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Richard E. Tremblay

Richard E. Tremblay

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Psychology
Canada
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
144
Citations
78456
World Ranking
97
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard E. Tremblay is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has a comprehensive research portfolio focused primarily on psychology and medicine, with a notable specialization in clinical psychology.

Their recent research includes publications on various topics related to child development, mental health, and social outcomes. Notable recent papers include:

  • Cohort Profile: Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD), 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Mental Health Problems and Risk of Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Adolescents, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Association of Childhood Externalizing, Internalizing, and Comorbid Symptoms With Long-term Economic and Social Outcomes, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • The Impact of Childhood Social Skills and Self-Control Training on Economic and Noneconomic Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment Using Administrative Data, 2022, American Economic Review
  • 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

Frequent co-authors contributing extensively alongside Tremblay include:

  • Michel Boivin
  • Sylvana M. Côté
  • Frank Vitaro
  • Massimiliano Orri
  • Marie-Claude Geoffroy

Publications have appeared repeatedly in key academic journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (7 publications)
  • Development and Psychopathology (7 publications)
  • Psychological Medicine (6 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (5 publications)
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (5 publications)

Their work spans main fields of study such as:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, significant subfields include clinical psychology, education, public health, pediatrics, and social psychology.

Research topics addressed by Tremblay broadly cover:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Tremblay has contributed to book publications under the Presses de l'Université de Montréal, with titles such as La sous-scolarisation des hommes et le choix de profession des femmes published in 2023.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Physical Aggression During Early Childhood: Trajectories and Predictors

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

  • Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors and Adolescent Delinquency: A Six-Site, Cross-National Study

    Lisa M. Broidy;Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay;John E. Bates

  • Trajectories of boys' physical aggression, opposition, and hyperactivity on the path to physically violent and nonviolent juvenile delinquency.

    Daniel Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay

  • The development of aggressive behaviour during childhood: What have we learned in the past century?

    Richard E. Tremblay

  • Analyzing developmental trajectories of distinct but related behaviors: a group-based method.

    Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Predicting Early Onset of Male Antisocial Behavior From Preschool Behavior

    Richard E. Tremblay;Robert O. Pihl;Frank Vitaro;Patricia L. Dobkin

  • The Development of Physical Aggression from Toddlerhood to Pre-Adolescence: A Nation Wide Longitudinal Study of Canadian Children

    Sylvana M. Côté;Tracy Vaillancourt;John C. LeBlanc;Daniel S. Nagin

  • Group-based multi-trajectory modeling.

    Daniel S Nagin;Bobby L Jones;Valéria Lima Passos;Richard E Tremblay

  • Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency.

    Orla Doyle;Colm P. Harmon;James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;Richard E. Tremblay;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Alcohol promotes dopamine release in the human nucleus accumbens.

    Isabelle Boileau;Jean-Marc Assaad;Jean-Marc Assaad;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  • Parental and early childhood predictors of persistent physical aggression in boys from kindergarten to high school.

    Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay

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

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

  • Developmental origins of disruptive behaviour problems: the 'original sin' hypothesis, epigenetics and their consequences for prevention.

    Richard E. Tremblay

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

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

  • A bimodal preventive intervention for disruptive kindergarten boys: its impact through mid-adolescence.

    Richard E. Tremblay;Linda Pagani-Kurtz;Louise C. Mâsse;Frank Vitaro

  • Developmental trajectories of physical aggression from school entry to late adolescence.

    Bobby Brame;Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Reactively and proactively aggressive children: antecedent and subsequent characteristics.

    Frank Vitaro;Mara Brendgen;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Brandon C. Welsh;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Early disruptive behavior, poor school achievement, delinquent behavior, and delinquent personality: longitudinal analyses

    R. E. Tremblay;B. Masse;D. Perron;M. Leblanc

  • Physically aggressive boys from ages 6 to 12: Family background, parenting behavior, and prediction of delinquency.

    Jaana Haapasalo;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Disruptive boys with stable and unstable high fighting behavior patterns during junior elementary school

    Richard E. Tremblay;Rolf Loeber;C. Gagnon;Pierre Charlebois

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal
Mara Brendgen
Mara Brendgen University of Quebec at Montreal
Jean R. Séguin
Jean R. Séguin University of Montreal
Ginette Dionne
Ginette Dionne Université Laval
Daniel Pérusse
Daniel Pérusse University of Montreal
Massimiliano Orri
Massimiliano Orri McGill University
Mark Zoccolillo
Mark Zoccolillo McGill University
Linda Booij
Linda Booij Concordia University

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