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Raymond Baillargeon

Assistant Professor
Room: THN202A
Phone: (613) 562-5800 ext. 8268
Fax: (613) 562-5632
E-mail: raymond.baillargeon@uOttawa.ca		 Raymond Baillargeon

Biography

Professor Baillargeon’s research focuses on the development of disruptive behaviour—physical aggression, oppositional-defiant and hyperactive-impulsive behaviour—in children, from birth to adolescence.

His work has shown these behaviours start occuring at early age and that certain behaviours are more common in boys than in girls, particularly physical aggression. The majority of children who show these types of behaviours before the age of two continue to display them following year, a strong indicator of early onset of disruptive behaviours. By following children over a long period, he has been able to show that the problems showing up in a child before the age of two are still present at four years of age and continue as the child reaches school age.

Once his research is completed, Professor Baillargeon should be able to identify the factors involved in the development of disruptive behaviours and formulate strategies for screening and prevention in pre-school age children.


University degrees
Year Degree Specialty Institution
1993 Ph.D. Psychology York University
1988 M.Ps. Psychology Laval University
1985 B.A. Psychology Laval University

Research Interests

  • Early disruptive behavior problems and gender differences therein.
  • Statistics and the development of health indicators.
  • Cognitive development and cognitive style.
  • Disability and activity limitations in children.

Selected Publications

  • Baillargeon RH, Normand CL, Séguin JR, Zoccolillo M, Japel C, Pérusse D, Wu H-X, Boivin M, Tremblay RE (2007) The evolution of problem and social competence behaviors during toddlerhood: A prospective population-based cohort survey. Infant mental health journal, 28, 12-38.
  • Baillargeon RH, Zoccolillo M, Keenan K, Côté S, Pérusse D, Wu H-X, Boivin M, Tremblay RE (2007) Gender differences in the prevalence of physical aggression : A prospective population-based survey of children before and after two years of age. Developmental psychology, 43, 13-26.
  • Laudy O, Zoccolillo M, Baillargeon RH, Boom J, Tremblay RE, Hoijtink H (2005) Applications of confirmatory latent class analysis in developmental psychology. European journal of developmental psychology, 2, 1-15.
  • Romano E, Baillargeon RH, Wu H-X, Robaey P, Tremblay RE (2002) Prevalence of methylphenidate use and change over a two-year period: A nation-wide study of 2- to 11-year old Canadian children. The journal of pediatrics, 141 (1), 71-75.
  • Baillargeon RH, Boulerice B, Tremblay RE, Zoccolillo M, Vitaro F, Kohen DE (2001) Modeling interinformant agreement in the absence of a « Gold Standard ». Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 42, 463-473.