Nouvelles

A new research article from  Marily Julien’s masters thesis, Manon Bergeron  and Martine Hébert, director of the laboratory  was recently published in the Revue de Psychoéducation. The Empreinte program aims to prevent sexual violence and is intended for high school students and their parents. The article discusses the effect of the program’s videos on parents’ […]

A new EVISSA research capsule is available! This study identifies barriers and factors that facilitate help-seeking in difficult situations among teens. This research capsule provides interesting avenues to improve intervention with this population. Consult the capsule here to learn more.

A new EVISSA research capsule is available! The Inventory of Altered Self-Capacities scale, assessing perception of self-capacities, was validated with clients consulting in clinical sexology and people from the general community. Consult the capsule here to learn more

A new reasearch article written by Valérie Théorêt, PhD student in psychology, Martine Hébert, director of the laboratory, and two collaborators, Mylène Fernet and Martin Blais, was recently published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. The article is entitled Gender-Specific Patterns of Teen Dating Violence in Heterosexual Relationships and their Associations with Attachment Insecurities […]

The Sexual violence and Health research team (ÉVISSA), led by Martine Hébert, Ph.D., is proud to present this first video capsule on sexual violence prevention practices. Enjoy!

This fall, three undergraduate students in psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal have joined the laboratory as research interns. We are pleased to introduce Rose Gangl-Chartrand, Marianne Cuerrier and Audrey Cuerrier-Leblanc. Rose‘s main interests concern the issues of sexual abuse and dating violence, as well as preventive and harm reduction approaches. After her […]

Last week, Justine Caouette, a doctoral student, and Laurie Fortin, an undergraduate student, presented their work at the 4th edition of the provincial conference on mother-child research. Congratulations to Justine for her presentation on the effects of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy combined with the attachment-video feedback intervention, and to Laurie for her poster presenting parents and […]

Mélina holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université de Montréal. She has also completed a certificate in sexual health at the Université Laval, which reinforced her interest in various aspects of human sexuality. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in sexology at the Université du Québec à Montréal under the supervision of […]

Last year, five of our graduate students presented their research at the 9e Congrès québécois sur la maltraitance envers les enfants et les adolescents. Two of them were rewarded for the quality of their posters: Arianne Jean-Thorn (1st prize) and Laetitia Mélissande Amédée (3rd prize). Congratulations! Check out their posters to learn more about the […]

Martine Hébert, Director of the research lab and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience (IJCAR) invites you to submit a paper for the 2021 issue; articles can be submitted in the regular section or for the thematic section Resilience and cultural considerations. Manuscripts must be submitted by November 15, 2020. For […]