Tracy Vaillancourt, Ph.D.

Affiliation

Professor and Canada Research Chair,
Children’s Mental Health and Violence Prevention

Faculty of Education and
School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Ottawa
145 Jean-Jacques-Lussier, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 4134 (office)
or 1-888-622-8681 (toll free; lab)
Fax: 613-562-5963
Email: tracy.vaillancourt@uottawa.ca
Website: uOttawa UNIWeb

Appointments, cross appointments, fellowships

  • Canada Research Chair in Children's Mental Health and Violence Prevention (University of Ottawa: January 2008)
  • Professor (Adjunct)
    • Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
    • Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University

Research Interests

  • Bullying/Victimization
  • Indirect/Relational Aggression
  • Development of Aggression
  • Child Psychopathology
  • Social Status
  • Eating Disorders
  • Autism

Selected peer-reviewed journal articles

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). 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, 38, 600-614. 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

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

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

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., 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

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., 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. (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., 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. & 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

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

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