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Health Service Use Among Young Adults With a History of Adolescent Cannabis Use Open

Pablo Martínez, Nicholas Chadi, Natalie Castellanos‐Ryan, Francis Vergunst, Marc Dorais , et al. · 2025

Importance Adolescent cannabis use is a substantial public health concern given its associations with adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Understanding how distinct use patterns are associated with medical care utilization in youn…

Bidirectional Associations Between Civic Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality in Youth: A Population‐Based Study Open

Anthony Sciola, Erinn L. Acland, Frédérick L. Philippe, Tianna Loose, Massimiliano Orri , et al. · 2025

Introduction Civic engagement is common in youth, yet its longitudinal association with mental health remains understudied. This study aims to document bidirectional associations between civic engagement, depressive symptoms, and suicidali…

Heat Effects on Children’s Education Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Open

Caitlin M. Prentice, Margaux Meneveau, Jerry J. Wu, Lisa‐Christine Girard, Yao Zheng , et al. · 2025

Education affects nearly every dimension of human flourishing. As climate change drives higher average temperatures and more intense and frequent heatwaves, understanding the effects of heat exposure on children’s education outcomes is inc…

Heat Effects on Children’s Education Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Open

Caitlin M. Prentice, Margauz Meneveau, Jerry J. Wu, Lisa‐Christine Girard, Yao Zheng , et al. · 2025

Education affects nearly every dimension of human flourishing. As climate change drives higher average temperatures and more intense and frequent heatwaves, understanding the effects of heat exposure on children’s education is increasingly…

Nurturing care as a critical buffer against climate change impacts on child development Open

Jorge Cuartas, Francis Vergunst · 2025

We examine empirical and conceptual considerations related to the role of nurturing care for protecting human capital formation in the context of climate change. Climate change is a pressing global challenge. Heatwaves, wildfires, storms, …

High and Absent Climate Change Worry Are Associated With Distinct Mental Health Risks in a Nationally Representative Sample of Norwegian Adolescents Open

Margaux Meneveau, Cédric Galéra, Francis Vergunst · 2025

Association of youth climate change worry with present and past mental health symptoms: a longitudinal population-based study Open

Francis Vergunst, Caitlin M. Prentice, Massimiliano Orri, Helen Berry, Vincent Paquin , et al. · 2024

Escolas fechadas: mudanças climáticas já prejudicam a educação de crianças ao redor do mundo Open

Caitlin M. Prentice, Helen Berry, Francis Vergunst, Kelton Minor · 2024

School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education Open

Caitlin M. Prentice, Helen Berry, Francis Vergunst, Kelton Minor · 2024

Mechanisms and pathways linking kindergarten behavior problems with mid‐life employment earnings for males from low‐income neighborhoods Open

Francis Vergunst, Frank Vitaro, Mara Brendgen, Marie‐Pier Larose, Alain Girard , et al. · 2023

Childhood behavior problems are associated with reduced labor market participation and lower earnings in adulthood, but little is known about the pathways and mechanisms that explain these associations. Drawing on a 33‐year prospective bir…

Definitions and scope of the mental health burden of global climate change Open

Francis Vergunst, R Williamson, A. Mazzazza, Helen Berry, Miranda Olff · 2023

Introduction Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events – such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires – and undermining the mental health and wellbeing of global populations, but the dimensions and scope of…

Child Sexual Abuse and Employment Earnings in Adulthood: A Prospective Canadian Cohort Study Open

Samantha Bouchard, Rachel Langevin, Francis Vergunst, Melissa Commisso, Pascale Domond , et al. · 2023

Association of Childhood Externalizing, Internalizing, and Comorbid Symptoms With Long-term Economic and Social Outcomes Open

Francis Vergunst, Melissa Commisso, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Caroline E. Temcheff, Martine Poirier , et al. · 2023

Importance Little is known about the long-term economic and social outcomes for children with longitudinally assessed comorbid externalizing and internalizing symptoms, especially compared with children with externalizing symptoms or inter…

Prospective Polysubstance use Profiles Among Adolescents with Early-onset Cannabis Use, and their Association with Cannabis Outcomes in Emerging Adulthood Open

Nina Pocuca, Nicholas Chadi, Francis Vergunst, Sophie Parent, Sylvana M. Côté , et al. · 2023

Climate Change and Substance-Use Behaviors: A Risk-Pathways Framework Open

Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry, Kelton Minor, Nicholas Chadi · 2022

Climate change is undermining the mental and physical health of global populations, but the question of how it is affecting substance-use behaviors has not been systematically examined. In this narrative synthesis, we find that climate cha…

Association of childhood externalizing, internalizing and comorbid symptoms with long-term economic outcomes Open

Francis Vergunst, Melissa Commisso, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, C. Temcheff, Sara Scardera , et al. · 2022

Introduction Externalising and internalising problems are common in school-aged children. Few studies have examined the association between comorbid externalising and internalising symptoms and adult-life economic participation. Objectives…

Climate change and substance use disorders – do we understand the risks? Open

Francis Vergunst, H. Berry · 2022

Introduction Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe heatwaves, storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires. These events cause widespread economic and social disruption and are undermining population health worldwid…

Association between child sexual abuse and mid-life employment earnings Open

Samantha Bouchard, Rachel Langevin, Francis Vergunst, Melissa Commisso, Pascale Domond , et al. · 2022

Importance Individuals who have been sexually abused are at a greater risk for poor health, but associations with economic outcomes in mid-life have been overlooked. Objectives We investigated associations between child sexual abuse (≤18 y…

Long-term economic and social outcomes of youth suicide attempts Open

Massimiliano Orri, Francis Vergunst, Gustavo Turecki, Cédric Galéra, Éric Latimer , et al. · 2021

Background Youth who attempt suicide are more at risk for later mental disorders and suicide. However, little is known about their long-term socioeconomic outcomes. Aims We investigated associations between youth suicide attempts and adult…

Climate Change and Children’s Mental Health: A Developmental Perspective Open

Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry · 2021

Climate change is a major global public-health challenge that will have wide-ranging impacts on human psychological health and well-being. Children and adolescents are at particular risk because of their rapidly developing brain, vulnerabi…

Work-related and personal predictors of COVID-19 transmission: evidence from the UK and USA Open

Paul Anand, Heidi Allen, Robert L. Ferrer, Natalie Gold, Rolando Gonzales Martínez , et al. · 2021

Objective To develop evidence of work-related and personal predictors of COVID-19 transmission. Setting and respondents Data are drawn from a population survey of individuals in the USA and UK conducted in June 2020. Background methods Reg…

Behaviour in childhood is associated with distinct patterns of partnering in adulthood Open

Francis Vergunst, Yao Zheng, Pascale Domond, Frank Vitaro, Richard E. Tremblay , et al. · 2021

Introduction Childhood behavioral problems are highly prevalent in school-aged children and are associated with poor long-term outcomes. Yet little is known about their association with patterns of partnering in adulthood. Objectives To (1…

Mental health and climate change – a developmental life course perspective Open

Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry · 2021

Introduction Climate change is a major global public health challenge that will have wide ranging effects on human psychological health and wellbeing through the increased incidence of acute (e.g., storms, floods, wildfires), sub-acute (e.…

Childhood behaviours and adverse economic and social outcomes – can we improve detection and prevention? Open

Francis Vergunst, Richard E. Tremblay, Daniel S. Nagin, Frank Vitaro, Sylvana M. Côté · 2021

Introduction Disruptive behaviours underpin the most prevalent and costly psychiatric disorders in youth including ADHD and conduct disorder. Yet the association between childhood behavioural problems and economic and social outcomes in ad…

Work-related and Personal Predictors of COVID-19 Transmission Open

Paul Anand, Heidi Allen, Robert L. Ferrer, Natalie Gold, Rolando Gonzales Martínez , et al. · 2020

The paper provides new evidence from a survey of 2000 individuals in the US and UK related to predictors of Covid-19 transmission. Specifically, it investigates work and personal predictors of transmission experience reported by respondent…

Developmental profiles of childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and irritability: association with adolescent mental health, functional impairment, and suicidal outcomes Open

Cédric Galéra, Massimiliano Orri, Francis Vergunst, Maria Melchior, Judith van der Waerden , et al. · 2020

Background Irritability is frequently comorbid with ADHD. Although irritability alone has been linked to deleterious mental health and adaptive issues, the joint developmental course of ADHD and irritability symptoms during childhood as we…

Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers Open

Marie‐Pier Larose, Isabelle Ouellet‐Morin, Francis Vergunst, Frank Vitaro, Alain Girard , et al. · 2020

Work-Related and Personal Predictors of COVID-19 Transmission Open

Paul Anand, Heidi Allen, Robert L. Ferrer, Natalie Gold, Rolando Gonzales Martínez , et al. · 2020

Inattention in boys from low-income backgrounds predicts welfare receipt: a 30-year prospective study Open

Francis Vergunst, Richard E. Tremblay, Daniel S. Nagin, Yao Zheng, Cédric Galéra , et al. · 2019

Background Childhood disruptive behaviors are highly prevalent and associated with adverse long-term social and economic outcomes. Trajectories of welfare receipt in early adulthood and the association of childhood behaviors with high welf…

Association Between Childhood Behaviors and Adult Employment Earnings in Canada Open

Francis Vergunst, Richard E. Tremblay, Daniel S. Nagin, Yann Algan, Elizabeth Beasley , et al. · 2019

In this large population-based sample of kindergarten children, behavioral ratings at 5-6 years were associated with employment earnings 3 decades later, independent of a person's IQ and family background. Inattention and aggression-opposi…

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