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Debra Pepler

ResearcherCommunity, Environmental PsychologyYork University

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Debra Pepler

Researcher

Community, Environmental Psychology

Social Sciences and Humanities

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 6 trainee awards (6 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Publications

620

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

historical harms of colonialism community journey of change community story development programming for violence prevention and wellness in Indigenous communities Indigenous history of harm from colonization Indigenous community self-determination pathway from harms to wellness knowledge mobilization resource and tools for Indigenous communities and peoples

Latest papers

A comparative effectiveness study of the breaking the cycle and Maxxine Wright intervention programs for substance-involved mothers and their children: study protocol.
BMC psychology · 2024 · senior author
Bullying before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Current Opinion in Psychology · 2023 · senior author
School bullying before and during COVID‐19: Results from a population‐based randomized design
Aggressive Behavior · 2021 · senior author

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Risk and Protection in Contexts of Maternal Substance Use: Understanding Developmental Outcomes of Socially Vulnerable Children
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$384,744
The role of emotion reactivity and regulation in the development of primary and secondary CU traits
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$57,281
Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting among Youth: Perspectives of Parents/Caregivers
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$93,638

All 41 grants and awards

19 publications.

A comparative effectiveness study of the breaking the cycle and Maxxine Wright intervention programs for substance-involved mothers and their children: study protocol.

Racine N, Barriault S, Motz M, Leslie M, Poole N, Premji S, Andrews NCZ, Penaloza D, Pepler D

BMC psychology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01484-w PMID: 38183089

Bullying before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaillancourt T, Farrell AH, Brittain H, Krygsman A, Vitoroulis I, Pepler D

Current Opinion in Psychology202336 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101689

School bullying before and during COVID‐19: Results from a population‐based randomized design

Vaillancourt T, Brittain H, Krygsman A, Farrell AH, Landon S, Pepler D

Aggressive Behavior2021178 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/ab.21986

A Systematic Review of the Prospective Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Pain.

Marin TJ, Hayden JA, Lewinson R, Mahood Q, Pepler D, Katz J

Journal of pain research2021

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s313470 PMID: 34188534

Looking Beyond Assumptions to Understand Relationship Dynamics in Bullying.

Mishna F, Birze A, Greenblatt A, Pepler D

Frontiers in psychology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661724 PMID: 33959082

Maternal and Peer Regulation of Adolescent Emotion: Associations with Depressive Symptoms

Lougheed JP, Craig WM, Pepler D, Connolly J, O’Hara A, Granic I, Hollenstein T

Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology201649 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0084-x

Bullying Victimization, Parenting Stress, and Anxiety among Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Weiss JA, Cappadocia MC, Tint A, Pepler D

Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/aur.1488 PMID: 25962561

Inside the adolescent brain: a commentary on the Special Issue.

Riddell J, Pepler D

Brain and cognition2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.05.005 PMID: 25043679

Developmental trajectories of romantic stages and associations with problem behaviours during adolescence.

Connolly J, Nguyen HN, Pepler D, Craig W, Jiang D

Journal of adolescence2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.08.006 PMID: 24215948

The development of dating violence: what doesn't develop, what does develop, how does it develop, and what can we do about it?

Pepler D

Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2012First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11121-012-0308-z PMID: 22760685

Risk and Protection in Contexts of Maternal Substance Use: Understanding Developmental Outcomes of Socially Vulnerable Children

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Racine, Nicole M.

$384,744

The role of emotion reactivity and regulation in the development of primary and secondary CU traits

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Craig, Stephanie G.

Keywords: aggression; callous unemotional traits; childhood; emotion regulation; emotion reactivity

$57,281

Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting among Youth: Perspectives of Parents/Caregivers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mishna, Faye

Keywords: digital intimate image sharing; consensual and non-consensual sexting; parent/caregiver perspectives of digital intimate image sharing; parent/caregiver perspectives of sexting; digital sexual consent; youth sexting and parents/caregivers

$93,638

Co-creating a developmental-relational model to address aggression in youth programming

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Craig, Stephanie G.

Keywords: Aggression; youth; adverse childhood experiences; safety

$60,404

Indigenous Communities' Journey to Wellness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous communities' journey to wellness; community storytelling; strengths-based; collective trauma-recovery; harms of colonialism; cultural-relational community-level healing

$19,960

How can Western psychedelic therapies ethically integrate Indigenous and non-Western psychedelic knowledge and practices?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Rajwani, Khaleel M.

Keywords: bioethics; psychedelic therapy; transcultural psychiatry; Indigenous mental health; philosophy of psychiatry

$95,000

Co-creating children's outdoor play opportunities amongst urbanization in the Canadian prairies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Blaisdell, Whitney D.

Keywords: play revitalization; child-friendly urbanization; children's outdoor play; Canadian Prairies

$245,355

Optimizing Mental Health for Infants Exposed to Early Adversity: A Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation Study of the "Breaking the Cycle" Program

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Tm. Gr.: Mental Health in Early Years Impl. Science - Prev. and resp. to PTS

Principal investigators: Racine, Nicole M; Leslie, Margaret; Pepler, Debra J

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness; Early Adversity; Early Intervention; Implementation Science; Infant Mental Health; Mother-Child Relationship; Socioemotional Development

$1,215,660

Believing in spiritual software: artificial intelligence & hyper-personalisation in astrology apps

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Nikolic, Leona M.

Keywords: astrology apps; artificial intelligence; hyper-personalisation; algorithmic media; digital technology; spiritual software

$100,804

Walking the Prevention Pathway for Indigenous Communities' Journey of Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Pepler, Debra J.

Keywords: historical harms of colonialism; community journey of change; community story development; programming for violence prevention and wellness in Indigenous communities

$135,180

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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Debra Pepler

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A comparative effectiveness study of the breaking the cycle and Maxxine Wright intervention programs for substance-involved mothers and their children: study protocol.

Bullying before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

School bullying before and during COVID‐19: Results from a population‐based randomized design

A Systematic Review of the Prospective Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Pain.

Looking Beyond Assumptions to Understand Relationship Dynamics in Bullying.

Maternal and Peer Regulation of Adolescent Emotion: Associations with Depressive Symptoms

Bullying Victimization, Parenting Stress, and Anxiety among Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Inside the adolescent brain: a commentary on the Special Issue.

Developmental trajectories of romantic stages and associations with problem behaviours during adolescence.

The development of dating violence: what doesn't develop, what does develop, how does it develop, and what can we do about it?

Risk and Protection in Contexts of Maternal Substance Use: Understanding Developmental Outcomes of Socially Vulnerable Children

The role of emotion reactivity and regulation in the development of primary and secondary CU traits

Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting among Youth: Perspectives of Parents/Caregivers

Co-creating a developmental-relational model to address aggression in youth programming

Indigenous Communities' Journey to Wellness

How can Western psychedelic therapies ethically integrate Indigenous and non-Western psychedelic knowledge and practices?

Co-creating children's outdoor play opportunities amongst urbanization in the Canadian prairies

Optimizing Mental Health for Infants Exposed to Early Adversity: A Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation Study of the "Breaking the Cycle" Program

Believing in spiritual software: artificial intelligence & hyper-personalisation in astrology apps

Walking the Prevention Pathway for Indigenous Communities' Journey of Change

Frequent collaborators

Isabela Granic

Tracy Vaillancourt

Nicole Racine

Irene Vitoroulis

Tom Hollenstein

Arija Birze

Joel Katz