École de psychologie
Professeure titulaire
Madame Dionne est chercheuse au Groupe de recherche sur l’inadaptation psychosociale chez l’enfant (GRIP). Après des études postdoctorales au Social Genetic Developmental Psychology Research Centre (SGDP) du London Institute of Psychiatry (UK), elle se spécialise en psychologie du développement dans le but d’étudier les transactions entre les influences génétiques et environnementales en cours de développement. Avec des collègues du GRIP, elle codirige l’Étude des jumeaux nouveau-nés du Québec, une cohorte suivie depuis 20 ans pour documenter plusieurs aspects du développement normal et pathologique. Elle s’y intéresse plus spécifiquement aux déterminants du développement du langage, de la lecture et de l’écriture, mais aussi des difficultés comportementales, émotionnelles, sociales et scolaires, de la petite enfance à l’adolescence. Elle détient une expertise en méthodes quantitatives appliquées aux études longitudinales et génétiquement informatives.
Articles (revues avec comité de lecture) :
* = étudiant sous ma supervision
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M. & Vitaro, F. (2019, en ligne). Genetic and environmental influences on developmental trajectories of adolescent alcohol use. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01284-x.
Tosto, M. G., *Garon-Carrier, G., Gross, S., Petrill, S. A., Malykh, S., Malki, K., Dionne, G. & Kovas, Y. (2018, en ligne). The nature of the association between number line and mathematical performance: An international twin study. British Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12259.
*Mimeau, C., Dionne, G., Feng, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2018). The Genetic and Environmental Etiology of the Association between Vocabulary and Syntax in First Grade. Language Learning and Development, 14(2), 149–166. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2018.1427589.
*Henry, J., Dionne, G., Viding, E., Petitclerc, A., Feng, B., Vitaro, F., & Boivin, M. (2018). A longitudinal twin study of callous-unemotional traits during childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(4), 374–384. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000349.
*Henry, J., Dionne, G., Viding, E., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2018). Early warm-rewarding parenting moderates the genetic contributions to callous-unemotional traits in childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(12), 1282–1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12918.
Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Yokoyama, Y., Hur, Y.-M., Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Dionne, G. & Silventoinen, K. (2018). Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 6300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24634-2.
Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Hur, Y.-M., Harris, J. R., Brandt, I., Dionne, G. & Silventoinen, K. (2018). Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. Early Human Development, 120, 53–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.004.
White, E. K., *Garon-Carrier, G., Tosto, M. G., Malykh, S. B., Li, X., Kiddle, B. & Kovas, Y. (2018). Twin classroom dilemma: To study together or separately? Developmental Psychology, 54(7), 1244–1254. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000519.
Ismaylova, E., Lévesque, M. L., Pomares, F. B., Szyf, M., Nemoda, Z., Fahim, C., Dionne, G.& Booij, L. (2018). Serotonin transporter promoter methylation in peripheral cells and neural responses to negative stimuli: A study of adolescent monozygotic twins. Translational Psychiatry, 8(1), 147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0195-6.
*Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Kovas, Y., Parent, S., Séguin, J. R. & Dionne, G. (2018). Early developmental trajectories of number knowledge and math achievement from 4 to 10 years: Low-persistent profile and early-life predictors. Journal of School Psychology, 68, 84–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.02.004.
Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2018). Longitudinal Links Between Gambling Participation and Academic Performance in Youth: A Test of Four Models. Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(3), 881–892. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-017-9736-9.
Vitaro, F., Dickson, D. J., Brendgen, M., Laursen, B., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2018). The gene–environmental architecture of the development of adolescent substance use. Psychological Medicine, 48(15), 2500–2507. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000089.
*Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Robaey, P., Tremblay, R. E. & Dionne, G. (2018). Cognitive mechanisms underlying the associations between inattention and reading abilities. Developmental Neuropsychology, 43(1), 92–105. http://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2017.1422508.
Rivizzigno, A. S., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2018). Links between friends’ behaviors and the emergence of leadership in childhood: A genetically informed study of twins. Social Development, 27(2), 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12266.
Yokoyama, Y., Jelenkovic, A., Hur, Y.-M., Sund, R., Fagnani, C., Stazi, M. A., Dionne, G. & Silventoinen, K. (2018). Genetic and environmental factors affecting birth size variation: a pooled individual-based analysis of secular trends and global geographical differences using 26 twin cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(4), 1195–1206. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy081.
Riva, V., Cantiani, C., Benasich, A. A., Molteni, M., Piazza, C., Giorda, R., Dionne, G. & Marino, C. (2018). From CNTNAP2 to Early Expressive Language in Infancy: The Mediation Role of Rapid Auditory Processing. Cerebral Cortex, 28(6), 2100–2108. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhx115.
Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2017). Heterogeneity in the development of proactive and reactive aggression in childhood: Common and specific genetic - environmental factors. PLOS ONE, 12(12), e0188730. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188730
Brouillard, C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2017, en ligne). Links Between the Mother–Adolescent and Father–Adolescent Relationships and Adolescent Depression: A Genetically Informed Study. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1350964.
*Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Kovas, Y., Feng, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F. & Dionne, G. (2017). Persistent Genetic and Family-Wide Environmental Contributions to Early Number Knowledge and Later Achievement in Mathematics. Psychological Science, 28(12), 1707–1718. http://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617721480.
Rivizzigno, A. S., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2018). Links between friends’ behaviors and the emergence of leadership in childhood: A genetically informed study of twins. Social Development, 27(2), 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12266.
Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Pietiläinen, K. H., Hur, Y. M., Willemsen, G., Dionne, G. & Stazi, M. A. (2017). Association between birthweight and later body mass index: an individual-based pooled analysis of 27 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. International journal of epidemiology, 46(5), 1488-1498. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx031.
Riva, V., Cantiani, C., Dionne, G., Marini, A., Mascheretti, S., Molteni, M. & Marino, C. (2017). Working memory mediates the effects of gestational age at birth on expressive language development in children. Neuropsychology, 31(5), 475-485. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/neu0000376.
Schumann, L., Boivin, M., Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Booij, L. (2017). Persistence and innovation effects in genetic and environmental factors in negative emotionality during infancy: A twin study. PLOS ONE, 12(4), e0176601. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176601.
*Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F. & Dionne, G. (2017). Phenotypic and genetic associations between reading and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder dimensions in adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 29(4), 1215–1226. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416001255.
Battaglia, M., *Garon-Carrier, G., Côté, S. M., Dionne, G., Touchette, E., Vitaro, F. & Boivin, M. (2017). Early childhood trajectories of separation anxiety: Bearing on mental health, academic achievement, and physical health from mid-childhood to preadolescence. Depression and Anxiety, 34(10), 918–927. http://doi.org/10.1002/da.22674.
Casey, K.F., Levesque, M.L., Szyf, M., Ismaylova, E., Verner, M.P., Suderman, M., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E. & Booij, L. (2017). Birth Weight Discordance, DNA Methylation and Cortical Morphology of Adolescent Monozygotic Twins. Human Brain Mapping, 38(4), 2037-2050. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23503.
Serra Poirier, C., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2017). Contagion of Anxiety Symptoms Among Adolescent Siblings: A Twin Study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27(1), 65–77. http://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12254.
Laursen, B., Hartl, A. C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2017). The spread of substance use and delinquency between adolescent twins. Developmental Psychology, 53(2), 329–339. http://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000217.
Mascheretti, S., Trezzi, V., Giorda, R., Boivin, M., Plourde, V., Vitaro, F. & Marino, C. (2017). Complex effects of dyslexia risk factors account for ADHD traits: evidence from two independent samples. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(1), 75–82. http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12612.
Brendgen, M., Ouellet-Morin, I., Lupien, S. J., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2017). Environmental influence of problematic social relationships on adolescents’ daily cortisol secretion: a monozygotic twin-difference study. Psychological Medicine, 47(3), 460–470. http://doi.org/10.1017/S003329171600252X.
Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Hur, Y.-M., Yokoyama, Y., Hjelmborg, J. v. B., Möller, S., Dionne, G. & Silventoinen, K. (2016). Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 28496. http://doi.org/10.1038/srep28496.
Battaglia, M., Touchette, É., *Garon-Carrier, G., Dionne, G. & al. (2016). Distinct trajectories of separation anxiety in the preschool years: persistence at school entry and early-life associated factors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(1), 39-46. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12424.
Bekkhus, M., Brendgen, M., Czajkowski, N.O., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2016). Associations Between Sibling Relationship Quality and Friendship Quality in Early Adolescence: Looking at the Case of Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(2), 125-135. doi : 10.1017/thg.2016.98.
*Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Guay, F., Kovas, Y., Dionne, G., Lemelin, J.-P., Séguin, J. R., Vitaro, F. & Tremblay, R. E. (2016). Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics in Elementary School: A Longitudinal Investigation of Their Association. Child Development, 87(1), 165-175. doi : 10.1111/cdev.12458.
Girard, S. L., Bourassa, C. V., Lemieux Perreault, L.-P., Legault, M.-A., Barhdadi, A., Ambalavanan, A. & Rouleau, G. A. (2016). Paternal Age Explains a Major Portion of De Novo Germline Mutation Rate Variability in Healthy Individuals. PLOS ONE, 11(10), e0164212. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164212.
Guimond, F.-A., Laursen, B., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2016). Associations between mother-child relationship quality and adolescent adjustment: Using a genetically controlled design to determine the direction and magnitude of effects. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(3), 196-204. doi : 10.1177/0165025415620059.
Ouellet-Morin, I., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Lupien, S. J., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F. & Boivin, M. (2016). Evidence of a unique and common genetic etiology between the CAR and the remaining part of the diurnal cycle: A study of 14 year-old twins. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 66, 91-100. doi : 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.12.022.
Serra Poirier, C., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2016). Friendship Experiences and Anxiety Among Children: A Genetically Informed Study. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(5), 655–667. http://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.987382.
Seegers, V., Touchette, E., Dionne, G., Petit, D., Seguin, J. R., Montplaisir, J. & Tremblay, R. E. (2016). Short persistent sleep duration is associated with poor receptive vocabulary performance in middle childhood. Journal of Sleep Research, 25(3), 325–332. http://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12375.
Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Hur, Y.-M., Yokoyama, Y., Honda, C., Dionne, G. & Kaprio, J. (2016). Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), 371–379. http://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.130252.
Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2016). Personal and familial predictors of peer victimization trajectories from primary to secondary school. Developmental Psychology, 52(7), 1103–1114. http://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000107.
Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2016). Links between friends physical aggression and adolescents physical aggression: What happens if gene-environment correlations are controlled? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(3), 234–242. http://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415618277.
Yokoyama, Y., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Sung, J., Hopper, J. L., Ooki, S., Dionne, G. & Silventoinen, K. (2016). Twin’s Birth-Order Differences in Height and Body Mass Index From Birth to Old Age: A Pooled Study of 26 Twin Cohorts Participating in the CODATwins Project. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(2), 112–124. http://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2016.11.
Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). The Dark Side of Friends: A Genetically Informed Study of Victimization Within Early Adolescents’ Friendships. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 44(3), 417-431. doi : 10.1080/15374416.2013.873984.
Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). Gene-Environment Correlation Linking Aggression and Peer Victimization: Do Classroom Behavioral Norms Matter? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(1), 19-31. doi : 10.1007/s10802-013-9807-z.
Dickson, D. J., Richmond, A. D., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Laursen, B., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). Aggression can be contagious: Longitudinal associations between proactive aggression and reactive aggression among young twins. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 455–466. http://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21582.
Fortin, S., Jacobson, S. W., Gagnon, J., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Jacobson, J. L. & Muckle, G. (2015). Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Adversity in Inuit Mothers from Nunavik during the First Postpartum Year. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 9(2), 63-75.
Dirghangi, S., Kahn, G., Laursen, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). Co-Rumination Cultivates Anxiety : A Genetically Informed Study of Friend Influence During Early Adolescence. Developmental psychology, 51(4), 564-571. doi : 10.1037/a0038848.
Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Boivin, M., Dionne, G. & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). The Expression of Genetic Risk for Aggressive and Non-aggressive Antisocial Behavior is Moderated by Peer Group Norms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44(7), 1379-1395. doi : 10.1007/s10964-015-0296-y.
Vitaro, F. C. Hartl, A., Laursen, B., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). Reciprocal Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescent Twin Gambling and Delinquency. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(4), 1449-1461. doi : 10.1007/s10899-014-9487-9.
Guimond, F.-A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2015). Peer Victimization and Anxiety in Genetically Vulnerable Youth: The Protective Roles of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Anti-Bullying Classroom Rules. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(6), 1095-1106. doi : 10.1007/s10802-015-0001-3.
Kovas, Y., *Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Forget-Dubois, N. & al. (2015) Why do children differ in motivation to learn: Insights from over 13,000 twins from 6 countries. Personality and Individual Differences, 80, 51-63. doi : 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.006.
Levesque, M. L., Fahim, C., Ismaylova, E., Verner, M.-P., Casey, K.F., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E. & Booij, L. (2015). The Impact of the in utero and Early Postnatal Environments on Grey and White Matter Volume: A Study with Adolescent Monozygotic Twins. Developmental Neuroscience, 37(6), 489-496. doi : 10.1159/000430982.
Rivizzigno, A. S., Brendgen, M., Feng, B., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2015). Gene–Environment Interplay Between Number of Friends and Prosocial Leadership Behavior in Children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 60(2), 110-141. doi : 10.1353/mpq.2014.0013.
Salazar, S., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., Cantin, S., Forget-Dubois, N., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G. & Tremblay, R.E. (2015). Friendships and deviancy training in young children. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 7(2), 112-123. doi : 10.1108/JACPR-05-2014-0123.
*Mimeau, C., Plourde, V., Ouellet, A.-A. & Dionne, G. (2015). Comparison of measures of morphosyntactic complexity in French-speaking school-aged children. First Language. 35(2), 163-181. doi : 10.1177/0142723715577320.
*Plourde, V., Boivin, M., Forget-Dubois, N., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Marino, C., Tremblay, R.E. & Dionne, G. (2015). Phenotypic and genetic associations between reading comprehension, decoding skills, and ADHD dimensions: evidence from two population-based studies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(10), 1074-1082. doi : 10.1111/jcpp.12394.
Vitaro, F., Hartl, A.C., Brendgen, M., Laursen, B., Dionne, G. & Boivin, M. (2014). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Gambling and Substance Use in Early Adolescence. Behavior Genetics, 44(4), 347-3565. doi : 10.1007/s10519-014-9658-6.
Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E., Perusse, D. & Boivin, M. (2014) Gene-Environment Processes Linking Peer Victimization and Physical Health Problems: A Longitudinal Twin Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 39(1), 96-108. doi : 10.1093/jpepsy/jst078.
Girard, L.-C., Pingault, J.-B., Falissard, B., Boivin, M., Dionne, G. & Tremblay, R. E. (2014). Physical Aggression and Language Ability from 17 to 72 Months: Cross-Lagged Effects in a Population Sample. PLoS ONE, 9, e112185. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112185.
Salvas, M.-C.,Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2014). Friendship conflict and the development of generalized physical aggression in the early school years: A genetically informed study of potential moderators. Developmental Psychology, 50(6), 1794-1807. doi : 10.1037/a0036419.
*Poliakova, N., Dionne, G., DuBreuil, É., Pihl, R., Boivin, M. & Pérusse, D. (2014). A comparison of different quantification methods for the estimation of heart rate variability in infants. Psychophysiology, 51 (6), 579-583. doi : 10.1111/psyp.12194.
Lévesque, M. L., Casey, K. F., Szyf, M., Ismaylova, E., Ly, V., Verner, M.-P. & Booij, L. (2014). Genome-wide DNA methylation variability in adolescent monozygotic twins followed since birth. Epigenetics, 9(10), 1410–1422. http://doi.org/10.4161/15592294.2014.970060.
Lacourse, E., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Petitclerc, A., Girard, A., Vitaro, F., Paquin, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Dionne, G. & Tremblay, R.E. (2014). A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression during early childhood: evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome. Psychological Medicine, 44(12), 2617-2627. doi : 0.1017/S0033291713003218.
Paquin, S., Lacourse, E., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R.E. & Boivin, M. (2014). The Genetic-environmental Architecture of Proactive and Reactive Aggression Throughout Childhood. Monatsschrift für kriminologie und strafrecht, 97(5-6), 398-420.
Guimond, F.-A., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Tremblay, R. E. & Boivin, M. (2014). Gene–environment interplay in the link of friends’ and nonfriends’ behaviors with children’s social reticence in a competitive situation. Developmental Psychology, 50(3), 956–967. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0034354.
Dionne, G. & *Plourde, V. (2016). Bien parler prépare à bien lire : Le rôle du langage oral à l’âge préscolaire dans l’apprentissage de la lecture à l’école. Dans S. Grondin Ed. La psychologie au quotidien. Québec, QC : Presse de l’Université Laval.
Dionne, G., *Mimeau, C. & *Mathieu, É. (2014). Early language development as an indicator of school readiness : The case for predicting reading achievement. Dans M. Boivin et K. Bierman Eds. Promoting School Readiness and Early Learning: The Implications of Developmental Research for Practice. New York, NY : Guilford Press.
La doctorante Sophie Aubé et les professeurs Michel Boivin et Ginette Dionne, de l’École de psychologie de l’Université Laval, ont découvert en collaboration avec leurs collègues de l’UQAM, de la T
La Faculté des sciences sociales tient à féliciter ses professeures et professeurs qui ont obtenus des subventions lors des concours du Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines (CRSH).
Une recherche à laquelle ont participé l’étudiante-chercheuse Gabrielle Garon-Carrier et les professeurs Michel Boivin et Ginette Dionne, de l’École de psychologie, offre enfin des données probante