Martin Guhn
Martin Guhn is Associate Professor at the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), School of Population and Public Health, UBC, and member of the Canadian Council on the Social Determinants of Health. He has a PhD in Human Development (UBC), conducted a Michael Smith Foundation of Health Research postdoctoral fellowship in Population Health at HELP, and has a master’s degree in Psychology and a bachelor degree in Music.
His interdisciplinary, applied research focuses on social, cultural, demographic, and socio-economic determinants of children’s and adolescents’ developmental health, wellbeing, and educational trajectories. This research draws from population-level data linkages, and the EDI, MDI, TDI, CHEQ, and YDI research projects.
Further research interests include children’s social and emotional development, bio-ecological theories of human development, and validation of population-level assessment. A primary goal of this research is to contribute to policy decision making and community-based knowledge mobilization that helps all children thrive.
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Population-level data on child development at school entry reflecting social determinants of health: A narrative review of studies using the Early Development Instrument.
2021 Int J Environ Res Public Health
Janus M. , Reid-Westoby C. , Raiter N. , Forer B. , Guhn M.
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Associations between School Readiness and Student Wellbeing: A Six-Year Follow Up Study
2020 Child Indicators Research
Gregory T. , Dal Grande E. , Brushe M. , Engelhardt D. , Luddy S. , Guhn M. , Gadermann A. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Brinkman S.
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Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood: family characteristics, trust in neighbours and daily outdoor play in early childhood
2020
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User Characteristics and Parenting Practices Associated with Adolescents' Initial Use of a Lifestyle Behavior Modification Intervention
2020
Piatkowski C. , Faulkner G. , Guhn M. , Mâsse L. C.
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Socioeconomic gradient in the developmental health of Canadian children with disabilities at school entry: a cross-sectional study
2020 BMJ Open
Zeraatkar D. , Duku E. , Bennett T. A. , Guhn M. , Forer B. , Brownell M. , Janus M.
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Disentangling the role of income in the academic achievement of migrant children
2020
Gagne M. H. , Janus M. , Muhajarine N. , Gadermann A. , Duku E. , Milbrath C. , Minh A. , Forer B. , Magee C. , Guhn M.
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A Canadian Neighbourhood Index for Socioeconomic Status Associated with Early Child Development.
2019
Forer B. , Minh A. , Enns J. , Webb S. , Duku E. , Brownell M. , Muhajarine N. , Janus M. , Guhn M.
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Neighbourhood culture and immigrant children's developmental outcomes at kindergarten
2019 Early Childhood Research Quarterly
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Associations between Kindergarten social-emotional health and mental health physician visits in adolescence: A population-based study in British Columbia, Canada
2019
Thomson K. C. , Richardson C. G. , Gadermann A. , Emerson S. D. , Shoveller J. , Guhn M.
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Early emotional and communication functioning as predictors of the academic trajectories of refugee children in Canada
2018
Gagne M. H. , Janus M. , Milbrath C. , Gadermann A. , Guhn M.
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Positive mental health and supportive school environments: A short-term longitudinal study of dispositional optimism and school social relationships in early adolescence.
2018 Soc Sci Med
Oberle E. , Guhn M. , Gadermann A. , Thomson K. C. , Schonert-Reichl K.
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Ethnic density of regions and psychiatric disorders among ethnic minority individuals
2018 Int J Soc Psychiatry
Emerson S. D. , Minh A. , Guhn M.
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Factors predicting the stratified academic achievement trajectories of foreign-born Canadian adolescents: a population-based study
2018 Applied Developmental Science
Gagne M. H. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Costigan C. , Guhn M. , Shapka J.
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Examining measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale adapted for Children across gender and over time
2018 Psychological Assessment
Guhn M. , Ark T. , Emerson S. D. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Gadermann A.
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Measuring social-emotional development and well-being in middle childhood: The Middle Years Development Instrument.
2017 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Oberle E. , Gadermann A. , Guhn M. , Rowcliffe P. , Schonert-Reichl K.
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Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Reviewing three decades of research
2017 Qual Life Res
Emerson S. D. , Guhn M. , Gadermann A.
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Examining the social determinants of children's developmental health: protocol for building a pan-Canadian population-based monitoring system for early childhood development
2016 BMJ Open
Guhn M. , Janus M. , Enns J. , Brownell M. , Forer B. , Duku E.
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Incidence of mood or anxiety disorders in children of parents with multiple sclerosis
2016 Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Razaz N. , Tremlett H. , Boyce T. , Guhn M. , Marrie R. , Joseph K. S.
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Associations between teacher-rated social, emotional, and cognitive development in kindergarten and self-reported wellbeing, peer relations, and academic test scores in middle childhood.
2016 Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Guhn M. , Gadermann A. , Almas A. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Hertzman C.
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Associations between child home language, gender, bilingualism and school readiness: a population-based study
2016 Early Child Res Q
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International research utilizing the Early Development Instrument (EDI) as a measure of early child development: Introduction to the Special Issue
2016
Janus M. , Harrison L. J. , Goldfeld S. , Brinkman S. , Guhn M.
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A population-based study of children’s well-being and health: the relative importance of social relationships, health-related activities, and income.
2015 J Happiness Studies
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Early Development Instrument
2014 Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Janus M. , Brinkman S. , Guhn M.
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The role of supportive adults in promoting positive development in middle childhood: a population-based study
2014 Can J School Pscyhol
Oberle E. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Guhn M. , Zumbo B. , Hertzman C.
Tags:MDI middle childhood development Middle Years Development Instrument SEL social emotional learning
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Hair cortisol reflects socio-economic factors and hair zinc in preschoolers
2013 Psychoneuroendocrinology
Vaghri Z. , Guhn M. , Weinberg J. , Yu W. , Hertzman C.
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A population study of victimization, relationships, and well-being in middle childhood.
2012 Journal of Happiness Studies
Guhn M. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Gadermann A. , Hymel S. , Hertzman C.
Tags:middle childhood development Middle Years Development Instrument MDI
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Development and validation of the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI): assessing children’s well-being and assets across multiple contexts
2012 Social Indicators Research
Schonert-Reichl K. , Guhn M. , Gadermann A. , Hymel S. , Sweiss L. , Hertzman C.
Tags:MDI middle childhood development Middle Years Development Instrument
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Estimating ordinal reliability for Likert-type and ordinal item response data: a conceptual, empirical, and practical guide.
2012 Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation
Gadermann A. , Guhn M. , Zumbo B.
Tags:statistics
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From clinical-developmental theory to assessment: the Holistic Student Assessment Tool
2012 International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Noam G. , Malti T. , Guhn M.
Tags:early child development middle childhood development ECD
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Well-being in middle childhood: an assets-based population-level research-to-action project.
2012 Child Indicators Research
Guhn M. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Gadermann A. , Marriott D. , Pedrini L. , Hymel S.
Tags:middle childhood development Middle Years Development Instrument MDI
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A family policy assessment tool for the Canadian context.
2012
Muhajarine N. , Lysack M. , Guhn M. , Macqueen Smith F.
Tags:family policy
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Bioecological theory, early child development and the validation of the population-level Early Development Instrument
2011 Social Indicators Research
Guhn M. , Goelman H.
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Opening remarks to the special issue on validation theory and research for a population-level measure of children’s development, wellbeing, and school readiness
2011 Social Indicators Research
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Validation theory and research for a population-level measure of children’s development, wellbeing, and school readiness
2011 Social Indicators Research
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Conclusion: What differences can we make to make a difference? Chapter 11
2011 New approaches to research in early child development: Rules, rituals, realities
Goelman H. , Guhn M.
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Graduate student experiences in the CHILD Project. Chapter 10
2011 New approaches to research in early child development: Rules, rituals, realities
Guhn M. , Swarth S. , Pighini M. , Vilches S.
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Investigating the substantive aspect of construct validity for the satisfaction with life scale adapted for children: A focus on cognitive processes
2011 Social Indicators Research
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New approaches to early child development : rules, rituals, and realities
2011
Goelman H. , Guhn M.
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The theoretical framework(s) that guided the CHILD Project. Chapter 2
2011 New approaches to research in early child development: Rules, rituals, realities
Goelman H. , Guhn M.
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What we learned about interdisciplinarity. Chapter 8
2011 New approaches to research in early child development: Rules, rituals, realities
Goelman H. , Guhn M.
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Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) Report
2010
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Children's development in kindergarten: A multilevel, population-based analysis of ESL and gender effects on socioeconomic gradients
2010 Child Indicators Research
Guhn M. , Gadermann A. , Hertzman C. , Zumbo B.
Tags:gradients EDI early child development Early Development Instrument ECD
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Middle Years Development Instrument - Vancouver District Report
2010
Guhn M. , Konishi C. , Sweiss L. , Schonert-Reichl K. , Hymel S. , Lee A.
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Our Children’s Voices: The Middle Years Development Instrument
2010
Schonert-Reichl K. , Guhn M. , Hymel S. , Hertzman C. , Sweiss L. , Gadermann A.
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Rules, rituals and reality: Stories from the front lines of research on early child development
2010
Goelman H. , Guhn M.
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The world book of happiness
2010
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The use of population-level data to advance interdisciplinary methodology: A cell-through-society sampling framework for child development research
2009 International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Kershaw P. , Forer B. , Lloyd J. , Hertzman C. , Boyce T. , Zumbo B. , Guhn M. , Milbrath C. , Irwin L.
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Does the EDI measure school readiness in the same way across different groups of children.
2007 Early Education and Development
