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Maude holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Certificate in Sexual Health, both completed at Laval University. She is currently on the second year of her master’s degree in sexology, with a concentration in research and intervention, under the supervision of Mylène Fernet, Ph.D and Martine Hébert, Ph.D, director of the laboratory. As part […]

The first research paper of the doctoral thesis written by Amélie Gauthier-Duschesne, Martine Hébert, director of laboratory and Martin Blais, was recently published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. This study aimed to document the potential effect of gender  in the relationship between sexual abuse, self-esteem and delinquent behavior in a sample of teenagers. To […]

Reducing feelings of guilt and promoting healthy coping strategies following a sexual abuse are key intervention targets. For more information, click .

Helping youth victims of sexual abuse to identify, differentiate and express their emotions is a key element to reduce psychological distress. To learn more, click .

A research paper written by Roxanne Guyon, Mylène Fernet and Martine Hébert, director of the laboratory, was published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. The study aims to document the feelings of betrayal in interpersonal relationships and sexual experiences of women with a history of child sexual abuse. For more information, click .

Fostering resilience strategies is an important element that should be considered when helping with child victims of sexual abuse who have also been victimized by their peers. For more information, click here.

The Empreinte program is intended for high school students and their parents and aims to reduce social tolerance toward multiple forms of sexual violence. To learn more, click here.

One of our laboratory’s students, Amélie Tremblay-Perreault, recently won the Guy Bégin Award for 2021. This distinction is awarded by the Société québécoise de recherche en psychologie and is intended for students who have published high-quality research. Amélie was awarded for her article ”A latent class analysis of parent-child discrepancies in reports of peer victimization: […]

Last year, Cyndi Boisjoli, one of our students was awarded the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie Award. This distinction is intended to reward the work of students in disciplines related to the Fonds de recherche du Québec. Cyndi was rewarded for her article “A mediational model linking perceptions of security, alexithymia and behavior problems of sexually abused children”, published […]

Promoting the emotional regulation skills of child victims of sexual abuse could help them with their school adaptation. For more information, click here.