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Sylvie Mrug is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their scholarly work spans multiple topics in medicine and psychology, with a focus on adolescent development, health, and safety.

The scientist has contributed to several notable papers including:

  • Adolescent driving behavior before and during restrictions related to COVID-19, 2020, Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Neighborhood Disorder, Family Functioning, and Risky Sexual Behaviors in Adolescence, 2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Soft Drink Consumption and Mental Health in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Examination, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • White Matter Microstructure in the Young Adult Brain Varies with Neighborhood Disadvantage in Adolescence, 2021, Neuroscience
  • A review of the psychometric properties and implications for the use of the fertility quality of life tool, 2023, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Catheryn A. Orihuela
  • Marlon Goering
  • David C. Knight
  • Marc N. Elliott
  • Mark A. Schuster

Publication venues where Sylvie Mrug has commonly contributed are:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Neuroscience
  • International Journal of Developmental Science
  • The Journal of Early Adolescence

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these broad areas, subfields of study represented in their publications are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Key research topics covered by their work involve:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Best Publications

  • What aspects of peer relationships are impaired in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Betsy Hoza;Sylvie Mrug;Alyson C. Gerdes;Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • Peer-Assessed Outcomes in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

    Betsy Hoza;Alyson C. Gerdes;Sylvie Mrug;Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • The Factor Structure of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory

    Nida Corry;Rebecca Davis Merritt;Sylvie Mrug;Barbara Pamp

  • Peer rejection and friendships in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: contributions to long-term outcomes.

    Sylvie Mrug;Brooke S. G. Molina;Betsy Hoza;Alyson C. Gerdes

  • Prospective effects of violence exposure across multiple contexts on early adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems

    Sylvie Mrug;Michael Windle

  • Violence exposure across multiple contexts: individual and joint effects on adjustment.

    Sylvie Mrug;Penny S. Loosier;Michael Windle

  • Predictive Value of Informant Discrepancies in Reports of Parenting: Relations to Early Adolescents' Adjustment

    Kim Guion;Sylvie Mrug;Michael Windle

  • Dimensions and Correlates of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo

    Annie A. Garner;Janice C. Marceaux;Sylvie Mrug;Cryshelle Patterson

  • Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: peer relationships and peer-oriented interventions.

    Sylvie Mrug;Betsy Hoza;Alyson C. Gerdes

  • Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade

    Laura M. Bogart;Laura M. Bogart;Marc N. Elliott;David J. Klein;David J. Klein;Susan R. Tortolero

  • Emotional desensitization to violence contributes to adolescents' violent behavior

    Sylvie Mrug;Anjana Madan;Anjana Madan;Michael Windle

  • Characteristics of child physical and sexual abuse as predictors of psychopathology.

    Jonathan Adams;Sylvie Mrug;David C. Knight

  • Behavior and Peer Status in Children With ADHD: Continuity and Change

    Sylvie Mrug;Betsy Hoza;William E. Pelham;Elizabeth M. Gnagy

  • Early Puberty, Negative Peer Influence, and Problem Behaviors in Adolescent Girls

    Sylvie Mrug;Marc N. Elliott;Susan L. Davies;Susan R. Tortolero

  • A friendship intervention for children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Preliminary findings

    B. Hoza;S. Mrug;W. E. Pelham;A. R. Greiner

  • Mediators of Neighborhood Influences on Externalizing Behavior in Preadolescent Children

    Sylvie Mrug;Michael Windle

  • Parental and peer disapproval of alcohol use and its relationship to adolescent drinking: age, gender, and racial differences.

    Sylvie Mrug;Riley McCay

  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Mental Health Care Utilization of Fifth Grade Children

    Tumaini R. Coker;Marc N. Elliott;Sheryl Kataoka;David C. Schwebel

  • Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis.

    Valerie A. Earnshaw;Valerie A. Earnshaw;Valerie A. Earnshaw;Marc N. Elliott;Sari L. Reisner;Sylvie Mrug

  • Positive parenting and early puberty in girls: protective effects against aggressive behavior.

    Sylvie Mrug;Marc N. Elliott;M. Janice Gilliland;Jo Anne Grunbaum

  • Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status

    Kathleen A. Bolland;John M. Bolland;Sara Tomek;Randolph S. Devereaux

  • Choosing or being chosen by aggressive-disruptive peers: do they contribute to children's externalizing and internalizing problems?

    Sylvie Mrug;Betsy Hoza;William M. Bukowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Betsy Hoza
Betsy Hoza University of Vermont
Laura M. Bogart
Laura M. Bogart RAND Corporation
Valerie A. Earnshaw
Valerie A. Earnshaw University of Delaware
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Stephen P. Hinshaw University of California, Berkeley
William E. Pelham
William E. Pelham Florida International University
William M. Bukowski
William M. Bukowski Concordia University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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