Cytokines play a crucial role in the modulation of inflammatory response in the gastrointestinal
tract. Pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α, interferon-γ, interleukin…

… In our scale (Bukowski, Hoza, and Boivin, 19921, we assess five qualities of friendship:
companionship, conflict, help and aid, security, and closeness. The strategy of friendship …

The developing brains of young children are highly sensitive to input from their social
environment. Nurturing social experience during this time promotes the acquisition of social and …

This study examined 2 aspects of friendship (presence and perceived qualities of a best
friend) as moderators of behavioral antecedents and outcomes of peer victimization. A total of …

… To my father, Joseph Boivin, whose insatiable curiosity will always inspire me. Marc Boivin
… Marc Boivin is an Associate Professor at the Haskayne School of Business (HSB) at the …

Objectives. Physical aggression in children is a major public health problem. Not only is
childhood physical aggression a precursor of the physical and mental health problems that will …

The Friendship Qualities Scale is a theoretically grounded, multidimensional measurement
instrument to assess the quality of children's and early adolescents' relationships with their …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative contributions of social withdrawal,
peer rejection, and victimization by peers in predicting feelings of loneliness and depressed …

This study tests theoretical and developmental models of the causal ordering between
academic self-concept and academic achievement in a multicohort-multioccasion design (ie, 3 …

Background. There are two approaches to the differential examination of school motivation.
The first is to examine motivation towards specific school subjects (between school subject …