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Sylvana M. Côté

Sylvana M. Côté

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Psychology

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62
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14949
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200

Overview

Sylvana M. Côté is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Recent publications associated with Sylvana M. Côté 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
  • "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
  • "Developmental trajectories of eating disorder symptoms: A longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood," 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders

Sylvana's research has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is an element of Sylvana M. Côté's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Richard E. Tremblay
  • Michel Boivin
  • Marie-Claude Geoffroy
  • Frank Vitaro
  • Massimiliano Orri

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The joint development of physical and indirect aggression: Predictors of continuity and change during childhood

    Sylvana M. Côté;Tracy Vaillancourt;Edward D. Barker;Daniel Nagin

  • 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

  • THE SIGNATURE OF MATERNAL REARING IN THE METHYLOME IN RHESUS MACAQUE PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND T CELLS

    Nadine Provençal;Matthew J. Suderman;Claire Guillemin;Renaud Massart

  • 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

  • The development of impulsivity, fearfulness, and helpfulness during childhood: patterns of consistency and change in the trajectories of boys and girls

    Sylvana Côté;Sylvana Côté;Richard E. Tremblay;Daniel Nagin;Mark Zoccolillo

  • Depression and anxiety symptoms: onset, developmental course and risk factors during early childhood

    Sylvana M. Côté;Michel Boivin;Xuecheng Liu;Daniel S. Nagin

  • 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

  • Food insecurity and children's mental health: a prospective birth cohort study

    Maria Melchior;Jean-François Chastang;Bruno Falissard;Cédric Galéra

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

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

  • Trajectories and predictors of indirect aggression: results from a nationally representative longitudinal study of Canadian children aged 2-10.

    Tracy Vaillancourt;Jessie L. Miller;Joshua Fagbemi;Sylvana Côté

  • Peripheral SLC6A4 DNA methylation is associated with in vivo measures of human brain serotonin synthesis and childhood physical aggression.

    Dongsha Wang;Moshe Szyf;Chawki Benkelfat;Nadine Provençal

  • Efficacy of brief coping skills interventions that match different personality profiles of female substance abusers.

    Patricia J. Conrod;Sherry H. Stewart;Robert O. Pihl;Sylvana Côté

  • Closing the gap in academic readiness and achievement: the role of early childcare.

    Marie Claude Geoffroy;Sylvana M. Côté;Charles Édouard Giguère;Ginette Dionne

  • Association of Social Support During Adolescence With Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Ideation in Young Adults

    Sara Scardera;Sara Scardera;Léa C. Perret;Isabelle Ouellet-Morin;Geneviève Gariépy

  • The Role of Maternal Education and Nonmaternal Care Services in the Prevention of Children's Physical Aggression Problems

    Sylvana M. Côté;Michel Boivin;Daniel S. Nagin;Christa Japel

  • Subclinical eating disorders and their comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders in adolescent girls

    Evelyne Touchette;Adina Henegar;Nathalie T. Godart;Laura Pryor;Laura Pryor

  • Relational sexual scripts and women's condom use: The importance of internalized norms

    Michaela Hynie;John E. Lydon;Sylvana Côté;Seth Wiener

  • Controlling Parenting and Physical Aggression During Elementary School

    Mireille Joussemet;Frank Vitaro;Edward D. Barker;Sylvana Côté

  • Associations Between Peer Victimization and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt During Adolescence: Results From a Prospective Population-Based Birth Cohort

    Marie Claude Geoffroy;Marie Claude Geoffroy;Michel Boivin;Louise Arseneault;Gustavo Turecki

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

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

  • Predicting girls' conduct disorder in adolescence from childhood trajectories of disruptive behaviors.

    Sylvana Côté;Mark Zoccolillo;Richard E. Tremblay;Daniel Nagin

  • Sex Differences in Aggressive Behavior: A Developmental and Evolutionary Perspective.

    John Archer;Sylvana Côté

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Massimiliano Orri
Massimiliano Orri McGill University
Jean-Baptiste Pingault
Jean-Baptiste Pingault University College London
Jean R. Séguin
Jean R. Séguin University of Montreal
Mara Brendgen
Mara Brendgen University of Quebec at Montreal
Mark Zoccolillo
Mark Zoccolillo McGill University
Natalie Castellanos-Ryan
Natalie Castellanos-Ryan University of Montreal
Ginette Dionne
Ginette Dionne Université Laval

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