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Michel Boivin

Michel Boivin

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Psychology

D-Index
92
Citations
36682
World Ranking
873
National Ranking
39

Overview

Michel Boivin is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has a research focus spanning psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, education, public health, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. Their work addresses various dimensions of child and adolescent development alongside mental health concerns.

The scientist's research contributions include studies on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, bullying and victimization, stress responses and cortisol, suicide and self-harm studies, and cognitive abilities and testing.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michel Boivin include:

  • Association of Social Support During Adolescence With Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Ideation in Young Adults, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Mental Health Problems and Risk of Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Adolescents, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Eating behaviors, dietary patterns and weight status in emerging adulthood and longitudinal associations with eating behaviors in early childhood, 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Developmental trajectories of eating disorder symptoms: A longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood, 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Cybervictimization in adolescence and its association with subsequent suicidal ideation/attempt beyond face-to-face victimization: a longitudinal population-based study, 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard E. Tremblay
  • Frank Vitaro
  • Sylvana M. Côté
  • Mara Brendgen
  • Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

Michel Boivin has published regularly in several journals, with high frequencies in:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychological Medicine

The scientist has also produced book publications, including:

  • Histoire de l'Inde (2021), Presses Universitaires De France
  • Les STO de la Manche (2021), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Michel Boivin's body of work centers extensively on understanding psychological development during childhood and adolescence and examining factors influencing mental health outcomes, behaviors, and psychosocial risks across developmental stages.

Best Publications

  • Physical Aggression During Early Childhood: Trajectories and Predictors

    Richard E. Tremblay;Daniel S. Nagin;Jean R. Seguin;M. Zoccolillo

  • The power of friendship: protection against an escalating cycle of peer victimization.

    Ernest V. E. Hodges;Michel Boivin;Frank Vitaro;William M. Bukowski

  • Measuring Friendship Quality During Pre- and Early Adolescence: The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Friendship Qualities Scale:

    William M. Bukowski;Betsy Hoza;Michel Boivin

  • Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement: Developmental Perspectives on Their Causal Ordering.

    Frédéric Guay;Herbert W. Marsh;Michel Boivin

  • The roles of social withdrawal, peer rejection, and victimization by peers in predicting loneliness and depressed mood in childhood

    Michel Boivin;Shelley Hymel;William M. Bukowski

  • Intrinsic, identified, and controlled types of motivation for school subjects in young elementary school children

    Frédéric Guay;Julien Chanal;Catherine F. Ratelle;Herbert W. Marsh

  • Reactive and proactive aggression: evidence of a two-factor model.

    François Poulin;Michel Boivin

  • Associations between sleep duration patterns and behavioral/cognitive functioning at school entry.

    Évelyne Touchette;Dominique Petit;Jean R. Séguin;Michel Boivin

  • The search for the age of 'onset' of physical aggression: Rousseau and Bandura revisited

    Richard E. Tremblay;Christa Japel;Daniel Perusse;Pierre Mcduff

  • Peer Experiences and Social Self-Perceptions: A Sequential Model.

    Michel Boivin;Shelley Hymel

  • Attachment to Parents, Social Support Expectations, and Socioemotional Adjustment During the High School-College Transition

    Simon Larose;Michel Boivin

  • Peer status and self-perception among early elementary school children: the case of the rejected children.

    Michel Boivin;Guy Begin

  • Dyssomnias and parasomnias in early childhood.

    Dominique Petit;Evelyne Touchette;Richard E Tremblay;Michel Boivin;Michel Boivin

  • Gender differences in physical aggression: A prospective population-based survey of children before and after 2 years of age

    Raymond H. Baillargeon;Mark Zoccolillo;Kate Keenan;Sylvana Côté

  • Popularity, friendship, and emotional adjustment during early adolescence.

    William M. Bukowski;Betsy Hoza;Michel Boivin

  • The role of proactive and reactive aggression in the formation and development of boys' friendships.

    Francois Poulin;Michel Boivin

  • Physical Aggression and Expressive Vocabulary in 19-Month-Old Twins

    Ginette Dionne;Richard Tremblay;Michel Boivin;David Laplante

  • Predictors and outcomes of joint trajectories of callous–unemotional traits and conduct problems in childhood.

    Nathalie M. G. Fontaine;Eamon J. P. McCrory;Michel Boivin;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • The genetic-environmental etiology of parents' perceptions and self-assessed behaviours toward their 5-month-old infants in a large twin and singleton sample.

    Michel Boivin;Daniel Pérusse;Ginette Dionne;Valérie Saysset

  • Individual-group behavioral similarity and peer status in experimental play groups of boys: The social misfit revisited.

    Michel Boivin;Kenneth A. Dodge;John D. Coie

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Mara Brendgen
Mara Brendgen University of Quebec at Montreal
Ginette Dionne
Ginette Dionne Université Laval
Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal
Daniel Pérusse
Daniel Pérusse University of Montreal
Jean R. Séguin
Jean R. Séguin University of Montreal
Massimiliano Orri
Massimiliano Orri McGill University
Richard Saffery
Richard Saffery University of Melbourne
Jeffrey M. Craig
Jeffrey M. Craig Deakin University

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