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Deinera Exner-Cortens

ResearcherSchool and Applied Child PsychologyUniversity of Calgary

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Deinera Exner-Cortens

Researcher

School and Applied Child Psychology

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (5 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Crc Acute Mental Health Needs Due To Covid-19 Data-Informed Program Development Resiliency School Re-Entry Screening Social-Emotional Learning Student Mental Health

Latest papers

How Socioeconomic Status Mediates the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modelling Approach.
Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026
Research on Law and Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence: Scoping Review.
Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026 · first author
A systematic review of existing brief interventions for youth following suicide attempt: informing the development of an autism-adapted intervention.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026

All 26 publications

Latest funding

What's Acceptable and What's Not: A Mixed-Method Study of Social and Gender Norms Around Controlling Behaviors in Adolescent Dating
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$78,596
Family-Level Mechanisms Shaping Mental Health Inequities and Access to Care Among 2S/LGBTQI+ Youth: A Community-Engaged Canadian Multi-Method Study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$699,223
From Insight to Action: Advancing Mentorship Effectiveness for Vulnerable Youth in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$71,838

All 16 grants and awards

26 publications.

How Socioeconomic Status Mediates the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modelling Approach.

Thiemann R, Deneault AA, Fearon P, Jenkins J, Salama H, Exner-Cortens D, Hodgins DC, Madigan S

Trauma, violence & abuse2026

DOI: 10.1177/15248380261467475 PMID: 42655924

Research on Law and Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence: Scoping Review.

Exner-Cortens D, Sharma S, Craig W

Trauma, violence & abuse2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/15248380251320994 PMID: 40017453

A systematic review of existing brief interventions for youth following suicide attempt: informing the development of an autism-adapted intervention.

Howe SJ, Andreasen S, Schwartzman JM, Exner-Cortens D, Thompson-Hodgetts S, Weiss JA, Chaput K, Maroney MR, Jacobs AX, Mattingly J, McMorris CA

Frontiers in psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1736168 PMID: 42368815

Perceived Everyday Discrimination and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Canadians.

Silang K, Horn SR, Szeto A, Exner-Cortens D, Giesbrecht GF, Lebel C, Dewsnapp K, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-026-03019-6 PMID: 42247088

Risk of Dating Violence Among Sexually Minoritized Relative to Heterosexual Young People in School- and Community-Based Samples: Meta-Analysis.

Maryn A, Exner-Cortens D, Matejko E, Keough J, Camacho Soto JN, Martin-Storey A

Trauma, violence & abuse2026

DOI: 10.1177/15248380261439149 PMID: 42068219

Perinatal depressive symptoms and child temperament at two years: The moderating role of child sleep duration.

Silang K, Horn SR, Giesbrecht GF, Szeto A, Exner-Cortens D, Dewsnapp K, Jung JW, Keys E, Lebel C, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120253 PMID: 40914521

Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention in Healthcare Settings: Systematic Scoping Review.

Vijh R, Exner-Cortens D, Madigan S, Noel M

Trauma, violence & abuse2025

DOI: 10.1177/15248380251381811 PMID: 41163319

Trauma Symptomology During COVID-19 Among Youth with a Learning, Cognitive or Psychological Disorder Diagnosis: Exploring Moderation by Social Support.

Rempel K, Schwartz KD, Exner-Cortens D

Canadian journal of school psychology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08295735251336409 PMID: 40395718

The Association Between Teen Dating Violence and Concussion.

Exner-Cortens D, Camacho Soto JN, Yeates KO, van Donkelaar P, Craig WM

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.019 PMID: 39320281

Secondary and Tertiary Prevention for Adolescent Dating Violence: A Systematic Review.

Camacho Soto JN, Exner-Cortens D, McMorris C, Madigan S

Trauma, violence & abuse2024

DOI: 10.1177/15248380241265384 PMID: 39077987

What's Acceptable and What's Not: A Mixed-Method Study of Social and Gender Norms Around Controlling Behaviors in Adolescent Dating

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Théorêt, Valérie

$78,596

Family-Level Mechanisms Shaping Mental Health Inequities and Access to Care Among 2S/LGBTQI+ Youth: A Community-Engaged Canadian Multi-Method Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Op. Gr. Adv. 2S_LGBTQI+ Heal. Thr. Res. - Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health

Principal investigators: McArthur, Brae Anne

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqi+ Youth; Administrative Data Linkage; Community-Engaged Research; Family-Level Mechanisms; Intervention Targets; Longitudinal Modeling; Mental Health Inequities; Policy Targets; Service Utilization; Transgender And Gender Diverse Youth

$699,223

From Insight to Action: Advancing Mentorship Effectiveness for Vulnerable Youth in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: McArthur, Brae Anne

Keywords: Child Development; Mentoring; Wellbeing; Vulnerable Youth; Youth Mental Health

$71,838

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Exner-Cortens, Deinera M

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

An examination of family-level risk and protective factors associated with LQBTQIA2S+ youth well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McArthur, Brae Anne

Keywords: Wellbeing; LGBTQIA2S+; Children; Adolescents; Youth; Family Systems; Risk and resiliency; Systematic Review; Longitudinal Analyses

$41,034

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; CUPS, .; Donnelly, Carlene; Moncayo, Gwendolyn J; Bennett, Marlyn L; Cummings, Jorden A; Darroch, Francine E; Holtmann, Catherine R; Jackson, Margaret A; King, Malcolm; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rogers, Matt W; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley

Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Evidence-Informed Health Care; Family Violence; Gender-Based Violence; Health System Transformation; Implementation Science; Knowledge Exchange; Knowledge Mobilization; Repository; Women, Girls, Gender-Diverse People

$11,000

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

Co-investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; CUPS, .; Donnelly, Carlene; Moncayo, Gwendolyn J; Bennett, Marlyn L; Cummings, Jorden A; Darroch, Francine E; Jackson, Margaret A; King, Malcolm; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rogers, Matt W; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley

$438,121

Partnering for Prevention: Strategies to Support Autistic Youth Following a Suicide Attempt

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Mcmorris, Carly A; Balfour, Cheryl; Alward, Myra; Schwartzman, Jessica

Keywords: Autism; Co-Design; Crisis; Mental Health; Patient-Engaged Research; Suicide; Youth

$99,975

Making an ex-Incel: Former Incel perspectives on pathways into and out of the Incel community

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Maryn, Alyssa

Keywords: Incel; Critical Youth Resilience; Youth Development; Youth Well-Being; Masculinity; Violence Prevention; Internet Communities; Qualitative; Interviews; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

$17,735

Will the kids be alright? Leveraging a longitudinal Canadian youth cohort to study the course of depression and anxiety, and patterns of mental health help-seeking and service utilization

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Madigan, Sheri L; MacMaster, Frank P; McDonald, Sheila W; Tough, Suzanne C

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Children And Youth; Cohort Data; Mental Health; Service Utilization

$956,252

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Deinera Exner-Cortens

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How Socioeconomic Status Mediates the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modelling Approach.

Research on Law and Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence: Scoping Review.

A systematic review of existing brief interventions for youth following suicide attempt: informing the development of an autism-adapted intervention.

Perceived Everyday Discrimination and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Canadians.

Risk of Dating Violence Among Sexually Minoritized Relative to Heterosexual Young People in School- and Community-Based Samples: Meta-Analysis.

Perinatal depressive symptoms and child temperament at two years: The moderating role of child sleep duration.

Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention in Healthcare Settings: Systematic Scoping Review.

Trauma Symptomology During COVID-19 Among Youth with a Learning, Cognitive or Psychological Disorder Diagnosis: Exploring Moderation by Social Support.

The Association Between Teen Dating Violence and Concussion.

Secondary and Tertiary Prevention for Adolescent Dating Violence: A Systematic Review.

What's Acceptable and What's Not: A Mixed-Method Study of Social and Gender Norms Around Controlling Behaviors in Adolescent Dating

Family-Level Mechanisms Shaping Mental Health Inequities and Access to Care Among 2S/LGBTQI+ Youth: A Community-Engaged Canadian Multi-Method Study

From Insight to Action: Advancing Mentorship Effectiveness for Vulnerable Youth in Canada

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

An examination of family-level risk and protective factors associated with LQBTQIA2S+ youth well-being

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

Partnering for Prevention: Strategies to Support Autistic Youth Following a Suicide Attempt

Making an ex-Incel: Former Incel perspectives on pathways into and out of the Incel community

Will the kids be alright? Leveraging a longitudinal Canadian youth cohort to study the course of depression and anxiety, and patterns of mental health help-seeking and service utilization

Frequent collaborators

Sheri Madigan

Erica Makarenko

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Catherine Lebel

Carly Mcmorris

Melanie Noel

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Paul Arnold

Elizabeth Keys

Lana Wells

Jennifer Jenkins

Keith Dobson

Paul van Donkelaar

Keith Dobson

Kathleen Chaput

Alexa Martin-Storey