Publications

Student co-authors are bolded.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Lee, G. J., Firasta, L., Motz, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2026). Mothers and children experiencing substance use and interpersonal violence: A qualitative study addressing the lived experiences of mothers in an attachment-based parenting intervention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 175, 1-13. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108006

Chaderton-Bowman, T., Dane, A. V., Spadafora, N, & Volk, A. A. (2026). Enhancing and holding social power in adolescence: An evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-026-00483-5

Cino, J., Barnes, S., Farrell, A. H., Eriksson, M. J., & Vaillancourt, T. (2026). Retrospective perceptions of income inequality, school, and neighborhood conditions: Associations with peer victimization during adolescence and young adulthood. Behavioral Sciences, 16(2), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020237

Edwards, K. T., Dane, A. V., Volk, A. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Farrell, A. H. (2026).  An evolutionary perspective on bullying and social power: The roles of cooperation and manipulation. Aggressive Behavior, 52(4). 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70070

Eriksson, M. J., & Farrell, A. H. (2026). Extraversion and conscientiousness: Personality profiles and their links to mental health. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 48, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-026-10295-3

Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2026). Between and within person associations among bullying, approval seeking, and self-perceived popularity across adolescence. Social Development, 35(4). 1-13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70083

Farrell, A. H., Lewis, K., Eriksson, M., & Vaillancourt, T. (2026). Social-ecological factors and adolescent bullying involvement: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 87, 102123, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2025.102123

Farrell, A. H., Spadafora, N., Dane, A. V., & Volk, A. A. (2026). Bullying perpetration and HEXACO personality: Examining between- and within-person longitudinal associations. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 50, 754-765.

Firasta, L., Chan, E., Motz, M., Kempe, S., Andrews, N. C. Z., Heer, B., Penaloza, D., Premji, S., Poole, N., McDowell, H., Pepler, D., & Racine, N. (2026). Embedding research in infant and early childhood mental health settings: Practical steps and considerations. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 19(1), 1-14. Doi: https://doi.org/10.5130/wbjs1p29

Frith, B., Brittain, H., Carley, J., Farrell, A. H., Webb, T., Roy, A. K., Julien, A., Eriksson, E., MacMillian, H., Craig, W., Kerr, G., & Vaillancourt, T. (2026). Abuse of soccer referees in Canada: Associations with anxiety and depression symptoms and demographic factors. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000676

Lee, G. J., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Motz, M. (2026). A systematic review of Circle of Security – Parenting (COS-P): Effects of an attachment-based parenting intervention within the framework of child maltreatment prevention. Child Protection and Practice, 10, 1-11. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2026.100333

Racine, N., Premji, S., Perlman, J., Motz, M., Chiodo, N., Manoni-Millar, S., Kanieze, M., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Pepler, D. J. (accepted). Engagement with pregnancy outreach services among substance-involved pregnant people: A retrospective chart review. BMC Public Health.

Spadafora, N., Craig, W. M., Lambe, L. J., Martin-Storey, A., & Farrell, A. H. (2026). Examining factors that influence preservice and in-service teachers’ intention to intervene in cissexist and heterosexist victimization. Journal of School Violence, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2026.2678179

Volk, A. (2026). Personality adaptively mediates ecological affordances and behavior across the lifespan. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e8

Vitoroulis, I., Buchan-Pham, C., Feng, R. Y., Saade, T.-M., Abu-Obseh, F., Andrews, N. C. Z., Guimond, F.-A., Ryder, A. G., Santo, J. (2026). Racial microaggression and anxiety in young adults: The moderating role of social support networks. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254261416399

Andrews, N. C. Z., Dane, A. V., Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., Volk, A. A., & Farrell, A. H. (2025). A dyadic perspective on evolutionarily relevant aggressive functions: Considering links to victim characteristics. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101851

Andrews, N. C. Z. & Dawes, M. (2025). “I laughed along for years but hated it inside:” Understanding nuance in peer teasing experiences using a thematic analysis. Journal of Adolescence. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70032

Brazil, K. J., Farrell, A. H., Spadafora, N., de Vries, R., Volk, A. A. (2025). Structure,  stability, and mean-level change in adolescent HEXACO personality traits using the HEXACO-SPI. Journal of Research on Personality, 117, 104609.

Brazil, K. J., Farrell, A. H., Boer, A., & Volk, A. A. (2025). Adolescent psychopathic  traits and adverse environments: Associations with socially adaptive outcomes. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 477-489.

Brazil, K. J., Puchalski, A. J., & Volk, A. A. (2025). Short-and long-term prospective links between HEXACO personality and adolescent psychopathic traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 47(3), 1-14.

Dawes, M. & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2025). What are the features of playful and harmful teasing and what crosses the line? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research on peer teasing. Adolescence Research Review. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-025-00262-6

Farrell, A. H., Eriksson, M.J., Cino, J., & Vaillancourt, T. (2025). Bullying, personality, and socioeconomic factors: A latent profile analysis. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-025-00319-z

Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2025). Joint trajectories of indirect peer victimization and perfectionism across adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 98, 101802, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101802

Hines, C., Craig, W., Spadafora, N., Volk, A. A. (2025). The influence of prosocial  control norms, coercive control norms, popularity, and gender on peer defending in adolescence. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 1-14.

Hines, C., Spadafora, N., Lambe, L., & Craig, W. (2025). Bidirectional relationships between peer defending and social status in elementary and high school students. Aggressive Behavior, 51(2), e70024.

Lambe, L. J., Farrell, A. H., & Craig, W. M. (2025). Identity-based bullying victimization among Canadian adolescents: Experiences of transgender and gender diverse youth.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251363627

MacAulay, K., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Lee, G. J., & Pepler, D. J. (2025). Pathways of perceived change in an interpersonal violence intervention for mothers: The importance of self-compassion. Behavioral Sciences, 15(6), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060739

Pang, L., & Farrell, A. H. (2025). Retrospective adolescent parental attachment avoidance and anxiety as predictors of current young adult mental health. Journal of Adult Development, Advanced online first publication, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-025-09527-9

Paredes, X. R., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dawes, M. (2025). Does it hurt more to be called “gay” or “pizza face”? Gender differences in teasing content and associated harm. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54, 4045-4060. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03302-3

Rakhra, M., Moore, S., Ramey, H., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2025). Provision of mental health supports in Ontario elementary schools: A critical literature review. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 37(3), 9-37.

Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2025). Modeling changes in classroom incivility across adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 97(6), 1680-1686. doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12509 

Spadafora N., Reid-Westoby, C., & Janus, M. (2025). Educators’ perceptions of their own mental health and young children’s skills in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Education. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00220574251320091

Volk, A. A. (2025). A history of youth bullying in Western civilization. Aggression  and Violent Behavior, 85, 102095

Volk, A. A. (2025). Two tiers of life history: Straw men, polar bears and confusing  causation. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 1-2.

Volk, A. A. (2025). Pumping the brakes on Psychosocial Acceleration Theory: Revisiting its underlying assumptions. Evolution and Human Behavior. 1-12.

Volk, A. A., Brazil, K. J., Dane, A. V., Vaillancourt, T., Al-Jbouri, E., & Farrell, A. H.  (2025). Linking adolescent bullying with adult fertility: Two preliminary studies. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 1-14.

Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., Craig, W., Spadafora, N., Andrews, N. C. Z., Vitoroulis, I., Farrell, A. H., & Lambe, L. J. (2025). Cooperative versus competitive social power in adolescence. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 12(9), 8-30. Doi: 10.14738/assrj.1209.19332

Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., & Puchalski, A. (2025). The origins of darkness: An evolutionary-developmental integration of Dark Traits with the HEXACO. Evolution and Human Behavior, 46, 106689.

Volk, A. A., & Puchalski, A. (2025). Evolutionary Theory and Personality. Current Opinion in Psychology, 65: 102069.

Al-Jbouri, E., Volk, A. A., Spadafora, N., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2024). Friends, followers, peers, and posts: Adolescents’ in-person and online friendship networks and social media use influences on friendship closeness via the importance of technology for social connection. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1419756

Andrews, N. C. Z., Pakkal, O., & Dawes, M. (2024). Is teasing meant to be mean or nice? Associations between adolescent social experiences and teasing attitudes in emerging adults. Personal Relationships, 1-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12567

Andrews, N. C. Z. & Dawes, M. (2024). Using retrospective reports to develop profiles of harmful versus playful teasing experiences. Journal of Adolescence, 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12359

Farrell, A.H., Szatmari, P., & Vaillancourt, T. (2024). Epidemiology of mental health challenges in children and adolescents. The Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2024.07.009

Farrell, A. H., Eriksson, M., & Vaillancourt, T. (2024). Social comparison, hypercompetitiveness, and indirect aggression: Associations with loneliness and mental health. Aggressive Behavior, 50(5), 1-9.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.22171

Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2024). Bullying victimization and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3, 1411265. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2024.1411265

Patte, K. A., Gohari, M., Lucibello, K., Bélanger, R., Farrell, A. H., & Leatherdale, S. T. (2024). Bullying victimization among adolescents from before to the two school years following the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Journal of School Violence. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2024.2333504

Prabaharan, N., Dane, A. V., & Spadafora, N. (2024). Balance of power in peer victimization: The role of rivalry and vulnerability. Canadian Journal of School Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08295735241237910

Racine, N., Barriault, S., Motz, M., Leslie, M., Poole, N., Premji, S., Andrews, N. C. Z., Penaloza, D., Pepler, D. J. (2024). 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, 12(16), 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01484-w

Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., & Volk, A. A. (2024). Are child and adolescent students more uncivil after COVID-19? School Psychology, 1-14.

Spadafora, N. & Volk, A. A. (2024). Does adolescent incivility predict future bullying?  Journal of Adolescence, 96, 209-216.

Vaillancourt, T., Eriksson, M., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., Farrell, A. H., Davis, A. C., Volk, A. A., & Arnocky, S. (2024). Social media friendship jealousy. Evolutionary Psychology, 22(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049231225738

Andrews, N. C. Z. (2023). A model of peer aggression and victimization on the social spectrum: A relational perspective. Developmental Review, 69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101088

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., Leslie, M., & DeMarchi, G. (2023). A qualitative examination of mothers’ experiences in an interpersonal violence intervention initiative. Journal of Family Violence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00574-y

Andrews, N. C. Z., Cillessen, A. H. N., Craig, W., Dane, A. V., & Volk, A. A. (2023). Bullying and the abuse of power. International Journal of Bullying Prevention – The Legacy of Dan Olweus Special Issue, 5(3), 261-270. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-023-00170-0 *authors listed in alphabetical order.

Brazil, K. & Volk, A. A. (2023). Psychopathic traits and number of children in  community men and women. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. doi.org/ 10.1037/ebs0000343

Brazil, K. J., Volk, A. A., & Dane, A. V. (2023). Is empathy linked to prosocial and antisocial traits and behavior? It depends on the form of empathy. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 55(1), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000330

Farrell, A. H., Vitoroulis, I., Eriksson, M., & Vaillancourt, T. (2023). Loneliness and well-being in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Children, 10(2), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10020279

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2023). Indirect aggression, anxiety, and empathy: Disaggregating between and within person longitudinal associations during childhood and adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 35(1),228-240. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001450

Krygsman, A., Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2023). Anxiety symptoms before and during COVID-19: A longitudinal examination of Canadian young adults. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 99, 102769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102769

Lapierre, K. R., & Dane, A. V. (2023). Early adolescents’ involvement in anonymous relational and cyber aggression: An evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 17, 446-464. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000294

Volk, A. A., Leach, A.-M., Connolly, J. A., Lawford, H. L., Bukowski, W. M. (2023).  Demystifying SSHRC Psychology Insight Grants: Reviewers’ perspectives. Canadian Psychology,64, 290-298.

Vaillancourt, T., Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., Vitoroulis, I., & Pepler, D. (2023). Bullying before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Current Opinion in Psychology, 53, 101689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101689

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H., Farrell, A. H., Krygsman, A., & Vitoroulis, I. (2023). Bullying involvement and the transition to high school: A brief report. Aggressive Behavior, 49, 409-417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.22082

Al-Jbouri, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., Peddigrew, E., Fortier, A., & Weaver, T. (2022). Building elementary students’ social and emotional skills: A randomized control trial to evaluate a teacher-led intervention. School Mental Health, 15(1), 138-150. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-022-09538-x

Andrews, N. C. Z., McDowell, H., Spadafora, N., Dane, A. V. (2022). Using social network position to understand early adolescents’ power and dominance within a school context. School Psychology, 37(6), 445-454. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000445

Andrews, N. C. Z., Cook, R. E., & Martin, C. L. (2022). Who am I and what do my peers think: How do gender identity and peer norms relate to other-gender friendship. Social Development, 31(3), 900-915. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12584

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Martin, C. L., DeLay, D., & Updegraff, K. A. (2022). Power in aggressor-victimrelationships: Exploring social, physical, gender- and ethnicity-based power. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51, 208-224. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01555-4

Brazil, K. J. & Volk, A. A. (2022). Cads in dads’ clothing? Psychopathic traits and men’s preferences for mating, parental, and somatic investment. Evolutionary Psychological Sciences, 8, 299-315.

Brazil, K. J., Volk, A. A., & Dane, A. V. (2023). Is empathy linked to prosocial and antisocial traits and behavior? It depends on the form of empathy. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 55(1), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000330

Dane, A. V., Lapierre, K. R., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2022). Evolutionarily relevant aggressive functions: Differentiating competitive, impression management, sadistic, and reactive motives. Aggressive Behavior, 48(3), 331-340. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.22020

Davis, A. C., Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., Arnocky, S., & Vaillancourt, T. (2022). The dark triad and bullying in adolescence: A three-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 96, 104178, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104178

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2022). Childhood predictors of adolescent joint trajectories: A multi-informant study on bullying perpetration and hypercompetitiveness. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(6). 1011-1023. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1923019

Franklin, P. & Volk, A. A. (2022). Exploring links between parent-child playground behavior and HEXACO personality traits. American Journal of Play, 14, 188-206.

Franklin, P. & Volk, A. A. (2022). Personality traits associated with parenting, mating, and somatic investment decisions. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16, 245-260.

Krygsman, A., Farrell, A. H., Brittain, H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2022). Depression symptoms, mattering, and anti-mattering: Longitudinal associations in young adulthood. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(1), 77-94. http://doi.org/10.1177/07342829211050519

Lapierre, K. R., & Dane, A. V. (2023). Early adolescents’ involvement in anonymous relational and cyber aggression: An evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 17, 446-464. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000294

Lapierre, K. R., & Dane, A. V. (2022). Evolutionary functions of cyber and traditional forms of aggression in adolescence. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8(2), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-021-00297-7

Peddigrew, E., McNamara, J., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Sendzik-Sinclair, S. (2022). Transitioning to post-secondary education with a learning disability: Identifying similarities and gaps between first-hand experiences and university transition programs. International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 5(2), 55-69. doi:  https://doi.org/10.28987/ijrld.5.2.5

Peddigrew, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., Al-Jbouri, E., Fortier, A., & Weaver, T. (2022). Mechanisms supporting students’ social and emotional learning development: Qualitative findings from a teacher-led intervention. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 41(3), 1-18. doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2022-019

Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., McDowell, H., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2022). Be a little rude, but not too much: Exploring classroom incivility and social network position in adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(4), 565-585. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211058074

Spadafora, N., Volk, A. A., & Dane, A. V. (2022). Using qualitative methods to measure and understand key features of adolescent bullying. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 4, 230-241.

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., Farrell, A. H., Pepler, D., Landon, S., Saint-Georges, Z., & Vitoroulis, I.  (2022). In-person versus on-line learning in relation to students’ perceptions of mattering during COVID-19: A brief report. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829211053668

Volk, A. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dane, A. V. (2022). Balance of power and adolescent aggression. Psychology of Violence, 12(1), 31-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000398

Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., & Al-Jbouri, E. (2022). Is bullying an evolutionary adaptation? A 10 year review. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 2351-2378.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Pepler, D. J. (2021). A dyadic perspective on aggressive behavior between friends. Aggressive Behavior, 47(2), 194-204.

Andrews, N. C. Z., McDowell, H., Spadafora, N., Dane, A. V. (2021). Using social network position to understand early adolescents’ power and dominance within a school context. School Psychology.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2021). A national implementation of a community-based intervention for mothers experiencing violence in relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(1), 92-102

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2021). A qualitative framework of cumulative risk and protection for understanding clinical progress: A multiple case study approach. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6(1), 83-98.

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2021). Cumulative risk, protection, and early intervention: Neurodevelopment in sibling groups exposed prenatally to substances. Developmental Neuropsychology, 46(7), 498-517.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2021). Examining the joint development of antisocial behavior and personality: Predictors and trajectories of adolescent indirect aggression and Machiavellianism. Developmental Psychology, 57(5), 805-813.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2021). Joint trajectories of adolescent narcissism and self-esteem predict interpersonal features in young adulthood. Journal of Research in Personality, 93, 1-12.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2021). Childhood predictors of adolescent joint trajectories: A multi-informant study on bullying perpetration and hypercompetitiveness. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 1-13.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2021). The impact of childhood bullying trajectories on young adulthood antisocial trajectories. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 1782-1796.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2020). Adolescent empathic concern and perspective taking: Heterogenous developmental trajectories and childhood social and psychological factors. Journal of Personality, 89, 672-688.

Franklin-Luther, P. & Volk, A. A. (2021). The links between adult personality, parental discipline attitudes and harsh child punishment. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody, and Child Development, 19, 3-23.

Halim, M. L., Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., Zosuls, K. M., & Ruble, D. N. (2021). Enjoying each other’s company: Gaining other-gender friendships promotes positive gender attitudes among ethnically diverse children. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(12), 1625-1653.

Kim, S., Spadafora, N., Craig, W., Volk, A. A., & Zhang, L. (2021). Disciplinary structure and teacher support in Chinese and Canadian schools: Examining how authoritative disciplinary practices protect youth involved in bullying at school. School Mental Health, 13, 501-517.

Lapierre, K. R., & Dane, A. V. (2021). Evolutionary functions of cyber and traditional forms of aggression in adolescence. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Advance online publication

Spadafora, N., Brandow, I., Li, M., & Volk, A. A. (2021). The association between reading motivation and reading achievement in Chinese students: Exploring the role of personality. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 8, 408-422.

Vaillancourt T., Brittan, H., Krgysman, A., Farrell, A. H., Landon, S., & Pepler, D. J. (2021). School bullying pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19: Results from a population-based randomized design. Aggressive Behavior, 47, 557-569.

Vaillancourt, T., Brittain, H., Krygsman, A., Davis, A., Farrell, A. H., Desmarais, R., Hammill, C., Karasz, S., Morgan, R., Ritchie, A., & Sanderson, C. (2021). Commentary: Assessing the quality of research that examine change in children’s mental health in the context of COVID-19. University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 11, 10-15.

Vaillancourt, T. & Farrell, A. H. (2021). Mean kids become mean adults: Trajectories of indirect aggression from age 11 to 22. Aggressive Behavior, 47(4), 394–404.

Volk, A. A. (2021). Commentary on Sears (2020): What does history have to say about life history? Evolution and Human Behavior, 1-2.

Volk, A. A., Franklin, P., Brazil, K., Dane, A. V., & Vaillancourt, T. (2021). The influence of demographics and personality on COVID-19 coping in young adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 168, 1-7.

Volk, A. A., Provenzano, D. A., Farrell, A. H., Dane, A. V., & Shulman, E. P. (2021). Personality and bullying: Pathways to adolescent social dominance. Current Psychology, 40, 2415-2426.

Volk, A. A., Schiralli, K., Spadafora, N., Buchner, K., & Dane, A. (2021). Cooperative versus coercive dominance strategies: Relations with the environment and personality. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(2), 134-150.

Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Prestigious youth are leaders but central youth are powerful: What social network position tells us about peer relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 631-644.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2020). Developing and testing a readiness tool for violence prevention partnerships with community-based projects. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 1715-1731.

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Establishing clinically and theoretically grounded cross-domain cumulative risk and protection scores in sibling groups exposed prenatally to substances. Child Abuse and Neglect, 108, 1-13.

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Cumulative risk and protection measures data. Data in Brief, 32, 106-129.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2020). Bullying perpetration and narcissistic personality traits across adolescence: Joint trajectories and childhood risk factors. Frontiers in Psychiatry:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,11, 1-13.

Farrell, A. H., & Dane, A. V. (2020). Bullying, victimization, and prosocial resource control strategies: Differential relations with dominance and alliance formation. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 14(3). 270-283.

Farrell, A. H., Volk, A. A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2020). Empathy, exploitation and adolescent bullying perpetration: A longitudinal social-ecological investigation. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 42, 436-449.

Lapierre, K.R., & Dane, A. V. (2020). Social advantages and disadvantages associated with cyber aggression-victimization. Computers in Human Behavior. Advance online publication.

Lapierre, K.R, & Dane, A. V. (2020).  Cyberbullying, cyber aggression, and cyber victimization in relation to adolescents’ dating and sexual behavior: An evolutionary psychological perspective. Aggressive Behavior, 46, 45-59.

Mularczyk, K. P., Farrell, A. H., Volk, A. A., & Book, A. (2020). The utility of broad versus specific measures of personality for assessing adolescent antisociality. North American Journal of Psychology, 22, 679-700.

Spadafora, N., Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2020). Should I defend or should I go? An  adaptive, qualitative examination of the personal costs and benefits associated with bullying intervention. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 35(1), 23-40.

Spadafora, N., Volk, A. A., Molnar, D., & Frijters, J. (2020). Do little annoyances relate to bullying?: The links between personality, attitudes towards classroom incivility, and bullying. The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 37, 30-38.

Volk, A. A., & Franklin, P. (2020). When is the breast best? Infant feeding as a domain of intrasexual competition. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 14, 6-18.

Volk, A. A., Visser, B. A., & Book, A. (2020). The theoretical superiority of the HEXACO. European Journal of Psychology, 34, 555-556.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Updegraff, K. A., DeLay, D., & Martin, C. L. (2019). Dyadic peer interactions: The impact of aggression on impression formation with new peers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 839-850.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., Cook, R. E., Field, R. D., & England, D. E. (2019) Exploring dual gender typicality among young adults in the United States. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 314-321.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Bondi, B. C., Leslie, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Using a developmental-relational approach to understand the impact of interpersonal violence in women who struggle with substance use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1-14.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Pepler, D. J., & Motz, M. (2019). Research and evaluation with community based projects: Approaches, considerations, and strategies. American Journal of Evaluation, 40, 548-561.

Book, A., Methot-Jones, T., Blais, J., Hosker-Field, A., Volk, A., Visser, B. A., … & D’Agata, M. T. (2019). Psychopathic traits and the cheater–hawk hypothesis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(15), 3229-3251.

Book, A., Visser, B., Volk, A. A., Holden, R., & Dagata, M. (2019). Ice and Fire: Two paths to provoked aggression. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 247-251.

Davis, A.C., Visser, B., Volk, A. A., Vaillancourt, T., & Arnocky, S. (2019). Life history strategy and the HEXACO model of personality: A facet level examination. Personality and Individual Differences, 150, 1-6.

Davis, A. C., Visser, B., Volk, A. A., Vaillancourt, T., & Arnocky, S. (2019). The relations between life history strategy and dark personality traits among young adults. Evolutionary Psychological Sciences, 5, 166-177.

Endendijk, J. J., Andrews, N. C. Z., England, D. E., & Martin, C. L. (2019). Gender-identity typologies are related to gender-typing, friendships, and social-emotional adjustment in Dutch emerging adults. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 322-333.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2019). Temperament, bullying, and dating aggression: Longitudinal associations for adolescents in a romantic relationship. Evolutionary   Psychology, 17(2), 1-13.

Farrell, A. H., & Vaillancourt, T. (2019). Developmental pathways of perfectionism: Associations with bullying perpetration, peer victimization, and narcissism. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 65, 1-10.

Latuskie, K. A., Leibson, T., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., & Ito, S. (2019). Substance use in pregnancy among vulnerable women seeking addiction and parenting support. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 17, 137-150.

Latuskie, K. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Leibson, T., Austin, Z., Ito, S., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Reasons for substance use continuation and discontinuation during pregnancy. Women and Birth, 32, e57-e64.

Motz, M., Andrews, N. C. Z., Bondi, B. C., Leslie, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Addressing the impact of interpersonal violence in women who struggle with substance use through developmental-relational strategies in a community program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1-9.

Volk, A. A., Mitchell, R. C., & Khan, T. (2019). The power of civility: A transdisciplinary examination of adolescent social power and bullying. Journal of Childhood Studies, 44, 120-138.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., DeLay, D., Martin, C. L., & Updegraff, K. A. (2018). Relations between close friendships and adolescent aggression: Structural and behavioral friendship features. Social Development, 27, 293-307.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., Jeong, J. J., & Khoury, J. (2018). Engaging mothers with substance use issues and their children in early intervention: Understanding use of service and outcomes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 83, 10-20.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Santos, C. E., Cook, R. E., & Martin, C. L. (2018). Gender discrimination hinders other-gender friendship formation in diverse youth. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 59, 16-25.

Dane, A. V., Volk, A. A., & Franklin, P. (2018). Postscript to: “Adolescent Beliefs about Antisocial Behavior: Mediators and Moderators of Links with Parental Monitoring and Attachment”. International Journal of Emotional Education, 10, 131-138.

Franklin, P., & Volk, A. A. (2018). A review of infants’ and children’s facial cues’ influence on adults’ perceptions and behaviors. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 12, 296-321.

Franklin, P., Volk, A. A.. & Wong, I. (2018). Are newborn faces less appealing? Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 269-276.

Hodson, G., Book, A., Visser, B. A., Volk, A. A., Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2018). Is the Dark Triad common factor distinct from low Honesty-Humility? Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 123-129.

McComb, S., & Dane, A. V. (2018). Evolutionary psychological perspective on peer victimization: Relations with attachment security and dating and sexual history. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5, 243–255.

Provenzano, D., Farrell, A., Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., & Marini, Z. A. (2018). Do bullies have more sex? The role of personality. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 4, 221-232.

Spadafora, N., Provenzano, D., Farrell, A., Marini, Z., & Volki, A. A. (2018). Temperamental differences and classroom incivility: Exploring the role of individual differences. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 33, 44-62.

Volk, A. A., Schiralli, K., Xia, X., Zhao, J., & Dane, A.V. (2018). Adolescent bullying and personality: A cross-cultural approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 125, 126- 132.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Santos, C. E. (2017). Reciprocal associations between delinquent behavior and social network position during middle school. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 1918-1932. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0643-2

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Santos, C. E. (2017). Does an aggressor’s target choice matter? Assessing change in the social network prestige of aggressive youth. Aggressive Behavior, 43, 364-374.

Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., Volk, A. A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2017). Physical and relational bullying and victimization: Differential relations with adolescent dating and sexual behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 43, 111-122. 

Farrell, A., Provenzano, D., Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., &  Volk, A. A. (2017). Maternal knowledge, adolescent personality, and bullying. Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 413-416.

Farrell, A., & Volk, A. A. (2017). Social ecology and adolescent bullying: Filtering risky environments through antisocial personality. Child and Youth Services Review, 83, 85-100.

Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2017). Towards a transdisciplinary blueprint to studying bullying. Journal of Youth Studies, 20, 94-109.

Martin, C. L., Cook, R. E., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2017). Revisiting androgyny: A modern day perspective on flexibility of gender identity and behavior. Sex Roles, 76, 592-603

Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., England, D. E., Zosuls, K. M., & Ruble, D. N. (2017). A dual identity approach for conceptualizing and measuring children’s gender identity. Child Development, 88, 167-182.

Visser, B.A., Book, A.S., & Volk, A.A. (2017). Is Hillary dishonest and Donald narcissistic? A HEXACO analysis of the presidential candidates’ public personas. Personality and Individual Differences, 106, 281-286.

Volk, A. A. (2017). Bullying when it’s hot? The CLASH model and climatic influences on bullying. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, E40.

Volk, A.A., Veenstra, R., & Espelage, D. L. (2017). So you want to study bullying? Recommendations for enhancing the validity, transparency, and compatibility of bullying research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 36, 34-43.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Updegraff, K. A., Martin, C. L., & Santos, C. E. (2016). Targeted victimization: Exploring linear and curvilinear associations between social network prestige and victimization. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 1772-1785.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., Field, R. D., Cook, R., E., & Lee, J. (2016). Development of expectancies about own- and other-gender group interactions and their school-related consequences. Child Development, 87, 1423-1435.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., & Gallagher, A. M. (2016). On the association between self reported own- and other-gender similarity and the use of physical and relational aggression in sixth grade children. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 1817-1826.

Book, A., Visser, B., Blais, J., Hosker-Field, A., Methot-Jones, T., Gautier, N., Volk,   A. A., & Holden, R. R.  (2016). Unpacking   more “Evil”: What is at the core of the Dark Tetrad? Personality and Individual Differences, 90, 269-272.

Dane, A. V. & Marini, Z. A. (2014). Overt and relational forms of reactive aggression in adolescents: Relations with temperamental reactivity and self-regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 60, 60-66.

Ellis, B., Volk, A., Gonzalez, J-M., & Embry, D. (2016). An evolutionary approach to reducing bullying: Theoretical bases and presentation of the Meaningful Roles Intervention. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 622-637.

Farrell, A. H.*, Semplonius, T.*, Shapira, M., Zhou, X., Laurence, S., Willoughby, T., Mahy, C. E.V., Mondloch, C. J., & Evans, A. D. (2016). Research activity in Canadian developmental psychology programs. Canadian Psychology/ Psychologie Canadienne, 57, 76-82

Farrell, A., Provenzano, D., Spadafora, N., Marini, Z., & Volk, A. (2016). Measuring  adolescent differences in intentional and unintentional incivility with the Classroom In/Civility Questionnaire. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 34, 577-588.

Hanish, L. D., Andrews, N. C. Z., Kornienko, O., Santos, C., Rodkin, P. C., & Granger, K. L. (2016). Being in the know: Early adolescents’ knowledge of who bullies whom. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36, 646-678.

Volk, A. A., Marini, Z. A., & Dane, A. V. (2016). The relations between incivility and adolescent health and wellbeing. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 3, 79-86.

Zosuls, K. M., Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., England, D. E., & Field, R. D. (2016). Developmental changes in the link between gender typicality and peer victimization and exclusion. Sex Roles, 75, 243-256.

Book, A. Visser, B. A., & Volk, A. A. (2015). Unpacking “Evil”: Claiming the core of the  Dark Triad. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 73, 29-38. 

Farrell, A. H., Brook, C., Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2015). Relations between adolescent ratings of Rothbart’s Temperament Questionnaire and the HEXACO Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 97, 163-171.

Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2015). Adolescent bullying, dating, and mating: Testing an evolutionary hypothesis. Evolutionary Psychology, 13, 1-11.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Fabes, R. A., & Martin, C. L. (2014). With whom and where you play: Preschoolers’ social context predicts peer victimization. Social Development,23, 357-375

Farrell, A. H., Della Cioppa, V., Volk, A. A., & Book, A. S. (2014). Predicting bullying heterogeneity with the HEXACO Model of personality. International Journal of Advances in Psychology, 2, 30-39.

Volk, A. A., Dane, A., V., & Marini, Z. A. (2014). What is bullying? A theoretical redefinition. Developmental Review, 34, 327-343.

Zosuls, K. M., Field, R. D., Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., & England, D. E. (2014). Gender based relationship efficacy: Children’s self-perceptions in intergroup contexts. Child Development, 85, 1663-1676.

Volk, A. A., & Atkinson, J. A. (2013). Infant and child death in the human environment    of evolutionary adaptation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, 182-192.

Book, A. S., Volk, A. A., & Hosker, A. (2012). Adolescent bullying and personality: An  adaptive approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 218-223.

Dane, A., Kennedy, R., Spring, M., Volk, A., & Marini, Z. (2012). Adolescent beliefs about antisocial behavior: Mediators and moderators of links with parental monitoring and attachment. The International Journal of Emotional Education, 4, 4-26.

Ellis, B. J., Del Giudice, M., Dishion, T. J., Figueredo, A. J., Gray, P., Griskevicious, V.,  Hawley, P. H., Jacobs, J., James, J., Volk, A. A., & Wilson, D. S. (2012). The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: Implications for science, policy, and practice. Developmental Psychology, 48, 598-623.

Volk, A., Camilleri, J., Dane, A., & Marini, Z. (2012). Is adolescent bullying an evolutionary adaptation? Aggressive Behavior, 38, 222-238.

Darrell-Cheng, C., Volk, A. A., & Marini, Z. A. (2011). Supporting fathers through infant massage. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 20, 200-209.

Volk, A. A. (2011). Evolution of the history of childhood. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 4, 470-493.

Volk, A. A., Darrell-Cheng, C., Marini, Z. A. (2010). Paternal care may influence perceptions of paternal resemblance. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 516-529.

Volk, A. A. (2009). Human breastfeeding is not automatic: Why that’s so and what it means for human evolution. Journal of Social and Cultural Evolutionary Psychology, 3, 305-314.

Volk, A. A. (2009). Chinese infant facial cues. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 225-240

Volk, A. A. & Lagzdins, L. (2009). Bullying and victimization among adolescent girl athletes. Athletic Insight, 11, 15-33.

Leenaars, L., Dane, A., & Marini, Z. A.(2008). An evolutionary perspective on indirect victimization in adolescence: The role of attractiveness, dating and sexual behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 34, 404-415.

Marini, Z., Dane, A., & Volk, A. A. (2008). Understanding the complex experiences of  bully/victims: The price of dual involvement in bullying and victimization.  Education.com, 1, 1-3.

Volk, A. A. & Atkinson, J. (2008). Is child death the crucible of human evolution? Journal of Social and Cultural Evolutionary Psychology, 2, 247-260.

Bosacki, S. L., Dane, A. V., & Marini, Z. A.(2007). Peer relationships and internalizing problems in adolescents: Mediating role of self-esteem. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 12(4), 261–282.

Volk, A. A., Lukjanczuk, J. M., & Quinsey, V. L. (2007). Perceptions of child facial cues as a function of child age. Evolutionary Psychology, 5, 801-814.

Volk, A. A., & Quinsey, V. L. (2007). Parental investment and resemblance: Replications, revisions, and refinements. Evolutionary Psychology, 5, 1-14.

Bosacki, S.L., Marini, Z. A, & Dane, A.V. (2006). Voices from the classroom: Pictorial and narrative representations of children’s bullying experiences. Journal of Moral Education, 35, 231-245.

Marini, Z.A, Dane, A.V. Bosacki, S. & YLC-CURA (2006). Direct and indirect bully-victims: Differential psychosocial risk factors associated with adolescents involved in bullying and victimization. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 551-569.

Marini, Z. A., Koruna, B., & Dane, A.V. (2006). Individualizing interventions for students involved in bullying and victimization: Addressing bullying subtypes and bully-victims. Contact, 32(2), 22-41.

Volk, A. A., Craig, W., Boyce, W., & King, M. (2006). Adolescent risk correlates of bullying and different types of victimization. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 18, 375-386.

Volk, A. A., Craig, W., Boyce, W., & King, M. (2006). Perceptions of parents, mental health,and school amongst Canadian adolescents from the provinces and the northern territories. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 21, 33-46.

Volk, A. A. & Quinsey, V. L. (2006). The influence of cues of high and low body weight on adults ratings in the Hypothetical Adoption Paradigm. The Scientific World Journal- Child Health & Human Development, 6, 1574-1582.

Volk, A. A., Lukjanczuk, J. M., & Quinsey, V. L. (2005). Influence of child and infant facial cues of low body weight on adults ratings of adoption preference, cuteness, and health. Infant Mental Health Journal, 26, 459-469.

Waller, K., Volk, A., & Quinsey V. L. (2004). The effect of infant fetal alcohol syndrome facial features on adoption preference. Human Nature, 15, 101-117.

Volk, A., & Quinsey V. L. (2002). The influence of infant facial cues on adoption preferences. Human Nature, 13, 437-455.

Dane, A. V., Schachar, R., & Tannock, R. (2000). Does Actigraphy Differentiate ADHD Subtypes in a Clinical Research Setting? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 752-760.

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