Barry Forer
Biographic Data
| ID | 299305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry Forer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry |
| FAMILY NAME | Forer |
| SIGNATURE | FORER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Intersecting social positions and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Poverty type, immigration background, and secondary school academic outcomes for children in British Columbia
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11218-025-10093-x
Pre- versus post-Covid-19 pandemic comparison of kindergarten teacher-reported child development in multiple Canadian jurisdictions
Little is known so far about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children. We assessed the effect of the pandemic on pre-existing developmental trends in this population-level, repeated cross-sectional cohort design study of child development at school entry, measured with the kindergarten teacher-completed Early Development Instrument (EDI) in the 10 years prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and two years after. Individual EDI d…
Mental well-being trends and school-based protective factors among adolescents in British Columbia (2015-2022)
The decline in well-being and the protective nature of modifiable protective factors identified in our study highlight the need for population-level mental health strategies that can be implemented in partnership with school districts
Neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status and prevalence of teacher-reported health disorders among Canadian kindergarten children
Background The evidence on the association between neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) and health disorders in young children is scarce. This study examined the prevalence of health disorders in Canadian kindergarten (5–6 years old) children in relation to neighborhood SES in 12/13 Canadian jurisdictions. Methods Data on child development at school entry for an eligible 1,372,980 children out of the total population of 1,435,428 childre…
Childhood poverty and school readiness
Children who experienced combined poverty had lower levels of school readiness at kindergarten, regardless of timing and immigration background
Screen time and developmental health
Daily screen time that exceeds the recommended one-hour limit for young children, as suggested by the Canadian 24-h Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Tremblay et al. BMC Public Health. 17:874, 2017; Tremblay J Physical Activity Health. 17:92-5, 2020) is negatively associated with developmental health outcomes in early childhood. Screen-based activities should thus be limited for young children. Future research needs to examine the under…
Population-Based Teacher-Rated Assessment of Anxiety Among Canadian Kindergarten Children
Despite anxiety being a prevalent mental health problem in children, little data exist on the pervasiveness and levels of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners. Data from the Early Development Instrument, a teacher-completed, population-level measure of child development, were collected across Canada from 2004 to 2015. The final analytic sample consisted of 974,319 children of whom 2.6% were classified as "highly anxious". Compared to children who …
Covid-19 and Childcare in Canada
This paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave on Canadian childcare. Using results from 8,300 responses to a Canadawide survey of centres and regulated family childcare, it illustrates how limited public funding and reliance on parent fees made childcare unsustainable when services closed. The lack of public funding created financial stress and uncertainty about the future among centres Canada wide, including in provinces …
Does social capital flatten the social gradient in early childhood development? An ecological study of two provinces in Canada
Disentangling the role of income in the academic achievement of migrant children
Sex differences in the socioeconomic gradient of children's early development
Sex differences in early child development (ECD) are well documented, as is the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient in early development outcomes. However, relatively little is known about whether the SES gradient in ECD outcomes varies by sex. This study examines whether the association between neighbourhood SES and developmental health outcomes of Canadian kindergarten children is different for girls than for boys. Individual-level child develo…
A Canadian Neighbourhood Index for Socioeconomic Status Associated with Early Child Development
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status indices and early childhood development
The developmental health of young children is highly influenced by the socioeconomic conditions in which they are raised. How to accurately measure these conditions is a point of debate in the current literature on child development, health, and social determinants. We have evaluated four existing indices of socioeconomic status (SES) to determine the most relevant for the analysis of early childhood development (ECD) in Canada. Following a liter…
Validation of Multilevel Constructs
Selection of area-level variables from administrative data
Les coûts économiques de la vulnérabilité précoce au Canada
The use of population‐level data to advance interdisciplinary methodology
The authors argue that population‐level data should be used to advance interdisciplinary research about community effects on early development. These data permit the identification of neighborhoods in which development patterns deviate from predictions based on local socioeconomic status (SES). So‐called ‘off‐diagonal’ places signal where researchers are likely to discover processes that either deflect the risks of low SES or dampen the salutary …
Towards a predictive model of quality in Canadian child care centers
Predictors of quality in family child care
Hidden fragility
Validation of Multilevel Constructs
Predictors of quality in family child care
Towards a predictive model of quality in Canadian child care centers
Hidden fragility
Les coûts économiques de la vulnérabilité précoce au Canada
The use of population‐level data to advance interdisciplinary methodology
The authors argue that population‐level data should be used to advance interdisciplinary research about community effects on early development. These data permit the identification of neighborhoods in which development patterns deviate from predictions based on local socioeconomic status (SES). So‐called ‘off‐diagonal’ places signal where researchers are likely to discover processes that either deflect the risks of low SES or dampen the salutary …
Disentangling the role of income in the academic achievement of migrant children
A Canadian Neighbourhood Index for Socioeconomic Status Associated with Early Child Development
Selection of area-level variables from administrative data
Hidden fragility
Towards a predictive model of quality in Canadian child care centers
Predictors of quality in family child care
The use of population‐level data to advance interdisciplinary methodology
The authors argue that population‐level data should be used to advance interdisciplinary research about community effects on early development. These data permit the identification of neighborhoods in which development patterns deviate from predictions based on local socioeconomic status (SES). So‐called ‘off‐diagonal’ places signal where researchers are likely to discover processes that either deflect the risks of low SES or dampen the salutary …
Selection of area-level variables from administrative data
Les coûts économiques de la vulnérabilité précoce au Canada
Validation of Multilevel Constructs
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status indices and early childhood development
The developmental health of young children is highly influenced by the socioeconomic conditions in which they are raised. How to accurately measure these conditions is a point of debate in the current literature on child development, health, and social determinants. We have evaluated four existing indices of socioeconomic status (SES) to determine the most relevant for the analysis of early childhood development (ECD) in Canada. Following a liter…
Sex differences in the socioeconomic gradient of children's early development
Sex differences in early child development (ECD) are well documented, as is the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient in early development outcomes. However, relatively little is known about whether the SES gradient in ECD outcomes varies by sex. This study examines whether the association between neighbourhood SES and developmental health outcomes of Canadian kindergarten children is different for girls than for boys. Individual-level child develo…
A Canadian Neighbourhood Index for Socioeconomic Status Associated with Early Child Development
Disentangling the role of income in the academic achievement of migrant children
Covid-19 and Childcare in Canada
This paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave on Canadian childcare. Using results from 8,300 responses to a Canadawide survey of centres and regulated family childcare, it illustrates how limited public funding and reliance on parent fees made childcare unsustainable when services closed. The lack of public funding created financial stress and uncertainty about the future among centres Canada wide, including in provinces …
Does social capital flatten the social gradient in early childhood development? An ecological study of two provinces in Canada
Screen time and developmental health
Daily screen time that exceeds the recommended one-hour limit for young children, as suggested by the Canadian 24-h Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Tremblay et al. BMC Public Health. 17:874, 2017; Tremblay J Physical Activity Health. 17:92-5, 2020) is negatively associated with developmental health outcomes in early childhood. Screen-based activities should thus be limited for young children. Future research needs to examine the under…
Population-Based Teacher-Rated Assessment of Anxiety Among Canadian Kindergarten Children
Despite anxiety being a prevalent mental health problem in children, little data exist on the pervasiveness and levels of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners. Data from the Early Development Instrument, a teacher-completed, population-level measure of child development, were collected across Canada from 2004 to 2015. The final analytic sample consisted of 974,319 children of whom 2.6% were classified as "highly anxious". Compared to children who …
Childhood poverty and school readiness
Children who experienced combined poverty had lower levels of school readiness at kindergarten, regardless of timing and immigration background
Neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status and prevalence of teacher-reported health disorders among Canadian kindergarten children
Background The evidence on the association between neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) and health disorders in young children is scarce. This study examined the prevalence of health disorders in Canadian kindergarten (5–6 years old) children in relation to neighborhood SES in 12/13 Canadian jurisdictions. Methods Data on child development at school entry for an eligible 1,372,980 children out of the total population of 1,435,428 childre…
Poverty type, immigration background, and secondary school academic outcomes for children in British Columbia
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11218-025-10093-x
Pre- versus post-Covid-19 pandemic comparison of kindergarten teacher-reported child development in multiple Canadian jurisdictions
Little is known so far about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children. We assessed the effect of the pandemic on pre-existing developmental trends in this population-level, repeated cross-sectional cohort design study of child development at school entry, measured with the kindergarten teacher-completed Early Development Instrument (EDI) in the 10 years prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and two years after. Individual EDI d…
Mental well-being trends and school-based protective factors among adolescents in British Columbia (2015-2022)
The decline in well-being and the protective nature of modifiable protective factors identified in our study highlight the need for population-level mental health strategies that can be implemented in partnership with school districts
Intersecting social positions and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Early Childhood Education and Development (13 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works)