| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Richardson |
First name: | Chris G |
| Address: | School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
2206 East Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T 1Z3 |
Fax: | (604) 822-4994 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | School of Nursing |
| E-mail address: |
richardson_cg@yahoo.com |
BC research location(s): |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus |
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MSFHR Research Unit(s): |
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| Status: | Postdoctoral student or fellow |
| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Postdoctorate |
Adolescent Tobacco Dependence |
2007 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Epidemiology |
2004 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Master's |
Community Health |
1999 |
University of Northern British Columbia |
| Bachelor's, Honours |
Biopsychology |
1993 |
University of Guelph |
| Last update: |
23/10/2006
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Research topics: |
Lifestyle Determinants and Health (Population Health)
Smoking (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Drug Abuse (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Social Determinants of Child and Youth Development (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Health Promotion (Population Health) |
| Fields of application: |
Public Health |
| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
Adoelscent Substance Use, Tobacco Dependence, Cancer Prevention, Alcohol Use, Health Behaviour, Psychometrics, Structural Equation Model, Health Measurement, Quality of Life, Psychosocial Determinants |
| Research interests: |
The psychosocial determinants of adolescent substance use including specific work on emerging tobacco dependence;(2) the application of latent profile analyses to characterize the use of multiple substances by adolescents. |
| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
Number |
Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Richardson CG, Ratner PA, Zumbo BD |
| "A test of the age-based measurement invariance and temporal stability of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale." |
| 2006 |
In Press |
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Educational and Psychological Measurement |
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| Richardson CG, Ratner PA |
| "Sense of coherence as a moderator of the effects of stressful life events on health." |
| 2005 |
59 |
11 |
pp. 979-984 |
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health |
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| Richardson CG, Ratner PA |
| "A confirmatory factor analysis of the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence." |
| 2005 |
30 |
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pp. 697-709 |
Addictive Behaviors |
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| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English, French |
| Read: |
English, French |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
17/08/2010
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