Robert O. Pihl
Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Prof. Pihl's research coalesces around the perspective that differential susceptibility/etiology for a mental disorder is a function of variability in different motivational systems. Work is ongoing in four areas, a developmental study of a birth cohort of twins, investigations of populations at risk for drug abuse, the assessment of drug effects, and clinical interventions with drug abusing populations.
Research Interest
Health Psychology
Publications
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Pihl, R.O. (2010). Mental disorders are brain disorders: You think? Canadian Psychologist, 51, 40-49.
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Flanders, J., Simard, M., Paquette, D., Parent, S., Vitaro, F., Pihl, R., & Séguin, J. (2010). Rough-and-Tumble play and the development of physical aggression and emotion regulation: A five year follow-up study. Journal of Family Violence, 25, 357-367.
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Morisano, D., Hirsh, J., Peterson, J., Pihl, R., & Shore, B. (2010). Personal goal setting inproves academic performance in university students. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 255-264.
