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Michel Boivin

ResearcherEcole de psychologieUniversité Laval

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Michel Boivin

Researcher

Ecole de psychologie

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
86 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 19 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (12 SSHRC, 1 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2014.

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216

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Research

Children And Adolescents Externalizing Behaviour Gene-Environment Interplay Intergenerational Transmission Longitudinal Studies Parenting

Latest papers

Food patterns and body weight in young adulthood and associations with food consumption throughout childhood: findings from a birth-cohort study.
The British journal of nutrition · 2026 · senior author
Young adult self-harm: The role of victimisation and polygenic risk in a population-based longitudinal study.
JCPP advances · 2026
Development of Substance Use Problems: The Role of Adolescent Cannabis Age of Onset, Frequency of Use and Childhood Risk Factors.
Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026

All 216 publications

Latest funding

Early Life to Love Life: Gene-Environment Pathways to Adult Couple Relationships
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$380,981
Genetic and environmental pathways in the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviour problems: A longitudinal study of three population-based cohorts.
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$983,024
Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$70,488

All 45 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 216 publications.

Food patterns and body weight in young adulthood and associations with food consumption throughout childhood: findings from a birth-cohort study.

Dubois L, Bédard B, Goulet D, Prud'homme D, Tremblay RE, Boivin M

The British journal of nutrition2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0007114525106065 PMID: 41449882

Young adult self-harm: The role of victimisation and polygenic risk in a population-based longitudinal study.

Marzecki F, Ouellet-Morin I, Zavos HMS, Côté S, Tremblay RE, Gouin JP, Orri M, Boivin M, Geoffroy MC

JCPP advances2026

DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.70061 PMID: 42416628

Development of Substance Use Problems: The Role of Adolescent Cannabis Age of Onset, Frequency of Use and Childhood Risk Factors.

Hamaoui J, Acland E, Vitaro F, Fallu JS, Parent S, Simard C, Boivin M, Côté S, Geoffroy MC, Séguin JR, Castellanos-Ryan N

Research on child and adolescent psychopathology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10802-025-01404-z PMID: 41483051

Children's mental health symptoms over three decades (1993-2022): a comparison of population-based cross-sectional samples.

Collet OA, Orri M, Galéra C, Thombs BD, Geoffroy MC, Trudeau-Ferrin O, Buch D, Vitaro F, Boivin M, Tremblay RE, Côté SM

European child & adolescent psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02854-y PMID: 40982044

Reimagining the Biopsychosocial Model: Transdiagnostic Factors to Precision Psychiatry.

Nikolic M, Caswell CB, Prada NP, Iqbal M, Cox SML, Jaworska N, Castellanos-Ryan N, Vitaro F, Brendgen M, Parent S, Boivin M, Côté S, Tremblay RE, Séguin JR, Leyton M

Biological psychiatry global open science2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2026.100734 PMID: 42293407

It's not just what you have, but when: The role and timing of developmental assets in the mental health of young adults.

Morneau-Vaillancourt G, Thibault M, Bilodeau-Houle A, Comtois-Cabana M, Boivin M, Côté S, Geoffroy MC, Matte-Landry A, Ouellet-Morin I

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2026

DOI: 10.1111/jora.70217 PMID: 42383657

Bidirectional associations between maternal depressive symptomatology and parenting: moderating effects of breastfeeding and partner support.

Morin É, Séguin JR, Parent S, Herba CM, Dubois L, Muckle G, Boivin M, Fraser WD, Ryan NC

Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40748-026-00279-2 PMID: 42552542

Developmental Trajectories of Gambling and Substance use Throughout Adolescence - A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Preadolescent Risk Factors and Related Outcomes in Early Adulthood.

Carbonneau R, Vitaro F, Brendgen M, Boivin M, Côté SM, Tremblay RE

Journal of gambling studies2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10899-026-10512-4 PMID: 42168497

Interaction between polygenic scores and dietary intake in relation to BMI in Canadian children.

Goulet D, Boivin M, Gravel CA, Little J, Potter BK, Dubois L

Journal of nutritional science2026

DOI: 10.1017/jns.2026.10086 PMID: 42064998

Association between aggression and ADHD polygenic scores and school-age aggression: the mediating role of preschool externalizing behaviors and adverse experiences.

Bouliane M, Boivin M, Kretschmer T, Lafreniere B, Paquin S, Tremblay R, Côté S, Gouin JP, Andlauer TFM, Petitclerc A, Ouellet-Morin I

European child & adolescent psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02654-4 PMID: 39907790

Early Life to Love Life: Gene-Environment Pathways to Adult Couple Relationships

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brendgen, R. Mara

$380,981

Genetic and environmental pathways in the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviour problems: A longitudinal study of three population-based cohorts.

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Boivin, Michel; Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle; Petitclerc, Amélie M

Keywords: Children And Adolescents; Externalizing Behaviour; Gene-Environment Interplay; Intergenerational Transmission; Longitudinal Studies; Parenting

$983,024

Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Petitclerc, Amélie

Keywords: readiness for parenthood; parenting; intergenerational transmission; early risk factors; childhood and adolescent trajectories; social and economic promotive factors

$70,488

Trajectories of Externalizing Behaviour Problems and New Parents' Distress and Harsh Parenting: A Genetically-Informed, Prospective Longitudinal Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Petitclerc, Amélie M

Keywords: Externalizing Behaviour Problems; Gene-Environment Interactions; Harsh Parenting; Infancy; Parental Depression, Anxiety, Stress; Parenthood; Risk And Protective Factors

$413,100

Les conduites paternelles et la transmission intergénérationnelle des problèmes de santé mentale : une étude de cohorte père-mère-enfant débutant à la période prénatale

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Matte-Gagné, Célia

Keywords: Conduites Paternelles Et Maternelles; Santé Mentale De L'Enfant; Santé Mentale Des Pères Et Des Mères; Sensibilité Et Soutien Parental À L'Autonomie

$436,050

Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l'issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l'enfant d'âge préscolaire

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Muckle, Gina; Bélanger, Richard

Keywords: Allaitement; Cannabis; Exposition Prénatale; Facteurs De Risque; Grossesse; Santé De L'Enfant; Études Longitudinales

$2,321,775

Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Petitclerc, Amélie

Keywords: readiness for parenthood; parenting; intergenerational transmission; early risk factors; childhood and adolescent trajectories; social and economic promotive factors

$119,877

Does friendship quality matter in how well children and adolescents do in school?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dionne, Ginette

Keywords: friendships; academic skills; math; reading; writing; twin study; longitudinal study

$194,275

Does friendship quality matter in how well children and adolescents do in school?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dionne, Ginette

Keywords: friendships; academic skills; math; reading; writing; twin study; longitudinal study

$57,475

The I-Care project : Assessing the impact of a multimodal childcare-based intervention to prevent disruptive behaviour problems in children

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Côté, Sylvana M.

Keywords: child care; early childhood; prevention; child behaviour problems; poverty; experimental study; early childhood education

$69,108

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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Michel Boivin

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Food patterns and body weight in young adulthood and associations with food consumption throughout childhood: findings from a birth-cohort study.

Young adult self-harm: The role of victimisation and polygenic risk in a population-based longitudinal study.

Development of Substance Use Problems: The Role of Adolescent Cannabis Age of Onset, Frequency of Use and Childhood Risk Factors.

Children's mental health symptoms over three decades (1993-2022): a comparison of population-based cross-sectional samples.

Reimagining the Biopsychosocial Model: Transdiagnostic Factors to Precision Psychiatry.

It's not just what you have, but when: The role and timing of developmental assets in the mental health of young adults.

Bidirectional associations between maternal depressive symptomatology and parenting: moderating effects of breastfeeding and partner support.

Developmental Trajectories of Gambling and Substance use Throughout Adolescence - A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Preadolescent Risk Factors and Related Outcomes in Early Adulthood.

Interaction between polygenic scores and dietary intake in relation to BMI in Canadian children.

Association between aggression and ADHD polygenic scores and school-age aggression: the mediating role of preschool externalizing behaviors and adverse experiences.

Early Life to Love Life: Gene-Environment Pathways to Adult Couple Relationships

Genetic and environmental pathways in the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviour problems: A longitudinal study of three population-based cohorts.

Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy

Trajectories of Externalizing Behaviour Problems and New Parents' Distress and Harsh Parenting: A Genetically-Informed, Prospective Longitudinal Study

Les conduites paternelles et la transmission intergénérationnelle des problèmes de santé mentale : une étude de cohorte père-mère-enfant débutant à la période prénatale

Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l'issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l'enfant d'âge préscolaire

Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy

Does friendship quality matter in how well children and adolescents do in school?

Does friendship quality matter in how well children and adolescents do in school?

The I-Care project : Assessing the impact of a multimodal childcare-based intervention to prevent disruptive behaviour problems in children

Frequent collaborators

Frank Vitaro

Marie-Claude Geoffroy

Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

Massimiliano Orri

Lise Dubois

Michel Boivin

Michel Boivin

Massimiliano Orri

Gustavo Turecki

Natalie Castellanos Ryan

Natalie Castellanos Ryan

Jean-Philippe Gouin

Linda Booij

Richard Tremblay

Linda Booij

Linda Booij

Jean-Philippe Gouin

Sophie Parent

Sonia Lupien

Marco Leyton

Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

Vincent Paquin

Christopher Gravel

Dave Saint-Amour

Nelly Huynh