Member Name:

m_boivin

Member Since:

November 12, 2008

Last Logged in:

November 13, 2008

A few words about me...

Michel Boivin is Professor of Psychology and, since 2004, Canada Research Chair on Child Social Development at the School of Psychology of Laval University. He completed his Ph.D. in psychology in 1986, and undertook postdoctoral studies at the University of Denver and at the University of Colorado ( Boulder). Since his return to Laval University, he was SSHRC Canada Research Fellow (1987-90) and CIHR senior investigator (2000-04). He is now member of the executive committee, and director at Laval University, of the Research Unit on Children's Psycho-Social Maladjustment (GRIP), a interdisciplinary and inter-university research center investigating risk and protective factors influencing children's development. He also chairs the Scientific Committee of the Knowledge Center for Early Childhood Learning. Dr. Boivin's main research interests concern children' social behaviors, peer relationships, and school adjustment. He is currently co-PI in three large scale population based longitudinal studies investigating the developmental trajectories of these outcomes, as well as their early biological and environmental determinants.



Recent Publications:

1. Boivin*, M., Pérusse, D., Dionne, G., Saysset, V., Zoccolillo, M., Tarabulsy, G., et al. (2005). The genetic-environment etiology of parent's perceptions and self-assessed behaviors toward their 5-month-old infants in a large twin and singleton sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46(6), 612-630.

2. Barker, E. D., Boivin*, M., Brendgen, M., Fontaine, N., Arsenault, L., Vitaro, F., Bissonnette, C. & Tremblay, R. E. (2008). The predictive validity and early predictors of peer victimization trajectories in preschool. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(10):1185-1192.

3. Boivin, M., Vitaro, F. & Poulin, F. (2005). Peer relationships and the development of aggressive behavior in early childhood. In R.E. Tremblay, W. W. Hartup & J. Archer (Eds.), Developmental origins of aggression (pp. 376-397). New York, United States : Guilford Press.

4. Leblanc, N., Boivin*, M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R., Pérusse, D. (2008). The development of hyperactive/impulsive behaviors during the preschool years: The predictive validity of parental assessments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 977-987.

5. Ouellet-Morin, I., Boivin*, M., Dionne, G., Lupien, S.J., Arsenault, L., Barr, R.G., Pérusse, D., & Tremblay, R.E. (2008) Variations in Heritability of Cortisol Reactivity to Stress as a function of Early Familial Adversity among 19 Month-Old Twins. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(2), 211-218.

6. Ouellet-Morin, I., Dionne, G., Pérusse, D., Lupien, S., Arseneault, L., Barr, R.G., Tremblay, R.E., & Boivin*, M. (in press). Daytime Cortisol Secretion in 6 month-old twins: Genetic and Environmental contributions as a function of Early Familial Adversity. Biological Psychiatry.

7. Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Girard, A., M., & Pérusse, D. (2008). Gene-Environment Interaction Between Peer Victimization and Child aggression. Development and Psychopathology, 20(2), 455-471.

8. Van Lier, P., Boivin*, M., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Perusse, D., Koot, H., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E., & Pérusse, D. (2007). Kindergarten children's genetic vulnerabilities interact with friends' aggression to promote physical aggression. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 8, 1080-1087.

9. Lemelin, J-P., Boivin*, M, Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Séguin, J.R., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Pérusse D. (2007). The genetic-environmental etiology of cognitive school readiness in early childhood. Child Development, 78, 6, 1855-1869.

10. Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Lemelin, J.P., Pérusse, D., Tremblay R.E., Boivin, M. (in press). Early Child Language Mediates the Relation Between Home Environment and School Readiness. Child Development.