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Our Publications
2025
2025
The intersection of COVID lockdown policies and parent resources with children's media in Canada, the United States, Israel, Sweden, and New Zealand.
Journal of Children and Media
Piper, D.J., Cockroft, R., Suh, B., Radesky, J., Sundqvist, A., Koch, F., Fitzpatrick, C., Gueron-Sela, N., Swit, C., Coyne, S., Kirkorian, H., Kerr, M.L., & Barr, R.
2025
Associations between youth lifestyle habits, sociodemographic characteristics, and health status with positive mental health: A gender-based analysis in a sample of Canadian postsecondary students
Preventive Medicine Reports
Surprenant, R; Bezeau, D; Arantes Tiraboschi, G; Garon-Carrier, G; Cabot, I; Brodeur, M; Fitzpatrick, C.
2024
2023
2023
Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development.
Psychology: Research and Review/Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
Fitzpatrick, C., Binet., MA., Cristini, E., Lopes Almeida, M., Bégin, M., Frizzo, G.
2022
2021 AND BEYOND
2021 AND BEYOND
Smith, J., Guimond, F.-A., Bergeron, J., St-Amand, J., Fitzpatrick, C. et Gagnon, M. (2021). Changes in students’ achievement motivation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A function of extraversion/introversion?. Education Sciences, 11(1), 30. doi.org/10.3390/educsci11010030
Fitzpatrick, C. Boers, E., & Pagani, L. (2020). Kindergarten readiness, later health, and social costs. Pediatrics, 46, e20200978.
Barr, R., Kirkorian, H., Radesky, J., Coyne, S., Nichols, D., Blanchfield, O., Fitzpatrick, C. (2020). Beyond Screen Time: A synergistic approach to a more comprehensive assessment of family media exposure during early childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1283.
Fitzpatrick, C., Archambault, I., Barnett, T., & Pagani, L. (2020). Preschool cognitive control and family adversity predict the evolution of classroom engagement in elementary school. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 10, 1-9.
Fitzpatrick. C., Burkhalter, R., Asbridge, M. (2019). Characteristics of Canadian youth adhering to physical activity and screen time recommendations. Journal of School Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1059840519881185
Fitzpatrick. C., Burkhalter, R., Asbridge, M. (2019). Adolescent media use and its association to wellbeing in a Canadian national sample. Preventive Medicine Reports, 14, 100867.
Ribner, A., Harvey, E., Gervais, R., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2019). Explaining school entry math and reading achievement in Canadian children using the Opportunity-Propensity framework. Learning and Instruction, 59, 65-75.
Wang, A. & Fitzpatrick, C. (2019). Which early childhood experiences and skills predict kindergarten working memory? Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 40, 40-48.
Fitzpatrick, C., Alexander, S., Henderson, M., & Barnett, T. A. (2019). Prospective associations between play environments and pediatric obesity. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33, 541-548.
Pagani, L.S., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2018). Children’s early disruptive behavior predicts later coercive behavior and binge drinking by mothers. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 39, 15-20.
Fitzpatrick, C., Datta, G.D., Henderson, M., Grey-Donald, K., & Barnett, T.A. (2017). School food environments associated with adiposity in children attending Canadian urban schools. International Journal of Obesity, 41, 1005-1010.
Fitzpatrick, C., Côté-Lussier, C. & Pagani, L. (2018), Corrigendum: Ready for kindergarten: Are intelligence skills enough?, South African Journal of Childhood Education, 8(1), a633. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajce.v8i1.633
Ribner, A., Fitzpatrick, C., Blair, C. (2017). Family socioeconomic status moderates effects of television viewing and school readiness skills. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 38, 233-239.
Alexander, S.A., Fitzpatrick, C., Barnett. T.A (2016). Are inequalities produced through differential accessto play opportunities at school? A call to level the playing field. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107, e583-e585
Fitzpatrick, C., Ohgia, M. Melki, J., Pagani, L. (2016). Early exposure to media violence: What parents and policy makers ought to know. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6, 223-240.
Pagani, L.S., Lévesque-Seck, F., Fitzpatrick, C. (2016). Prospective associations between televiewing in toddlerhood and later self-reported social impairment. Psychological Medicine, 46, 3329-3337.
Fitzpatrick, C., Coté-Lussier, C., & Blair, C. (2016). Dressed and groomed for success in elementary school: student appearance and academic adjustment. The Elementary School Journal, 117, 30-45.
Côté-Lussier, C. & Fitzpatrick, C. (2016). Feelings of safety at school, socio-emotional functioning and classroom engagement. Journal of Adolescent Health, 58, 543–550.
Pagani, L.S., Fitzpatrick, C. (2016). Early childhood household smoke exposure predicts less task-
oriented classroom behavior at age 10. Health, Education & Behavior, 43, 584-591.
Pagani, L. S., Nguyen, A. D., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2016). Prospective associations between early long-term household tobacco smoke exposure and subsequent indicators of metabolic risk at age 10. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18, 1250-1257.
Fitzpatrick, C., Archambaut, I., Janosz, M., & Pagani, L.S. (2015). Early childhood working memory
forecasts high school dropout risk. Intelligence, 53, 160-165.
Watt, E., Fitzpatrick, C., & Derevenski, J. Pagani, L.S. (2015). Too much television? Prospective associations between early childhood televiewing and later self-reports of victimization by sixth grade classmates. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 36, 426–433.
Côté-Lussier C, Fitzpatrick, C., Séguin L, Barnett T A (2015). Poor, unsafe, and overweight: the role of feeling unsafe at school in mediating the association among poverty exposure, youth screen time, physical activity, and weight status. American Journal of Epidemiology, 182, 67-79.
Piché, G., Fitzpatrick, C., & Pagani, L. S. (2015). Associations between extracurricular activity and self-regulation: A longitudinal study from 5 to 10 years of age. American Journal of Health Promotion, 30, e32-e40.
Fitzpatrick, C., Barnett, T.A. & Pagani, L.S. (2015). Maternal smoking predicts waist circumference and skin-fold measures by middle-childhood. JMED Research, 1-14
Fitzpatrick, C. (2014). Bridging the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children: why should we be concerned with executive functions in the South African context? South African Journal of Childhood Education, 4, 156-166.
Fitzpatrick, C., McKinnon, R., Blair, C. & Willoughby, M. (2014). Do preschool executive function skills account for the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children? Learning and Instruction, 30, 25-31.
Fitzpatrick, C., Côté-Lussier, C., Pagani, L.S., & Blair, C. (2013). I don’t think you like me: child minority status and disadvantage predict relationship quality with teachers. Youth & Society, 45, 727-743.
Pagani, L.S., Fitzpatrick C. & Barnett, T. (2013). Early childhood television viewing and kindergarten entry readiness. Pediatric Research, 7, 350-355.
Fitzpatrick, C., Barnett, T.A., & Pagani, L.S. (2013). Parental bad habits breed bad behavior in youth: exposure to gestational smoke and child impulsivity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 93, 17-21.
Fitzpatrick, C., & Pagani, L.S. (2013). Task-oriented behavior pays off in later childhood. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 34, 94-100.
Pagani, L.S., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2013). Prospective associations between early long-term household tobacco smoke exposure and antisocial behavior in later childhood. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 164, 425-431.
Pagani L.S. & Fitzpatrick, C. (2013). Children’s school readiness: implications for eliminating disparities in health and education. Health, Education, and Behavior, 41, 25-33.
Fitzpatrick, C., Pagani, L., Barnett, T. (2012). Early childhood television exposure predicts explosive leg strength and waist circumference by middle childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 87-97.
Fitzpatrick, C. Ready or Not? Kindergarten classroom engagement as an indicator of child school readiness. (2012). South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2, 1-32.
Fitzpatrick, C. What if we considered a novel dimension of school readiness? The importance of classroom engagement for early adjustment to school. (2012). Education as Change, 16, 333-335.
Fitzpatrick, C., & Pagani, L. (2012). Toddler working memory skills predict kindergarten school readiness. Intelligence, 40, 205-212.
Fitzpatrick, C., & Barnett, & Pagani, L.S. (2012). Early exposure to violent media and later child adjustment. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 33, 291-297.
Pagani, L.S., Fitzpatrick, C., Parent, S. (2012). Relating kindergarten attention to subsequent developmental pathways of classroom engagement in primary school. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 715-725.
Archambault, I., Pagani, L.S., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2012). Transactional associations between classroom engagement and relations with teachers from first through fourth grade. Learning and Instruction, 23, 1-9.
Piché, G., Fitzpatrick, C., & Pagani, L.S. (2012). Kindergarten self-regulation skills as predictors of body mass index and physical exercise in the fourth-grade students. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6, 16-26.
Pagani, L.S., Fitzpatrick, C., Barnett, T., & Dubow, E. (2010). Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 164, 425-431.
Pagani, L.S., Fitzpatrick, C., Archambault, I., & Janosz, M. (2010). School readiness and later school success: A replication and extension using a Canadian French speaking sample. Developmental Psychology, 46, 984-994.
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