Yvonne Bohr

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology

Degrees

Doctorate -
University of Toronto
Toronto

Selected Publications

 

Recent Peer Reviewed and Invited Publications 

Bohr, Y., Hankey, J., Abdelmaseh, M., McCague, H. et al. (under review). Making I-SPARX Fly in Nunavut: A Community-Directed Mental Wellness Initiative Guided by Inuit Youth and Community Members. International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

Hamel, K., Bohr, Y., & Singh, Y. (2024). What Works to Promote Resilience in the Lives of Street-Involved Boys in León, Nicaragua? A Grounded Theory Model with Implications for Intervention. Adversity and Resilience Science, 1-25.

Hamel, K., & Bohr, Y. (2024). Resilience in children and youth in street situations in León, Nicaragua. Journal of Community Psychology, 52(1), 7-26.

Albaum, C. S., Sellitto, T., Vashi, N., Bohr, Y., & Weiss, J. A. (2023). Treatment engagement as a predictor of therapy outcome following cognitive behaviour therapy for autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06083-7

Albaum, C.S., Vashi, N., Bohr, Y. & Weiss, J. (2023). A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Process Factors in Mental Health Treatment for Autistic Youth. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 26, 212–241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-022-00409-0

Vashi, N., Bohr, Y., & Weiss, J. A. (2023). Transdiagnostic Symptoms in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Perceived Parent-Child Relationship Quality: A Pilot Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(11), 3472-3481.

Bohr, Y., Litwin, L., Hankey, J. R., McCague, H., Singoorie, C., Lucassen, M. F., ... & Barnhardt, J. (2023). Evaluating the Utility of a Psychoeducational Serious Game (SPARX) in Protecting Inuit Youth From Depression: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Serious Games, 11(1), e38493.

Hamel, K., Abdelmaseh, M., & Bohr, Y. (2023). An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(3), 319-334.

Litwin, L., Hankey, J., Lucassen, M., Shepherd, M., Singoorie, C. & Bohr, Y. (2022). Reflections on SPARX, a Self-Administered e-Intervention for Depression, for Inuit Youth in Nunavut. Journal of Rural Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000218

Albaum, C.S., Vashi, N., Bohr, Y. & Weiss, J. (2022). A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Process Factors in Mental Health Treatment for Autistic Youth. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-022-00409-0

Roudbarani, F., Tablon, Modica P, Maddox BB, Bohr, Y., Weiss, JA. (2022). Clinician factors related to the delivery of psychotherapy for autistic youth and youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Autism. doi:10.1177/13623613221106400

Thomas, A., Bohr, Y., Hankey, J., Oskalns, M., Barnhardt, J., & Singoorie, C. (2022). How did Nunavummiut youth cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A qualitative exploration of the resilience of Inuit youth leaders involved in the I-SPARX project. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81(1), 2043577.

Cerezo, M. A., Abdelmaseh, M., Trenado, R. M., Pons-Salvador, G., & Bohr, Y. (2021). The temporal dimension in the understanding of maternal sensitivity in caregiver-infant interactions: The ‘Early Mother-Child Interaction Coding System’. Infant Behavior and Development, 63, 101563.

Bohr, Y., Bimm M, Bint Misbah K, et al. (2021). The Crying Clinic: Increasing accessibility to Infant Mental Health services for immigrant parents at risk for peripartum depression. Infant Mental Health Journal, 42, 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21879

Madigan, S., Eirich, R., Racine, N., Borland‐Kerr, C., Cooke, J. E., Devereux, C., Plamondon, A.R., Tarabulsy, G.M., Cyr, C., Haltigan, J.D., Bohr, Y., Bronfman, E. & Lyons‐Ruth, K. (2020). Feasibility of training service providers on the AMBIANCE-Brief measure for use in community settings. Infant Mental Health Journal, 2020; 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21898

Ahmad, F., El Morr, C., Ritvo, P., Othman, N., Moineddin, R., & MVC Team. (2020). An Eight-Week, Web-Based Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention for Students’ Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mental health, 7(2), e15520.

El Morr C, Ritvo P, Ahmad F, Moineddin R, MVC Team (2020). Effectiveness of an 8-Week Web-Based Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention for University Students on Symptoms of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health 7(7). DOI: 10.2196/18595

Bornstein, M., Putnick, D., Bohr, Y., Abdelmaseh, M. & Lee, Y. (2020). Maternal Sensitivity and Language in Infancy Promote Child Core Language Skill in Preschool. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51, 483-489. 

Mehra, V., Keethakumar, A., Bohr, Y., Abdullah, P. & Tamim, H. (2019). The Association between Alcohol, Marijuana, Illegal Drug Use and Current Use of E-cigarette Among Youth and Young Adults in Canada: Results from Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey 2017. BMC Public Health 19(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7546-y

Bohr, Y., Putnick, D. L., Lee, Y., & Bornstein, M. H. (2018). Evaluating Caregiver Sensitivity to Infants: Measures Matter. Infancy, 23(5), 730-747.

Bohr, Y., Dhayanandhan, B., Kanter, D., Holigrocki, R., Armour, L., & Baumgartner, E. (2018). Mapping the attributions of parents: a client-centered dynamic approach to assessing vulnerable caregivers and their young children. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 17(1), 54-69.

Invited Book Chapters 

Bornstein, M. H., Bohr, Y. &Hamel, K. (2020). Immigration, Acculturation, and Parenting. In R. E. Tremblay, M. Boivin, & R. DeV Peters (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development, Ottawa, Canada: Center ofExcellence for Early Childhood Development, 2020.

Muir, N., Bohr, Y., Shepard, M., Warne, D & Healey, G. (2019). Aboriginal Parenting. The Handbook of Parenting, 3rd edition, NY: Routledge, Marc Bornstein, Editor. 

Bohr, Y. (2018). Social Justice. Entry for SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. M. Bornstein, Editor. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Bohr, Y., Liu, C., Chen, S. & Wang, L. (2018). Satellite Babies: Costs and benefits of culturally driven parent-infant separations in North American immigrant families. In de Guzman, M.R.T., Brown, J. & Pope Edwards, C. (Editors). Parenting From Afar: The Reconfiguration of the Family Across Distance (pp. 304-320). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

Bohr, Y., Hynie, M. & Armour, L. (2015). Focusing on Resilience in Canadian Immigrant Mothers’ MentalHealth. In Khanlou N & Pilkington B.  (Editors). Women’s Mental Health: Resistance and Resilience inCommunity and Society.  Advances in Mental Health and Addiction (Series Editor: Masood Zangeneh). 233-245. New York: Springer.

Hynie, M., Umubyeyi, B., Gasanganwa, M.C., Bohr, Y., McGrath, S. & Umuziga, P. (2015). CommunityResilience and Community Interventions for Post-Natal Depression: Reflecting on Maternal Mental Health inRwanda. In Khanlou N & Pilkington B.  (Editors). Women’s Mental Health: Resistance and Resilience inCommunity and Society. Advances in Mental Health and Addiction (Series Editor: Masood Zangeneh). NewYork: Springer.

Bornstein, M. H., & Bohr, Y. (2011). Immigration, Acculturation, and Parenting. In R. E. Tremblay, M. Boivin, & R. DeV Peters (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development, Ottawa, Canada: Center of Excellencefor Early Childhood Development, 2011.

 

Other Research Outputs

Danto, D., Alex, R.,Alter, R., Bohr, Y., Calvez, S. Fellner, K. John, R. Koostachin, A. Lafontaine, LaForme, S. Maybee, C. Reeves, A. Spence, G. Stewart, S. Stockdale Winder, F. Wabano, R. Willinsky, C. (2018). Psychology’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Report. A report of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Psychology Foundation of Canada, prepared by the Task Force on Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Report.

Bohr, Y., Litwin, L., Flett, G., Rawana, J., G., Healy, G. & Dion, S. (2016). Making SPARX fly in Nunavut: Pilot testing an innovative computer-based intervention for reducing youth depression as a preamble to the development of a culturally specific, community led prevention program. Research report prepared for the Department of Health, Government of Nunavut.

Bohr, Y. & Armour, L. (2014).  Planning Guide: Community Mental Health Promotion. Prepared for the Government of Nunavut.

Bohr, Y., Hynie, M., Shih, C., Whitfield, N., & Zafar, S. (2011). Parent-Infant Separation in Immigrant Families: Risk, Resilience, and Implications for Social Policy. A report to the Centre of Excellence for Research in Immigration and Settlement at the Social Sciences  and Humanities Research Council.

Bohr, Y., Shih, C., Kanter, D., Whitfield, N., Dhayanandhan, B., Chan, J., Bick, K., & Hermanto, N. (2011). The Mapping Attributions of Parents (MAP) method: Evaluation of a brief assessment and intervention for families at risk. Report to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Ontario.

Bohr, Y., Summers, J. & Williams, J. (2008).  Effectiveness VS efficacy of a community based group treatment program for childhood anxiety. Final outcome evaluation; report to the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO. Retrieve from http://www.onthepoint.ca/GAI/.

Bohr, Y., Halpert, B., Chan, J., Lishak, V. Mullen, N. (2007). Songs, Rhymes and More: a program to enhance parental sensitivity: Final outcome evaluation; report to the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO. Retrieve from http://www.onthepoint.ca/GAI/.

Affiliations

Society for Research in Child Development

Canadian Psychological Association

World Association of Infant Mental Health

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: No

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Yes

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes

Current Research

Our research focuses on the well being and optimal development of infants, children, youth and their parents. We study attachment and parenting practices in diverse cultural contexts, including migration, and Indigenous/rural, as well as digital cultures. We are interested in prevention and interventions that optimize mental health in all children and youth. Our investigations address the prevention of relationship ruptures in families, and client-centred treatment of disorders such as anxiety and depression. We value our relationships with community-based mental health services which facilitate ongoing knowledge exchange activities, as they pertain to evidence-based practice in clinical settings. We belong to the Faculty of Health's LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, and benefit from exceptional research resources.

Research Projects

Canadian IStudents Mental Health:Virtual Support on Campus.
A study that looks at the use of smart phone applications (for example meditation app) to support university students' mental health. (PI: Farah Ahmad)
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $410,000.00
Year Funded: 2016
Duration: 2
Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Mental Health Problems in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Approach.
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a manualized and individually delivered 10-session, transdiagnostic CBT intervention, aimed at improving emotion regulation and mental health difficulties in children with ASD. (PI: Jonathan Weiss).
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $800,000.00
Year Funded: 2016
Duration: 4
Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Making I-SPARX Fly in Nunavut
We are excited to announce our new 4-year CIHR-funded Nunavut-based youth mental health project: Making I-SPARX Fly in Nunavut is a collaboration between our lab, 6 Nunavut communities and Nunavut-based agencies, the Nunavut Research Institute, the ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓕᒪᓂᒃ/ᐱᓕᕆᔨᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖓ Embrace Life Council, the ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᑏᑦ Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre and Pinnguaq Association.
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $1,200,000.00
Year Funded: 2017
Duration: 4
Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Curriculum Vitae (C.V. file):

CV of Yvonne M Bohr