Nouvelles

Last week, several members of the laboratory shone with their participation in the Congrès international francophone sur l’agression sexuelle (CIFAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Among them, Laurie Fortin, a doctoral student in psychology, presented a study on the interaction of self-esteem in the relationship between dating sexual violence and self-denial in adolescent girls. Pénélope Allard-Cobetto, a […]

From May 24 to 26, laboratory member Valéry Dubé presented a scientific poster at the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie (SQRP) convention in Drummondville. The aim of her study was to validate the Quebec version of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (Rieffe et al., 2006) with child victims of sexual abuse. This is […]

An article intitled « The investigation of sleep patterns in relation to interpersonal violence victimization and mental health in adolescent girls », written by Rachel Langevin, Sebastian Kay, Teresa Pirro, Malka Hershon, Marie-Hélène Pennestri et Martine Hébert, laboratory director, was recently published in the journal Psychological Trauma : Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. This study aimed to identify distinct […]

We would like to congratulate Valéry Dubé, laboratory member and doctoral student in psychology, on winning the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral scholarship for the 2024-2025 competition. Valéry also won the Fonds de recherche du Québec Society and Culture (FRQSC) doctoral scholarship for the 2023-2024 competition, as well as an honorary mention […]

An article written by Laetitia Mélissande Amédée, laboratory member and doctoral student in psychology, Chantal Cyr, Arianne Jean-Thorn, also laboratory member and doctoral student in psychology, and Martine Hébert, laboratory director, was recently published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect. Entitled “Executive functioning in child victims of sexual abuse: A multi-informant comparative study”, this […]

An article written by Elisa Guidi, who completed an internship in the laboratory, Cristian Di Gesto, Martine Hébert, laboratory director, Belinda P. H. Manddelbaum and Andrea Guazzini was recently published in the journal Community Psychology in Global Perspective. The article is entitled “Bystanders’ intentions to help in intimate partner violence and sexual assault situations: a […]

Last week, several members of the laboratory and the Évissa team took part in the Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Valéry Dubé moderated a presentation by University of Toronto professor Ramona Alaggia on trauma-sensitive responses to children and adolescent disclosures. Mélissande Laetitia Amédée presented a poster […]

On Friday April 5, UQAM held its annual Sexological Research Student Day (JEARS). Two students from our laboratory presented their study results, and we’d like to congratulate them. Pénélope Allard-Cobetto and Estelle Piché, both Master’s students in sexology, discussed a qualitative study they co-authored with Martine Hébert, laboratory director, and Mylène Fernet. They discussed the […]

An article about teen dating violence written by Valérie Théorêt, Élizabeth Hébert, members of the laboratory, and Martine Hébert, director of the laboratory, was published recently in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. The study examines the role of alexithymia in the mechanisms that could explain the higher risk of teen dating violence among adolescents with […]

Are you interested in learning about the characteristics and resources associated with flourishing despite having experienced family victimization among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youths? Please check out this video available in English and French summarizing Blais and colleagues’ (2023) article, published in the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience. Watch my Powtoon: IJCAR […]