Author(s): Gouin JP; de la Torre-Luque A; Sánchez-Carro Y; Geoffroy MC; Essau C;

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has constrained opportunities in social, educational and professional domains, leading to developmental challenges for adolescents initiating their transition to adulthood. Meta-analysis indicated that there was a small increase in psychological distress during the first year of the COVID-19 pan ...

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Author(s): Lara E; Matovic S; Vasiliadis HM; Grenier S; Berbiche D; de la Torre-Luque A; Gouin JP;

The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine the contributions of social interaction and other non-social factors to loneliness among older adults in the context of confinement measures constraining opportunities for in-person social interactions. This study aims to identify groups of individuals with heterogeneous trajectories of loneli ...

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Author(s): Caparros-Gonzalez RA; Essau C; Gouin JP; Pemau A; Galvez-Merlin A; de la Torre-Luque A;

Objectives: Asthma is a common chronic and burdensome disease which typically begins in childhood. The aim of this study was to assess perinatal and obstetric factors which may increase the risk of developing asthma in the offspring. Methods: Data from five consecutive waves (n=7,073 children, from birth to 15 years old) from a nationally-representative ...

Article GUID: 37326102

Author(s): Gouin JP; MacNeil S; de la Torre-Luque A; Chartrand E; Chadi N; Rouquette A; Boivin M; Côté S; Geoffroy MC;

Objectives: Findings from a birth cohort study indicated that the mental health of young adults had not worsened during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 2018. This study examined longitudinal changes in mental health between March 2018 and June 2021 in the context of protracte ...

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