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Eric Lacourse is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their scientific work spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, and Statistics and Probability.

They have contributed extensively to research on topics such as COVID-19 and Mental Health, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, as well as Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Psychology and Health

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Eric Lacourse are:

  • Roxane de la Sablonnière
  • Mathieu Pelletier-Dumas
  • Jean-Marc Lina
  • Anna Dorfman
  • Dietlind Stolle

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric Lacourse include:

  • Brain cortical and subcortical morphology in adolescents with depression and a history of suicide attempt, 2021, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Social contagion and high school dropout: The role of friends, romantic partners, and siblings., 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Trajectories of health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of handwashing, mask wearing, social contact limitations, and physical distancing, 2023, Psychology and Health
  • Heterogeneity in the Course of Suicidal Ideation and its Relation to Suicide Attempts in First-Episode Psychosis: A 5-Year Prospective Study, 2023, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Trajectories of self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A person-oriented multi-trajectory approach, 2023, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Trajectories of Prosocial Behavior and Physical Aggression in Middle Childhood: Links to Adolescent School Dropout and Physical Violence

    Katja Kokko;Richard E. Tremblay;Eric Lacourse;Daniel S. Nagin

  • Developmental trajectories of boys' delinquent group membership and facilitation of violent behaviors during adolescence

    Eric Lacourse;Daniel Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay;Frank Vitaro

  • Developmental trajectories of conduct problems and hyperactivity from ages 2 to 10.

    Daniel S. Shaw;Eric Lacourse;Daniel S. Nagin

  • A longitudinal-experimental approach to testing theories of antisocial behavior development.

    Eric Lacourse;Sylvana Côté;Daniel S. Nagin;Frank Vitaro

  • Developmental trajectories of male physical violence and theft: relations to neurocognitive performance.

    Edward D. Barker;Jean R. Séguin;Helene Raskin White;Marsha E. Bates

  • Heavy Metal Music and Adolescent Suicidal Risk

    Eric Lacourse;Michel Claes;Martine Villeneuve

  • Development of male proactive and reactive physical aggression during adolescence

    Edward D. Barker;Richard E. Tremblay;Daniel S. Nagin;Frank Vitaro

  • Prediction of early-onset deviant peer group affiliation: a 12-year longitudinal study.

    Eric Lacourse;Daniel S. Nagin;Frank Vitaro;Sylvana Côté

  • Neighborhood poverty and suicidal thoughts and attempts in late adolescence.

    Veronique Dupéré;Tama Leventhal;Eric Lacourse

  • Impact and clinical significance of a preventive intervention for disruptive boys: 15-year follow-up.

    Rachel Boisjoli;Frank Vitaro;Eric Lacourse;Edward D Barker

  • Prevalence of Prescribed Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medications and Diagnosis among Canadian Preschoolers and School-Age Children: 1994–2007:

    Marie-Christine Brault;Éric Lacourse

  • Affiliation to Youth Gangs During Adolescence: The Interaction Between Childhood Psychopathic Tendencies and Neighborhood Disadvantage

    Véronique Dupéré;Éric Lacourse;J. Douglas Willms;Frank Vitaro

  • Parenting, Peer Orientation, Drug Use, and Antisocial Behavior in Late Adolescence: A Cross-National Study.

    Michel Claes;Eric Lacourse;Anna Paula Ercolani;Antonio Pierro

  • Antecedents and Outcomes of Joint Trajectories of Mother-Son Conflict and Warmth during Middle Childhood and Adolescence

    Christopher J. Trentacosta;Michael M. Criss;Daniel S. Shaw;Eric Lacourse

  • Testing the developmental distinctiveness of male proactive and reactive aggression with a nested longitudinal experimental intervention.

    Edward D. Barker;Frank Vitaro;Eric Lacourse;Nathalie M. G. Fontaine

  • Parental practices in late adolescence, a comparison of three countries: Canada, France and Italy.

    Michel Claes;Eric Lacourse;Céline Bouchard;Paula Perucchini

  • Childhood Hyperactivity, Physical Aggression and Criminality: A 19-Year Prospective Population-Based Study

    Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Sylvana M. Côté;Eric Lacourse;Cédric Galéra

  • Neighborhood poverty and early transition to sexual activity in young adolescents: a developmental ecological approach.

    Véronique Dupéré;Éric Lacourse;J. Douglas Willms;Tama Leventhal

  • A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression during early childhood: Evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome

    E. Lacourse;M. Boivin;Mara R. Brendgen;A. Petitclerc

  • Effects of the MAOA gene and levels of exposure to violence on antisocial outcomes

    Isabelle Ouellet-Morin;Sylvana M. Côté;Frank Vitaro;Martine Hébert

  • Pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in late adolescence: The moderating role of individual, peer, and parental factors

    Amelie Benoit;Eric Lacourse;Michel Claes

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Mara Brendgen
Mara Brendgen University of Quebec at Montreal
Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal
Edward D. Barker
Edward D. Barker King's College London
Ginette Dionne
Ginette Dionne Université Laval
Jean-Baptiste Pingault
Jean-Baptiste Pingault University College London
Linda Booij
Linda Booij Concordia University
Tama Leventhal
Tama Leventhal Tufts University

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