A5015350131- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Université de Montréal
2019-2024
Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec
2019-2024
Hôpital Louis-H Lafontaine
2019-2024
Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux Cavendish
2022
Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
2020-2021
Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail
2019
The coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic has been associated with adverse psychological outcomes. This cross-cultural study (N = 1326, 71% female) aimed to investigate Canadian and Australian adolescents’ subjective experiences of COVID-19, gender differences, implications. Mixed-methods analyses were used examine differences in COVID-19 mental health outcomes between country a 913, 78% an sample 413, 57% adolescents. adolescents reported increased discussions more concerns related their...
In March 2020, and in order to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on stress mental health parent-child dyads using pre-pandemic measures, we recontacted participants from a 2019 study. A total 136 Canadian parents (77% mothers, mean age = 44.48 years/old) children (63% girls, 77% aged 10-12 years/old 23% 15-17 completed self-report measures perceived stress, anxiety (state/sensitivity) emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal/expressive suppression). Children additionally...
Abstract The quality of information presented on health‐related websites—in terms comprehensiveness, accuracy and consistency—is a public health concern. To date, the consistency across Canadian websites devoted to Lyme disease (LD) prevention has not been evaluated. first aim this study was describe contents recommendations LD provided by two types organizations: government ( n = 3) patient groups 3). A second objective analyse level convergence among these in their prevention‐related...
Exposure to early adversity (EA) is associated with long-lasting dysregulations in cognitive processes sustained by brain regions that are sensitive stress hormones: the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex. The Life Cycle Model of Stress highlights importance considering timing at which EA began, as these follow distinct developmental trajectories. We aimed test this hypothesis assessing whether adults exposed exhibit different patterns a function age they were first EA. Eighty-five...
Studies report a growing tendency for students to experience state anxiety in schools. However, the combination of individual susceptibilities likely trigger students' anxious states remains unclear.This study examined whether distinct profiles emerge regarding their susceptibility sensitivity and/or test and evaluated profile predicted states. We also verified varied across gender, school level, type.In total, 1,404 Canadian Grades 5 10 (589 boys; Mage = 15.2, SD 2.1) from 13 public private...
Introduction We read, see and hear news from various media sources every day. A large majority of the is negative. previous study our laboratory showed that reading negative associated with both increased stress reactivity (measured via hormone cortisol) recall segments in women. Objectives The present investigated effects positive on cortisol reactivity, memory affect using a methodology highly similar to was previously used by team. Methods Sixty-two healthy participants aged between 18 35...
Many teens report experiencing anxiety in school, which can negatively impact their well-being. Considering that adolescents tend to adopt the same behaviors as classmates with whom they spend, on average, 923 h every year, current exploratory study (1) assessed whether an association exists between a student’s state score and his/her classmates’ average trait scores (2) examined this differed boys girls, well elementary school high students. During two consecutive years, 1044 Canadian...
Parents who perceive their social environment as threatening may transmit these anxieties to adolescents through parenting, by shaping the skills and beliefs that adopt interact with own environment. The present study explores role of hyper-parenting two potential psychological mechanisms (i.e., youth emotional regulation perfectionism) in association between parental threat perception adolescents’ test anxiety. Two styles are investigated: child-centrism, which refers over-protective...
Background and Objectives Friends are major sources of social support for adolescents. This may sometimes lead to co-rumination when the problem is discussed exhaustively with a focus on negative feelings. Co-rumination has been associated some forms anxiety, including clinical symptoms. Further studies needed investigate whether this association extends additional non-clinical anxiety in youth. study aimed explore relationship between trait test sensitivity using secondary data.
Background: Studies report a growing tendency for students to experience state anxiety in schools. However, the combination of individual susceptibilities likely trigger students’ anxious states remains unclear. Aims: This study examined whether distinct profiles emerge regarding their susceptibility sensitivity and/or test and evaluated profile predicted states. We also verified varied across gender, school level, type. Sample Methods: In total, 1404 Canadian Grades 5 10 (589 boys) from 13...
We read, see and hear news from various media sources every day. A large majority of these are negative. previous study our laboratory showed that reading negative is associated with both increased stress reactivity (measured via the hormone cortisol) recall segments in women. The present investigated effects positive on cortisol reactivity, memory affect employing a methodology highly similar to one used previously by team using news. Sixty-two healthy participants aged between 18 35 years...
The present study explored the simultaneous role of various individual, parental, and school factors in students’ test anxiety. Participants included 339 parent-child dyads (N = 678) from 13 elementary high schools Quebec province, Canada. Both dyad members provided data through self-report validated scales at two timepoints (T1 final year examinations May-June 2019, T2 normal curriculum period, October-November 2019). Results multilevel linear mixed-effect models revealed that negative...