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Blain-Arcaro, C. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016; accepted). Longitudinal associations between externalizing problems and symptoms of depression in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Moreno, M. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). The role of healthcare providers in cyberbullying. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Vaillancourt, T., Faris, R., & Mishna, F. (2016; Early View). Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1-6. doi: 10.1177/0706743716684791

Blain-Arcaro, C. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016; Early View). Longitudinal associations between depression and aggression in children.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1-12 doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0204-2

Moreno, M. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report on Bullying: Overview and Recommendations. JAMA Pediatrics, 170, 727-728. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1474

Haltigan, J. D., & Vaillancourt, T. (2016; Early View). The Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C): Factor structure and measurement invariance across time and sex in a community-based sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10862-016-9550-1

Blain-Arcaro, C. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). Does worry moderate the relation between aggression and depression in adolescent girls? Journal of Adolescence, 49, 10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.02.006

Haltigan, J.D. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). Identifying trajectories of borderline personality features in adolescence: Antecedent and interactive risk factors. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 61, 166-175. doi: 10.1177/070674371562595

Vaillancourt, T., Haltigan, J.D., Smith, I., Zwaigenbaum, L., Szatmari, P., Fombonee, E., Waddell, C., Duku, E., Mirenda, P., Geogiades, S., Bennett, T., Volden, J., Elsabbagh, M., Roberts, W., & Bryson, S. (2016; Early View). Joint trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. Development & Psychopathology, 1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0954579416000043 

Vitoroulis, I., Brittain, H. & Vaillancourt, T. (2016).School ethnic composition and bullying in Canadian schools. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 431-441. doi: 10.1177/0165025415603490

McDougall, P. & Vaillancourt, T. (2015). The long-term adult outcomes of peer victimization in childhood and adolescence: Pathways to adjustment and maladjustment. American Psychologist, 70, 300-310. doi: 10.1037/a0039174

Wang, W., Brittain, H., McDougall, P., & Vaillancourt, T. (2016). Bullying and school transition: Context or development? Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, 237-248. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.004

Aggression

Vaillancourt, T. (2013). Do human females use indirect aggression as an intrasexual competition strategy? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 368, 1-7. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0080

Vaillancourt, T. (2013). Students aggress against professors in reaction to receiving poor grades: An effect moderated by student narcissism and self-esteem. Aggressive Behavior, 39, 71-84. doi: 10.1002/ab.21450

Vaillancourt, T. & Sharma, A. (2011).  Intolerance of sexy peers: Intrasexual competition among women. Aggressive Behavior, 37, 569-577. doi: 10.1002/ab.20413

Vaillancourt, T. & Sunderani, S. (2011). Psychopathy and indirect aggression: The roles of cortisol, sex, and type of psychopathy.  Brain and Cognition, 77, 170-175. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2011.06.009

Baillargeon, R. H., Zoccolillo, M., Keenan, K., Côté, S., Pérusse, D., Wu, H.-X., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2007). Gender differences in physical aggression: a prospective population-based survey of children before and after 2 years of age. Developmental Psychology, 43(1), 13-26.

Cote, S., Vaillancourt, T., Barker, T., Nagin, D., & Tremblay, R.E. (2007). The joint development of physical and indirect aggression: Predictors of continuity and change during childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 37-55.

Huijbregts, S. C. J., Séguin, J. R., Zoccolillo, M., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2007). Associations of maternal prenatal smoking with early childhood physical aggression, hyperactivity-impulsivity, and their co-occurrence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 203-215.

Vaillancourt, T., Miller, J., Fagbemi, J, Cote, S., & Tremblay, R.E. (2007). What predicts early indirect aggression trajectory group membership? A nationally representative longitudinal study of Canadian children aged 2 to 10. Aggressive Behavior, 33, 1-13.

Lamarche, V., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Pérusse, D., & Dionne, G. (2006). Do friendships and sibling relationships provide protection against peer victimization in a similar way? Social Development, 15(3), 373-393.

Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., & Pérusse, D. (2006). Examining genetic and environmental effects on reactive versus proactive aggression. Developmental Psychology, 42(6), 1299-1312.

Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Girard, A., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., & Pérusse, D. (2005). Examining genetic and environmental effects on social aggression: A study of 6-year-old twins. Child Development, 76(4), 930-946.

Cote, S., Vaillancourt, T., Farhat, A., LeBlanc, J.C., Nagin, D., & Tremblay, R. (2006). The development of physical aggression from toddlerhood to pre-adolescence: A nation wide longitudinal study of Canadian children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 71-85.

Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., Laplante, D., & Pérusse, D. (2003). Physical aggression and expressive vocabulary in 19 month-old twins. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 261-273.

Nagin, D. S. & Tremplay, R. E. (1999). Trajectories of Boys' Physical Aggression, Opposition, and Hyperactivity on the Path to Physically Violent and Nonviolent Juvenile Delinquency. Personality and Social Development, 70 (5), 1181–1196.

Tremblay, R. E., Nagin, D. S., Séguin, J. R., Zoccolillo, M., Zelazo, P. D., Boivin, M., Pérusse, D., & Japel, C. (2004). Physical aggression during early childhood: Trajectories and predictors. Pediatrics, 114(1), e43-e50.

Vaillancourt, T. & Hymel, S. (2006). Aggression, social status and the moderating role of sex and peer-valued characteristics. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 396-408.

Vaillancourt, T. (2004). Toward a bully-free community: The case of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Teaching and Learning, 1(3), 14-16.

Vaillancourt, T., Hymel, S., & McDougall, P. (2003). Bullying is power: Implications for school-based intervention strategies. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 19, 157—17.

Bullying

Day, K., Van Lieshout, R.J., Vaillancourt, T., & Schmidt, L.A. (2015). Peer victimization in survivors of premature birth and low birth weight: Review and recommendations. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 25 Part B, 259-265. doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2015.09.010

Day, K.L., Van Lieshout, R.J., Vaillancourt, T., Saigal, S., Boyle, M.H., & Schmidt, L.A. (2015). Peer Victimization in Extremely Low Birth Weight Survivors. Clinical Pediatrics, 54, 1339-1345, doi: 10.1177/0009922815580770

Vitoroulis, I. & Vaillancourt, T. (2015).  Meta-analytic results of ethnic group differences in peer victimization. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 149-170. doi: 10.1002/AB.21564.

Haltigan, J.D. & Vaillancourt, T. (2014). Joint trajectories of bullying and peer victimization across elementary and middle school and associations with symptoms of psychopathology. Developmental Psychology, 50, 2426-2436. doi: 10.1037/a0038030

Wang, W., Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H.L., McDougall, P., Krygsman, A., Smith, D., Cunningham, C. E., Haltigan, J. D., & Hymel, S. (2014). School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: Results from a multi-informant study. School Psychology Quarterly, 29, 360-377. doi:10.1037/spq0000084

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H. L., McDougall, P., & Duku, E. (2013). Longitudinal links between childhood peer victimization, internalizing and externalizing problems, and academic functioning: Developmental cascades. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 1203-1215. doi: 10.1007/s10802-013-9781-5

Vaillancourt, T. & McDougall, P. (2013). The link between childhood exposure to violence and academic achievement: Complex pathways.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41(8), 1177-1178. doi: 10.1007/s10802-013-9803-3

Vaillancourt, T., Hymel, S., & McDougall, P., (2013). The biological underpinnings of peer victimization: Understanding why and how the effects of bullying can last a lifetime. Theory into Practice, 52, 241-248. doi: 10.1080/00405841.2013.829726

Vaillancourt, T., Duku, E., Becker, S., Schmidt, L., Nicol, J., Muir, C., & MacMillian, H. (2011). Peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and high salivary cortisol predict poor memory in children.  Brain and Cognition, 77, 191-199. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2011.06.012

Vaillancourt, T. & Schmidt, L.A.  (2011). Aggression and peer victimization: Genetic, neurophysiological, and neuroendocrine considerations.  Brain and Cognition, 77, 151-152. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2011.06.006

Swearer, S., Espelage, D., Vaillancourt, T., & Hymel, S. (2010).  What can be done about school bullying? Linking research to educational practice.  Educational Researcher, 39, 38-47. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357622

Vaillancourt, T., Trinh, V., McDougall, P., Duku, E., Cunningham, L., Cunningham, C., Hymel, S., & Short, K. (2010). Optimizing population screening of bullying in school-aged children. Journal of School Violence, 9, 233-250. doi: 10.1080/15388220.2010.483182

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H., Bennett, L., Arnocky, S., McDougall, P., Hymel, S., Short, K., Sunderani, S., Scott, C., Mackenzie, M., & Cunningham, L. (2010). Places to avoid: Population-based study of student reports of unsafe and high bullying areas at school. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 25, 40-54. doi: 10.1177/0829573509358686

Vaillancourt, T. , Duku, E, deCatanzaro, D., MacMillan, H., & Muir, C., & Schmidt, L.A. (2009). Variation in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity among bullied and non-bullied children. Aggressive Behavior, 34, 294-305. doi: 10.1002/ab.20240

Mishna, F., Wiener, J., & Pepler, D. (2008). Some of my best friends: Experiences of bullying within friendships. School Psychology International, 29(5), 549-573.

Cummings, J., Pepler, D., Mishna, F., & Craig, W. (2006). Bullying and victimization among students with exceptionalities. Exceptionality Education Canada, 16, 193-222.

Mishna, F., Peplar, D., Wiener, & J. (2006). Factors Associated With Perceptions and Responses to Bullying Situations by Children, Parents, Teachers, and Principals. Victims and Offenders, 1, 255.

Pepler, D., Craig, W., Connolly, J., Yuile, A. & McMaster, L. (2006) A developmental perspective on bullying. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 376-384.

Janssen, I., Craig, W. M., Boyce, W., & Pickett, W. (2004). Associations Between Overweight and Obesity with Peer Victimization and Bullying in School-Aged Children. Pediatrics, 113, 1187-1193.

Craig, W. M. & Pepler, D. J. (2003). Identifying and Targeting Risk for Involvement in Bullying and Victimization. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48, 577-583.

Hawkins, D.L., Pepler, D., & Craig, W. M. (2001). Peer interventions in playground bullying. Social Development.10, 512-527.

Connolly, J., Pepler, D. J., Craig, W. M., Tardash, A. (2000). Dating experiences and romantic relationships of bullies in early adolescence. Journal of Maltreatment, 5, 299-310.

Craig, W. & Pepler, D. J. (1997). Observations of bullying and victimization in the schoolyard. Canadian Journal of School Psychology,13, 41-60.

Craig, W. M. & Pepler, D. J. (1995). Peer processes in bullying and victimization: An observational study. Exceptionality Education in Canada, 5, 81-95.

Interventions

Lipman, E. L., Boyle, M. H., Cunningham, C. E., Kenney, M., Sniderman, C., Duku, E.,Mills, B., Evans, P., & Waymouth, M. (2006). Testing effectiveness of a community-based aggression management program for children 7 to 11 year old and their families, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 1085-1093.

Tremblay, R.E. (2006). Prevention of youth violence: Why not start at the beginning? Journal of Abnornal Child Psychology, 34, (4), 481-487.

Peplar, D., Craig, W., Zieglar, S., & Charach, A. (1994). An evaluation of an anti-bullying intervention in Toronto schools. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.

Shyness

Schmidt, L.A., Fox, N.A., & Hamer, D.H. (2007). Evidence for a gene-gene interaction in children’s behavior problems: Association of 5-HTT short and DRD4 long genotypes with internalizing and externalizing behaviors in seven year-old children. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 1105-1116.

Beaton, E.A., Schmidt, L.A., Ashbaugh, A.R., Santesso, D.L., Antony, M.M., McCabe, R.E., Segalowitz, S.J., & Schulkin, J. (2006). Low salivary cortisol levels among socially anxious young adults: Preliminary evidence from a selected and a non-selected sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 1217-1228.

Mental Health

Asseraf, M. & Vaillancourt, T. (2015). Longitudinal links between perfectionism and depression in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 895-908. doi: 10.1007/s10802-014-9947-9

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H. L., McDougall, P., Krygsman, A., Boylan, K., Duku, E., & Hymel, S. (2014).  Predicting borderline personality disorder symptoms in adolescents from childhood physical and relational aggression, depression, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 817-830. doi:10.1017/S0954579414000418