Francis Vergunst

Biographic Data

ID6164197
NAMEFrancis Vergunst
GIVEN NAMESFrancis
FAMILY NAMEVergunst
SIGNATUREVERGUNST F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oslo
ORCID0000-0002-2277-6323
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Prenatal and Early Childhood Ambient Heat Exposure and Developmental Outcomes

    Open AccessJorge Cuartas, Marigen Narea et al.ARTICLEClinical Child and Family…2026

  • Bidirectional Associations Between Civic Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality in Youth

    Open AccessAnthony Sciola, Erinn L Acland et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2025

    INTRODUCTION: Civic engagement is common in youth, yet its longitudinal association with mental health remains understudied. This study aims to document bidirectional associations between civic engagement, depressive symptoms, and suicidality at 20 and 23. METHODS: We included 1451 participants born in 1997/98 from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Canada. At 20 and 23, youth self-reported their engagement in five types of civ…

  • Nurturing care as a critical buffer against climate change impacts on child development

    Open AccessJorge Cuartas, Francis Vergunst et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    We examine empirical and conceptual considerations related to the role of nurturing care for protecting human capital formation in the context of climate change. Climate change is a pressing global challenge. Heatwaves, wildfires, storms, and floods are becoming more frequent and severe, and their direct impact and aftermath can have long-lasting negative effects on employment, education, healthcare, and access to essential services. Children are…

  • Education outcomes in the era of global climate change

    Open AccessCaitlin M Prentice, Francis Vergunst et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2024

  • Childhood behavior problems and adverse economic outcomes

    Open AccessVincent Bégin, Francis Vergunst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2024

    BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to (a) assess the associations between early behavioral problems and intergenerational income mobility (i.e., the degree to which income status is transmitted from one generation to the next), (b) verify whether these associations are moderated by child sex, and (c) explore indirect effects of early behavioral problems on income mobility via high school graduation. METHODS: Data were drawn from the Qu…

  • Mechanisms and pathways linking kindergarten behavior problems with mid-life employment earnings for males from low-income neighborhoods

    Open AccessFrancis Vergunst, Frank Vitaro et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    Childhood behavior problems are associated with reduced labor market participation and lower earnings in adulthood, but little is known about the pathways and mechanisms that explain these associations. Drawing on a 33-year prospective birth cohort of White males from low-income backgrounds (n = 1040), we conducted a path analysis linking participants' teacher-rated behavior problems at age 6 years—that is, inattention, hyperactivity, aggression-…

  • Climate Change and Substance-Use Behaviors

    Open AccessFrancis Vergunst, Helen L Berry et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2023

    Climate change is undermining the mental and physical health of global populations, but the question of how it is affecting substance-use behaviors has not been systematically examined. In this narrative synthesis, we find that climate change could increase harmful substance use worldwide through at least five pathways: psychosocial stress arising from the destabilization of social, environmental, economic, and geopolitical support systems; incre…

  • Work-related and personal predictors of Covid-19 transmission

    Open AccessP Anand, Heidi Allen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2022References: 15

    OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence of work-related and personal predictors of COVID-19 transmission. SETTING AND RESPONDENTS: Data are drawn from a population survey of individuals in the USA and UK conducted in June 2020. BACKGROUND METHODS: Regression models are estimated for 1467 individuals in which reported evidence of infection depends on work-related factors as well as a variety of personal controls. RESULTS: The following themes emerge from t…

  • Developmental profiles of childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and irritability

    Open AccessCédric Galera, Massimiliano Orri et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2021

    BACKGROUND: Irritability is frequently comorbid with ADHD. Although irritability alone has been linked to deleterious mental health and adaptive issues, the joint developmental course of ADHD and irritability symptoms during childhood as well as its association with later mental health and suicidal outcomes is not fully understood. We aimed to describe the developmental trajectories of childhood ADHD and irritability symptoms and to quantify thei…

  • Behavior in childhood is associated with romantic partnering patterns in adulthood

    Open AccessFrancis Vergunst, Yao Zheng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2021

    BACKGROUND: Most people will partner at some point during their lives. Yet little is known about the association between childhood behavior and patterns of long-term romantic partnering in adulthood. METHODS: In this population-based cohort study, behavioral ratings were prospectively obtained from teachers when children (n = 2,960) were aged 10-12 years - for inattention, hyperactivity, aggression-opposition, anxiety, and prosociality - and link…

  • Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors

    Open AccessMarie‐Pier Larose, Marie-Pier Larose et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2020

    Current clinical trial number is ISRCTN84339956 (Retrospectively registered in March 2017). No amendment to initial protocol