A5057842778- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Social Media and Politics
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Gender and Technology in Education
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Dam Engineering and Safety
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
University of Johannesburg
2016-2025
Université de Sherbrooke
2021-2025
Université de Montréal
2010-2024
Université Sainte-Anne
2015-2021
Concordia University
2015-2019
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
2010-2017
New York University
2012-2016
Alvernia University
2012-2015
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
2015
McGill University
2012-2014
We first replicated the data analytic strategy used in Duncan et al. (2007) with a population-based set of French-speaking children from Quebec (Canada). Prospective associations were examined between cognitive, attention, and socioemotional characteristics underlying kindergarten school readiness second grade math, reading, general achievement. then extended this model by including motor skills as an additional element prediction equation expanded original classroom engagement. The Montreal...
Participants: A total of 1314 (of 2120) children Main Exposure: Parent-reported data on weekly hours television exposure at 29 and 53 months age.We conducted a series ordinary least-squares regressions in which children's academic, psychosocial, lifestyle characteristics are linearly regressed early preschool exposure.Outcome Measures: Parent teacher reports health behaviors body mass index measurements (calculated as weight kilograms divided by height meters squared) 10 years age.Results:...
Digital media availability has surged over the past decade. Because of a lack comprehensive measurement tools, this rapid growth in access to digital is accompanied by scarcity research examining family context and sociocognitive outcomes. There also little cross-cultural families with young children. Modern are mobile, interactive, often short duration, making them difficult remember when caregivers respond surveys about use. The Comprehensive Assessment Family Media Exposure (CAFE)...
Students’ mental health has been an increased concern since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. However, academic outcomes have received very little attention. In this study, changes in students’ achievement motivation are investigated using expectancy–value framework. Participants (n = 90) were high school students (grades 9 and 10) who reported on their expectancy value perceptions regard to learning before during pandemic (i.e., January November 2020). Changes over time as a function...
We examined whether the negative relation between television viewing that exceeds recommendations of American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) and school readiness varied by family income.Data were collected from 807 children diverse backgrounds. Parents reported hours viewing, as well income. Children assessed using measures math, knowledge letters words, executive function (EF).Television was negatively associated with math EF but not letter word knowledge. An interaction income indicated effect...
Risky media use in terms of accumulating too much time front screens and usage before bedtime early childhood is linked to developmental delays, reduced sleep quality, unhealthy later adulthood. For this reason, we examine patterns pre-school children the extent which child family characteristics contribute during COVID-19 pandemic.A cross-sectional study digital by Canadian preschool-aged (mean age = 3.45, N 316) was conducted at start pandemic between April August 2020. Parents completed a...
Tablet use continues to increase in preschool-aged children. The of mobile devices has been linked child emotional dysregulation. However, few studies have able show a clear direction association between tablet and the development self-regulation skills. In addition, modeled within-person associations over time.
Objective: Research has traditionally neglected child-learning skills as important when entering kindergarten. In this article, we consider a novel dimension of school readiness by examining prospective associations between early classroom engagement skills, reflecting self-regulation and the ability to remain on task, later academic adjustment in emerging adolescence. Methods: Kindergarten teachers rated 960 children from Québec Longitudinal Study Child Development. Outcomes measured at...
The extent to which early childhood exposure violent media is associated with subsequent adverse child functioning remains disconcerting. In this study, we examine whether preschool what parents generally characterize as television programming predicts a range of second-grade mental health outcomes.Participants are from the Quebec Longitudinal Study Child Development (N = 1786). At 41 and 53 months, reported had viewed shows videos consisting they judged content.According parents, children...
Background. School-entry characteristics predict adult educational attainment, which forecasts dispositions toward disease prevention. Health and education risks can also be transmitted from one generation to the next. As such, school readiness a set of intertwined biopsychosocial trajectories that influence developmental antecedents health prevalence in society. Purpose. To children’s behaviors academic adjustment at end fourth grade their kindergarten entry math, vocabulary, attention...
The extent to which digital media use by adolescents contributes poor mental health, or vice-versa, remains unclear. purpose of the present study is clarify strength and direction associations between adolescent internet development depression symptoms using a longitudinal modeling approach. We also examine whether differ for boys girls.
The relationship between early childhood television viewing and physical fitness in school age children has not been extensively studied using objective outcome measures. Using a sample of 1314 from the Québec Longitudinal Study Child Development, we examine association parental reports weekly hours viewing, assessed at 29 53 months age, direct measures second grade muscular performances on standing long jump test (SLJ) fourth waist circumference. Controlling for many potentially confounding...
Using a large Canadian population-based sample, this study aimed to verify whether televiewing in toddlerhood is prospectively associated with self-reported social impairment middle school.Participants are from prospective-longitudinal birth cohort of 991 girls and 1006 boys the Quebec Longitudinal Study Child Development. ratings relational difficulties at age 13 years were linearly regressed on parent-reported 2 while adjusting for potential confounders.Every additional 1 h early childhood...
OBJECTIVES: To estimate associations between kindergarten readiness and academic, psychological, health risks by end of high school. METHODS: This study is based on 966 Canadian children. At age 5, trained examiners assessed child number knowledge receptive vocabulary. Teachers reported classroom engagement. 17, participants academic grades, school connectedness, anxiety sensitivity, substance abuse, physical activity involvement, height weight. High dropout risk was also estimated for each...
Individual differences in effortful control, a component of temperament, reflecting the ability to use attention and other cognitive processes self-regulate emotion behavior, contribute child academic adjustment, social competence, wellbeing. Research has linked excessive screen time early childhood reduced self-regulation ability. Furthermore, research suggests that parents are more likely screens with children who have challenging temperaments, such as low levels control. Since by between...
Digital media use may be associated with adverse developmental outcomes and can affected by individual, family, sociodemographic factors. From a perspective, this exploratory study investigates the relationships between maternal symptoms of common mental disorders (CMD) health orientation on digital in early childhood. Participants were 267 mothers children up to 3 years age divided into three subgroups: G1 (0–12 months age; n = 84); G2 (13–24 97); G3 (25–36 86). According comparative...