A. & Pérusse, D. (2011). A Monozygotic Twin Differences Study of Friends’ Aggression and Children’s Adjustment Problems. Child Development, 82 (2), 617-632.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01570.x

• *Dussault, F., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Wanner, B., & Tremblay, R. E. (2011). Longitudinal Links Between Impulsivity, Gambling Problems and Depressive Symptoms: A Transactional Model from Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52 (2), 130-138.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02313.x

2010

• *Eivers, A., Brendgen, M., & Borge, A.  I. (2010). Stability and Change in Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior Across the Transition to School: Teacher and Peer Perspectives. Early Education and Development, 21 (6), 843-864.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10409280903390684

• *Renouf, A., Brendgen, M., Séguin, J.R., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E., & Pérusse, D. (2010). Interactive Links Between Theory of Mind, Peer Victimization, and Reactive and Proactive Aggression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38 (8), 1109-1123.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9432-z

• Witvliet, M., Brendgen, M., Van Lier, P., Koot, H. M., & Vitaro, F. (2010). Early Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Prediction from Clique Isolation, Loneliness, and Perceived Social Acceptance. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38 (8), 1045-1056.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9426-x

• Witvliet, M., Van Lier, P., Brendgen, M., Koot, H. M., & Vitaro, F. (2010). Longitudinal Associations between Clique Membership Status and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems during Late Childhood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39 (5), 693-704.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2010.501678

• *Renouf, A., Brendgen, M., Parent, S., Vitaro, F., Zelazo, P., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., Pérusse, D., & Seguin, J. R.  (2010). Relations Between Theory of Mind and Indirect and Physical Aggression in Kindergarten: Evidence of the Moderating Role of Prosocial Behaviors. Social Development, 19 (3), 535-555.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00552.x

• Véronneau, M-H., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dishion, T. J., & Tremblay, R. E. (2010). Transactional analysis of the reciprocal links between peer experiences and academic achievement from middle childhood to early adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 46(4), 773-790.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019816

• *Eivers, A., Brendgen, M., & Borge, A. I. (2010). Associations Between Young Children’s Emotion Attributions and Prediction of Outcome in Differing Social Situations. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28(2), 499-504.

      https://doi.org/10.1348/026151009X482813

• *Brendgen, M., Lamarche, V., Wanner, B., & Vitaro, F. (2010). Links Between Friendship Relations and Early Adolescents’ Trajectories of Depressed Mood. Developmental Psychology, 46(2), 491-501.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017413

2009

• Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Girard, A., Bukowski, W. M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E., & Pérusse, D. (2009). Gene-Environment Interplay between Peer Rejection and Depressive Behavior in Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (8), 1009-1017.  

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02052.x

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Arseneault, L. (2009). The Discordant MZ-Twin Method: One Step Closer to the Holy Grail of Causality. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 33 (4), 376–382.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025409340805

2008

• *Vitaro, F., Wanner, B., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2008). Offspring of parents with gambling problems: Adjustment problems and explanatory mechanisms. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24 (4), 535-553.         

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-008-9096-6

• Ouellet-Morin, I., Wigg, K. G., Feng, Y., Dionne, G., Robaey, P., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Simard, L., Schachar, R., Tremblay, R. E., Pérusse, D., Boivin, M. & Barr, C. L. (2008). Association of the dopamine transporter gene and ADHD symptoms in a Canadian population-based sample of same-age twins. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric genetics), 147B, 1442–1449​

    https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.30677

• Barker, E. D. Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Fontaine, N., Arseneault, L., Vitaro, F., Bissonnette, C., & Tremblay, R. E. (2008). Predictive Validity and Early Predictors of Peer-Victimization Trajectories in Preschool. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(10), 1185-1192.

https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.65.10.1185

• Leblanc, N., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E. & Pérusse, D. (2008). The development of hyperactive/impulsive behaviors during the preschool years: The predictive validity of parental assessments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36(7), 977-987.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-008-9227-7

• Brendgen, M., & Vitaro, F. (2008). Predictive Links between Peer Rejection and Physical Health Problems in Early Adolescence. Journal of Developmental And Behavioral Pediatrics, 29, 3, 183-90.

https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0b013e318168be15

• Barker, E. D., Arseneault, L., Brendgen, M., Fontaine, N., & Maughan, B. (2008). The Joint Development of Bullying and Victimization in Adolescence: Relationships to Delinquency and Self-harm. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 9, 1030-1038.

https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.ObO13e31817eec98

• Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Girard, A., & Pérusse, D. (2008). Gene-Environment Interaction Between Peer Victimization and Child Aggression. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 455-471.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579408000229

• Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Bukowski, W. M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E.., & Pérusse, D. (2008). Linkages Between Children’s and Their Friends’ Social and Physical Aggression: Evidence for a Gene-Environment Interaction? Child Development, 79, 1, 13-29.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01108.x

2007

• Lemelin, J.-P., Boivin, M., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Séguin, J. R., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., & Pérusse, D. (2007). The Genetic-Environmental Etiology of Cognitive School Readiness and Later Academic Achievement in Early Childhood. Child Development, 78(6), 1855-1869.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01103.x

• *Brendgen, M., Wanner, B., & Vitaro, F. (2007). Peer and Teacher Effects on Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse. American Journal of Public Health, 97 (11), 2070-2075.

https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2006.101287

• Van Lier, P., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Koot,  H., Tremblay, R. E., Pérusse, D. (2007). Kindergarten Children’s Genetic Vulnerabilities Interact with Friends’ Aggression to Promote Physical Aggression. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 1080-1087.

https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e318067733e

·*Lamarche, V., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Pérusse, D. (2007). Do Friends’ Characteristics Moderate the Prospective Links Between Peer Victimization and Reactive and Proactive Aggression? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 665-680.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9122-7

• Vitaro, F., Pedersen, S., & Brendgen, M. (2007). Children’s disruptiveness, peer rejection, friends’ deviancy, and delinquency: A process-oriented approach. Development and Psychopathology, 19 (2), 433-453.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579407070216

• Orobio de Castro, B., Brendgen, M., van Boxtel, H. W., Vitaro, F. & Schaepers, L. (2007). “Accept me, or else…”: Disputed overestimation of social competence predicts increases in proactive aggression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35 (2), 165-178.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9063-6

·*Fergusson, D., Vitaro, F., Wanner, B, & Brendgen, M. (2007). Protective and compensatory factors mitigating the influence of deviant friends on delinquent behaviors during adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 30(1), 33-50.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.05.007

• *Brendgen, M., Wanner, B., Vitaro, F., & Bukowski, W. M. (2007). Verbal Abuse by the Teacher During Childhood and Academic, Behavioral, and Emotional Adjustment in Young Adulthood. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99 (1), 26-38.

https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.26

2006

• Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., & Pérusse, D.  (2006). Examining Genetic and Environmental Effects on Reactive versus Proactive Aggression. Developmental Psychology, 42(6), 1299-1312.

https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1299

• *Lamarche, V., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Pérusse, D., & Dionne, G. (2006). Do Friendships and Sibling Relationships Provide Protection against Peer Victimization in a Similar Way? Social Development, 15(3), 373-393.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00347.x

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Barker, T. (2006). Subtypes of aggressive behaviors : A developmental perspective. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 30, 12-19.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025406059968

• *Brendgen, M., Wanner, B., & Vitaro, F. (2006). Verbal Abuse by the Teacher and Child Adjustment from Kindergarten through Grade 6. Pediatrics, 117 (5), 1585-1598.

https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-2050

• *Wanner, B., Vitaro, F., Ladouceur, R., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. (2006). Joint Trajectories of Gambling, Alcohol and Marijuana use during Adolescence: A Person- and Variable-Centered Developmental Approach. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 566-580.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.037

• Vitaro, F., Barker, E. D., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M. & Tremblay, R. E. (2006). Do Early Difficult Temperament and Harsh Parenting Differentially Predict Reactive and Proactive Aggression? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 685-695.

      https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9055-6

2005

• Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Larose, S., & Tremblay, R. (2005). Kindergarten disruptive behaviors, protective factors, and educational achievement by early adulthood. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 617-629.

https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.97.4.617

• *Brendgen, M., Wanner, B., Morin, A. J. S., & Vitaro, F. (2005). Relations with Parents and with Peers, Temperament, and Trajectories of Depressed Mood During Early Adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33, 579-594.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-005-6739-2

·Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Girard, A., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., & Pérusse, D. (2005). Examining Genetic and Environmental Effects on Social Aggression: A Study of 6-Year Old Twins. Child Development, 76, 930-946.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00887.x

• *Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Wanner, B. (2005). Patterns of affiliation with deviant friends during late childhood and early adolescence: Correlates and consequences. Social Development, 14, 82-106.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00292.x

2004

• Charlebois, P., Vitaro, F., Normandeau, S., Brendgen, M., & Rondeau, N. (2004). Trainers' behavior and participants' persistence in a longitudinal preventive intervention for disruptive boys. Journal of Primary Prevention, 25, 375-388.

https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPP.0000048027.47643.8f

• Charlebois, P., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., & Normandeau, S. (2004). Examining dosage effects on prevention outcomes: Results from a multi-modal longitudinal preventive intervention for young disruptive boys. Journal of School Psychology, 42, 201-220.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2003.12.003

·*Vitaro, F., Wanner, B., Ladouceur, R., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2004). Trajectories of gambling during adolescence. Journal of Gambling Studies, 20, 47-69.

https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOGS.0000016703.84727.d3

• *Vitaro, F., Wanner, B., Brendgen, M., Gosselin, C., & Gendreau, P. (2004). Differential contributions of parents and friends to smoking trajectories during adolescence. Addictive Behavior, 29, 831-835.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.02.018

• Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Turgeon, L., Poulin, F., & Wanner, B. (2004). Is There A Dark Side of Positive Illusions? Overestimation of Social Competence and Subsequent Adjustment in Aggressive and Non-aggressive Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 305-320.

https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JACP.0000026144.08470.cd

2003

• Vaillancourt, T., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2003). A Longitudinal Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Indirect And Physical Aggression: Evidence of Two Factors Over Time?  Child Development, 74, 1628-1638.

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00628.x

• Doyle, A.B., Brendgen, M., Markiewicz, D., & Kamkar-Parsi, K. (2003). Family relationships as moderators of the association between romantic relationships and adjustment in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 23, 316-340.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431603254238

2002