Vanessa Kurdi

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Although studies have documented the importance of basic psychological need satisfaction in parent–child relationships, a gap remains in understanding how parent and adolescent need satisfaction are associated. Using two longitudinal intergenerational data sets (200 parent–adolescent dyads and 408 mother–adolescent dyads; two waves), we examined wh...

Some aspects of parenting have been differentially associated with adolescents’ intrinsic values (affiliation, self-acceptance, and community) and extrinsic values (wealth, beauty, and fame). This study examines how the three components of detrimental parenting (i.e., rejecting, chaotic, and controlling parenting) relate to adolescents’ values (N =...

This chapter explores how self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000, 2017), an empirical theory about human motivation and personality, aligns with principles and practices of social and emotional learning (SEL) within the school context. Through its emphasis on basic psychological needs (BPN) for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, SDT...

While studies have documented the importance of basic psychological need satisfaction in parent-child relationships, a gap remains in understanding how parental and adolescent need satisfactions are associated. Using two longitudinal intergenerational datasets (200 parent-adolescent dyads and 408 mother-adolescent dyads; two waves), the study exami...

Using structural equation modeling (SEM), this study examines how adolescents’ rated importance (talk) and enactment (walk) of extrinsic values (wealth, beauty, and fame) and intrinsic values (affiliation, self-acceptance, and community) relate to their well-being and risk-taking. An online questionnaire was filled out by 647 adolescents (57.1% gir...

Previous work from our lab has shown that basal cortisol levels are different between healthy young adults who spontaneously use caudate nucleus-dependent response strategies compared to young adults who use hippocampus-dependent spatial navigation strategies. Young adults who use caudate nucleus dependent strategies display lower basal cortisol le...

According to Connell and Wellborn’s Self-System Model of Motivational Development (SSMMD; Self processes and development, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, pp 43–77, 1991), school engagement is fostered by students’ perception that their needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness are fulfilled. The universal claim of this model has rarel...

Previous studies showed that healthy young adults who spontaneously use caudate nucleus-dependent strategies on a virtual navigation task, have significantly lower basal levels of cortisol compared with adults who use hippocampus-dependent spatial navigation strategies. In the current paper, we assessed the relation between basal cortisol levels an...

According to Connell and Wellborn’s Self-System Model of Motivational Development (SSMMD; 1991), school engagement is fostered by students’ perception of the fulfillment of their needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness. The universal claim of this model has rarely been tested across groups with diverse immigration status, socioeconomic stat...

Children from disadvantaged families are more likely to experience an array of problems, including a higher risk of developing internalizing symptoms, such as anxiety symptoms, and lower academic achievement. To overcome the negative effects of poverty and favor academic success for the most vulnerable children, researchers and school professionals...

Connell and Wellborn's Self-System Model of Motivational Development (SSMMD; 1991) posits that structure, autonomy support, and involvement from teachers influence their students' perceptions of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. However, this model has rarely been tested in low socioeconomic elementary school students presenting academic and p...

Although child difficult temperament is a well‐known risk factor for parenting quality, few studies have focused on the association between specific temperament dimensions and parental behaviours. This study focused on negative emotionality, one of the best‐accepted dimensions of temperament, and its subdimensions of irritability and fearfulness. T...

This study examined the influence of student–teacher relationships on children’s anxiety and its differential association according to children’s sex and academic achievement. The sample included 350 third- and fourth-grade students and their elementary school teachers. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that student–teacher conflict...

The present study examined the unique and joint effects of peer victimization and conflicts with teachers on student behavioral and affective engagement across the school year among a sample of 333 fifth- and sixth-grade students. Results first showed that peer victimization was not a significant predictor of students’ affective engagement, whereas...

This study sought to investigate navigational strategies across the life span, by testing 8-years old children to 80-years old healthy older adults on the 4 on 8 virtual maze (4/8VM). The 4/8VM was previously developed to assess spontaneous navigational strategies, i.e., hippocampal-dependent spatial strategies (navigation by memorizing relationshi...