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Jean-Baptiste Pingault

Jean-Baptiste Pingault

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
8273
World Ranking
5974
National Ranking
612

Overview

Jean-Baptiste Pingault is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Psychology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, among other subfields.

Their work covers a variety of topics, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, Birth, Development, and Health, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jean-Baptiste Pingault include the following:

  • Participation bias in the UK Biobank distorts genetic associations and downstream analyses, 2023, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Quasi-Experimental Studies, 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Protecting against researcher bias in secondary data analysis: challenges and potential solutions, 2022, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Robust genetic nurture effects on education: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on 38,654 families across 8 cohorts, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Within-sibship GWAS improve estimates of direct genetic effects, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Jean-Baptiste Pingault frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tabea Schoeler
  • Jessie R. Baldwin
  • Alexandra Havdahl
  • Andrea G. Allegrini
  • Kaili Rimfeld

Their research has been published in multiple venues, with a notable number of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Nature Human Behaviour

The range and volume of publications demonstrate a sustained engagement with subjects that intersect genetics, psychology, and developmental health. The scientist's work includes systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and empirical studies contributing to understanding genetic influences and psychosocial development across the lifespan.

Best Publications

  • Using genetic data to strengthen causal inference in observational research.

    Jean Baptiste Pingault;Jean Baptiste Pingault;Paul F. O’Reilly;Tabea Schoeler;George B. Ploubidis

  • The high heritability of educational achievement reflects many genetically influenced traits, not just intelligence.

    Eva Krapohl;Kaili Rimfeld;Nicholas G. Shakeshaft;Maciej Trzaskowski

  • Comparing within- and between-family polygenic score prediction

    Saskia Selzam;Stuart J. Ritchie;Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Chandra A. Reynolds

  • Early Risk Factors for Hyperactivity-Impulsivity and Inattention Trajectories From Age 17 Months to 8 Years

    Cédric Galéra;Sylvana M. Côté;Manuel P. Bouvard;Jean-Baptiste Pingault

  • Childhood Trajectories of Inattention and Hyperactivity and Prediction of Educational Attainment in Early Adulthood: A 16-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study

    Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Richard E. Tremblay;Frank Vitaro;René Carbonneau

  • Quasi-experimental evidence on short- and long-term consequences of bullying victimization: A meta-analysis.

    Tabea Schoeler;Lauren Duncan;Charlotte M. Cecil;George B. Ploubidis

  • Childhood maltreatment and mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quasi-experimental studies

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  • Concurrent and Longitudinal Contribution of Exposure to Bullying in Childhood to Mental Health: The Role of Vulnerability and Resilience

    Timothy Singham;Essi Viding;Tabea Schoeler;Louise Arseneault

  • Environmental risk, Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) methylation and youth callous-unemotional traits a 13-year longitudinal study

    Charlotte Am Cecil;Laura J. Lysenko;Sara R. Jaffee;Jean-Baptiste Pingault

  • The p factor: genetic analyses support a general dimension of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.

    Andrea G. Allegrini;Rosa Cheesman;Kaili Rimfeld;Saskia Selzam

  • Phenome-wide analysis of genome-wide polygenic scores

    Eva Krapohl;Jack Euesden;Delilah Zabaneh;J-b Pingault;J-b Pingault

  • Epigenetic profiling of ADHD symptoms trajectories: a prospective, methylome-wide study

    Esther Walton;Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Charlotte Am Cecil;Tom R. Gaunt

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Developmental Course of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms From Childhood to Adolescence

    Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Essi Viding;Essi Viding;Cédric Galéra;Corina U. Greven;Corina U. Greven

  • Genomic prediction of cognitive traits in childhood and adolescence

    A G Allegrini;S Selzam;K Rimfeld;S von Stumm

  • Childhood trajectories of inattention, hyperactivity and oppositional behaviors and prediction of substance abuse/dependence: a 15-year longitudinal population-based study.

    Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Sylvana M. Côté;Sylvana M. Côté;Cédric Galéra;Christophe Genolini

  • Protecting against researcher bias in secondary data analysis: challenges and potential solutions

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  • Adolescent cannabis use, change in neurocognitive function, and high-school graduation: A longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood.

    Natalie Castellanos-Ryan;Jean-Baptiste Pingault;Sophie Parent;Frank Vitaro

  • Association Between Continued Cannabis Use and Risk of Relapse in First-Episode Psychosis: A Quasi-Experimental Investigation Within an Observational Study.

    Tabea Schoeler;Natalia Petros;Marta Di Forti;Jean-Baptiste Pingault

  • KmL3D: A non-parametric algorithm for clustering joint trajectories

    C. Genolini;J. B. Pingault;T. Driss;S. CôTé

  • Multi-Polygenic Score Approach to Identifying Individual Vulnerabilities Associated With the Risk of Exposure to Bullying.

    Tabea Schoeler;Shing Wan Choi;Frank Dudbridge;Jessie Baldwin

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

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

  • Continuity of cannabis use and violent offending over the life course

    Tabea Schoeler;Delphine Theobald;Jean-Baptiste Pingault;David P. Farrington

  • DNA methylation and substance-use risk: a prospective, genome-wide study spanning gestation to adolescence.

    Charlotte Cecil;Esther Walton;Esther Walton;Rebecca Georgina Smith;Essi Viding

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Essi Viding
Essi Viding University College London
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Fruhling Rijsdijk
Fruhling Rijsdijk King's College London
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Kaili Rimfeld
Kaili Rimfeld King's College London
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Massimiliano Orri
Massimiliano Orri McGill University
Eamon McCrory
Eamon McCrory University College London

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