Nouvelles

A new article by Roxanne Bolduc, Laboratory Director Martine Hébert and Natacha Godbout recently appeared in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. The purpose of the study was to validate the Brief Sexual Power Dynamics Questionnaire, which evaluates sexual interest in practices involving power hierarchies (i.e., dominance, submission, tender sex). To learn more about the […]

Émilie completed a bachelor’s degree in science education at secondary school, before switching to a bachelor’s degree in sexology. With a year behind her, she is particularly interested in sexuality education aimed at a culture of consent, as well as in the various topics addressed by Martine’s research lab, notably resilience in children and adolescents […]

Laurence has a B.A. in Marketing Communications and has worked for over six years in this field, including two years with French-speaking non-profit organizations in British Columbia. In her third year of a bachelor’s degree in psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Laurence is working on an honours thesis under the supervision of […]

Several lab members have recently successfully presented their thesis proposals. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Amélie Gauthier-Duchesne, a Ph.D. student in sexology, Martine Hébert, Martine Blais, and Christine Wekerle on the recent publication of their article in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. This exploratory study sheds light on sexually victimized adolescent boys and the deleterious consequences that may affect them, particularly boys who have experienced multiple child […]

Congratulations to Cyndi Boisjoli, Ph.D. graduate in psychology, on being awarded the Governor General’s Academic Medal for the 2021 – 2022 academic year. This medal is awarded to the top two students chosen from among all graduate students at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

A research paper written by Valérie Théorêt, Martine Hébert, Manon Bergeron, Isabelle Daigneault, Jacinthe Dion, and Geneviève Paquette was recently published in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. Results of this study showed that survivors of child sexual abuse, cisgender women, students with disabilities, and gender and sexual minority students were more likely to […]

Congratulations to two of our lab students, Camille Guimond and Juliette Fortier, for presenting their research projects to the Canadian Consortium on Child and Youth Trauma 2023. Juliette Fortier: The mediating role of parental empowerment in the relationship between community support and personal attributions of negative events in sexually abused children Camille Guimond: The influence […]

Two student members of the lab, Valéry Dubé and Camille Guimond, participated in the 45th annual convention of the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie – SQRP, which was held in Sherbrooke last weekend. Scientific poster – Camille Guimond : L’importance du soutien communautaire dans le sentiment d’empowerment des parents d’enfants victimes d’agression sexuelle […]

Congratulations to Juliette Fortier, a bachelor’s student in psychology and research assistant in the lab, for receiving the Canadian Consortium on Child and Youth Trauma Student Award for her scientific poster presentation.