Nouvelles

Congratulations to Roxanne Guyon, a doctoral student in sexology, for receiving the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie Award from the Fonds de recherche Société et culture for her article entitled “Experiences of Disclosure and Reactions of Close Ones from the Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender Specificities”, published in the Journal of Child Sexual […]

On March 28-30, six students from the laboratory presented their research projects at the annual International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (IPSCAN) conference. Valérie Théorêt examined the role of alexithymia in the association between cumulative childhood maltreatment, and teen dating violence (https://bit.ly/VT-IPSCAN ) Laurie Fortin addressed the relationship between silencing the […]

A new ÉVISSA research capsule is available! This qualitative study aimed to provide a safe space for adolescents and young adults to talk about their experiences of love and dating violence. The objectives were to explore their representations of love and document the specificities of these love representations regarding their experiences of violence in romantic […]

A new research paper written by Martine Hébert, Director of the laboratory, Kevin Smith, Cindy Boisjoli, and Sandrine Larouche, was recently published in the journal Encéphale. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the French version of the Children’s Alexithymia Measure in a sample of sexually abused children. Click here to learn more […]

Marianne completed a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal, and she discovered a passion for interpersonal relationships and sexuality. She is committed to helping others through the knowledge that will result from her research studies and sexuality education. Therefore, she has decided to pursue a master’s degree in sexology in sexuality […]

A new ÉVISSA research capsule is available! The purpose of the study was to examine the role of mothers’ psychological distress, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and dissociation symptoms in the association between mothers’ childhood sexual abuse and the functioning of sexually abused children (i.e., internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, dissociation symptoms). To learn more, click here.

A new research paper written by Stéphanie Couture, a student in the laboratory, Mylène Fernet, and Martine Hébert, Director of the laboratory, was recently published in the Journal of Adolescence. The objective of this study was to explore the dynamics in adolescent romantic relationships, considering the interaction between romantic partner characteristics to identify dyadic profiles. […]

Pénélope completed a bachelor’s degree in criminology at the Université de Montréal. This year, she is starting a master’s degree in sexology at Université du Québec à Montréal, under the direction of Martine Hébert, Ph.D. As part of her master’s degree, Penelope is interested in the effects of the SPARX program on the attitudes of […]

A new research paper written by Martine Hébert, Director of the laboratory, Alison Paradis, and Andréanne Fortin, a student in the laboratory was recently published in the journal American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. The goal of the study was to identify profiles of symptom profiles among adolescent girls who were exposed to child sexual abuse and […]

A new ÉVISSA research capsule is available! The purpose of the study was to better understand the situational context in which escalating conflict leads to the occurrence of physical violence in adolescent romantic relationships. To learn more, click here.