Jacinthe Dion

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · Département de Psychologie

The pandemic revealed and aggravated inequalities between families, particularly related to family–work balance. A more equitable distribution of tasks seems to promote family–work balance. Certain policies and strategies, beyond telework, that may facilitate this balance need to be developed for and with employees.

Through sexual exploration, adolescents learn that they are sexual beings with choices, desires, and are deserving of pleasure, which corresponds to sexual subjectivity. However, the two measures of this construct (i.e., Female Sexual Subjectivity Inventory and Male Sexual Subjectivity Inventory) have not been validated with younger adolescents and...

Online technologies could play an important role in the sexual development of adolescents as they watch more pornography than before. Pornography may relate to adolescents’ perceptions of their bodies, especially among those identifying as a sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) as they have an increased risk of body image concerns compared to their...

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset – with data collected between 2020 and 2022 – to asse...

The prevalence of child sexual violence remains overwhelming, particularly among Indigenous populations, despite increased awareness. Therefore, implementing efficient initiatives is crucial in preventing and reducing sexual violence rates among these groups.This study aimed to examine the processes involved in the implementation of a sexual violen...

Dating violence during adolescence is a major public health issue: it is highly prevalent and extensive research has documented its physical and psychological consequences, yet very little has focused on its sexual consequences. The present study investigated the longitudinal associations between dating violence victimization (psychological, sexual...

Purpose: This study aimed to explore links between child maltreatment (CM) and experiences of interpersonal violence (IV) in sport among adolescent sport participants. To our knowledge, no studies have yet considered this association. This is surprising given that the literature outside of sport clearly shows that CM is related to revictimization i...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with increased body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in adolescents. To better understand these associations, this study tested an explanatory model in which appearance-focused social media use, internalisation of social media pressure, and mindfulness abilities mediated the relat...

Background: The longitudinal trajectory of Indigenous children within child protection (CP) services, including their recurrent involvement, has yet to be documented. Objectives: 1) To document whether First Nations children were at increased risk of a first recurrence of post-investigation CP services compared to children from the majority grou...

This 15-year longitudinal study investigated with follow-up data how romantic patterns from ages 16 to 24 are associated with romantic involvement and turnover (ages 25-30), romantic dispositions (age 30) and romantic relationships characteristics (age 30). A sample of 255 individuals (60.8% women) identified all their romantic partners between the...

Objective This study examined the utility of a biopsychosocial model to explain both higher body mass index (BMI) and disordered eating. The study was designed to examine the predictors of higher BMI and a number of measures of disordered eating (dietary restraint, drive for muscularity, drive for thinness, binge eating, and compensatory behaviour)...

This study assesses whether children with intellectual disability (ID) are more at risk of sexual abuse and whether they have similar consultation rates for physical and mental health disorders than children without ID. The matched-cohort design study uses administrative databases of children who had a sexual abuse report corroborated by a child pr...

La stigmatisation basée sur le poids est un enjeu sociétal important, puisqu’elle engendre une exclusion sociale marquée pouvant générer du stress et nuire à la santé physique et mentale des personnes qui en sont la cible, en plus de contribuer à maintenir l’obésité. La présente étude vise à explorer les prédicteurs sociodémographiques et individue...

Résumé Objectifs Lanterne est un programme de prévention de la violence sexuelle ayant été implanté dans 23 milieux éducatifs s’adressant aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la province de Québec, Canada. Cette étude vise à documenter les effets de la formation offerte au personnel de milieux d’intervention et d’éducation à la petite enfance. Méthodes...

Positive views of adolescents’ sexuality have only begun to garner interest in the last two decades. Despite great strides in this emerging area, progress is limited by the paucity of valid and reliable measures among this population. The goal of this study was to validate the widely used adult five-item Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX...

Parents of an infant may be particularly vulnerable to peritraumatic distress (e.g., psychological distress experienced during or immediately following a traumatic event) associated with events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Since peritraumatic distress could affect both their psychological well-being and their couple relationship functioning, it i...

Campus sexual violence (CSV) is a pervasive problem across universities. This study identified distinct patterns of CSV based on its forms (sexual harassment, unwanted sexual behaviors, and sexual coercion) and its associated consequences (mental health, physical health, personal/social life, and academic/professional life). Additionally, it invest...

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of self‐determination for sport in the relationship between psychological needs in a sport context, and restrictive eating behaviors among adolescent athletes, while controlling for confounding variables. Method Self‐report online surveys were completed by 983 adolescent athlete...

Body dissatisfaction has received considerable scientific attention, while research about positive body image has been neglected, particularly among adolescents. The aims of the present study were to examine (1) the factor structure of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) in a large sample of cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority...

Adolescents may be particularly vulnerable to the negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, given their increased socialization needs during this developmental period. This prospective study examined the potential changes in adolescents’ well-being from before to during the pandemic, and the moderating role of a history o...

Cadre de la recherche : Bien que tous les résidents du Québec aient été affectés par la pandémie de la COVID-19 et par les mesures sanitaires et sociales mises en place depuis le 13 mars 2020, les parents occupant un emploi rémunéré ont été particulièrement affectés par les différents stresseurs engendrés par cette crise, et ce, tant dans leur vie...

Introduction: Restrained, emotional and intuitive eating were examined in relation to each other and as correlates of participants' weight status, body image and self-esteem. In some past research, restrained and emotional eating have been associated with higher weight status and poorer mental health, while intuitive eating is more frequently link...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced university staff to change their work practices. This has had an impact on their work performance and has caused various stresses. Until now, little attention has been paid to males working in this type of educational institution. In this study, we sought to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on m...

Although a range of risk factors have been identified for disordered eating and weight status, the breadth of risk factors have been rarely considered within a single, comprehensive model. The robustness of these findings across countries also remains an open question. The present study sampled 6272 participants aged 18-30 years from eight countrie...

Introduction. - The tendency to eat by paying attention and respecting the body’s hunger and satiety cues is called intuitive eating. This eating behavior has been linked to positive health and well-being outcomes. Objective. - The purpose of this study was to test a global model linking intuitive eating with self-esteem, body esteem, media influe...

Background Emotion regulation has been identified as an explanatory factor in the association between interpersonal childhood adversity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). However, most studies focused on adults or older adolescents, neglecting youth from the community, especially gender and sexually diverse (GSD) adolescents, who have a hig...

Sexting has become part of the repertoire of adolescents’ sexual behaviors, especially among those who identify as gender and sexually diverse. Whereas body dissatisfaction increases during adolescence and is associated with negative sexuality outcomes, little research has examined how body appreciation may contribute to adolescents’ sexting. The p...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in pornography use has been reported based on cross-sectional findings , raising concerns about associated adverse outcomes, such as problematic pornography use (PPU). The aims of the present study were to document potential changes in adolescents' pornography use frequency, motivations, and...

Cadre de la recherche : Bien que tous les résidents du Québec aient été affectés par la pandémie de la COVID-19 et par les mesures sanitaires et sociales mises en place depuis le 13 mars 2020, les parents occupant un emploi rémunéré ont été particulièrement affectés par les différents stresseurs engendrés par cette crise, et ce, tant dans leur vie...

Purpose Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (DEAB) in childhood have been prospectively associated with eating disorders and obesity in adolescence. Therefore, evaluating DEAB in children with a reliable, sensitive and well-adapted scale is very important. The Children’s Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) is one of the most popular measuring tools...

Objectives Although dating violence has been recognized as a major public health issue considering its high prevalence and deleterious consequences, little research has been conducted on the potential mechanisms through which dating violence is associated with negative psychological outcomes. The aim of this study was to test the mediational effect...

Le programme Lanterne vise à prévenir la violence sexuelle et s'adresse aux enfants d'âge préscolaire ainsi qu'aux adultes qui gravitent autour d'eux. Cette étude vise à recueillir 1) les perceptions des personnes éducatrices concernant l'utilisation des outils pédagogiques du programme auprès des enfants et 2) l'expérience subjective des personnes...

Bullying victimization is prevalent in adolescence and associated with adverse consequences on physical and psychological wellbeing, paricularly in sexual and gender minority youth. However, little is known about its associations with sexual wellbeing and the underlying mechanisms that could explain this association. The present study assessed the...

University-based sexual violence prevalence is worryingly high and leads to many serious consequences for health and academic achievement. Although previous work has documented greater risk for sexual violence among Indigenous Peoples, little is known about university-based sexual violence experienced by Indigenous students. Using a large-scale stu...

Objectifs : La violence sexuelle demeure un problème sociétal touchant tous les groupes sociaux comme les enfants. En ce sens, cette étude évalue un programme de formation à la prévention de la violence sexuelle chez les tout-petits en communautés autochtones. L’étude vise à documenter les effets de la formation au Programme Lanterne|Awacic ainsi q...

Background Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more vulnerable to maltreatment than children without ID. Few studies focused on understanding the experiences of maltreatment of children with ID, limiting our capacity to adequately care for them. Objective /Hypothesis. This study examined the types of maltreatment with which ID is asso...

Objective: Despite the high prevalence of adolescents’ pornography use and increasing societal concerns about it, the examination of problematic pornography use (PPU) among this population is still scarce, potentially due to the lack of well-validated, reliable measures. The aims of the present study were to validate a short, theory-based measure o...

In this study, two different contexts were examined to identify and describe transition-to-adulthood profiles at age 25 (based on four adulthood markers) and to determine whether these profiles differ in well-being at age 25. Two French-Canadian samples (urban sample, N = 321; remote sample, N = 363) completed questionnaires at age 25 regarding adu...

Afin de documenter les inégalités révélées ou exacerbées par la crise de la COVID-19, et de mesurer les impacts des mesures de distanciation sur la santé santé physique et mentale des étudiant.e.s, nous avons mené une étude mixte (qualitative et quantitative) afin de collecter des données auprès de 413 étudiant.e.s en provenance de 6 établissements...

This study assessed the measurement invariance of selected self-report measures of perfectionism, impulsivity, self-esteem and social anxiety in samples of emerging adults from eight different countries. Participants (N = 6272) completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS), the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, the 5-item Rosenberg Self-E...

This study examined the measurement invariance of three scales that assessed emotional eating, restrained eating, and intuitive eating across eight countries (Australia, and the United States) in order to determine their suitability for cross-country body image research. A total of 6272 young adults took part in this study. Participants completed a...

The aim of this study was to examine the crosscountry invariance of five well-established measures of body weight and shape concern-related attitudes and behaviors (i.e., drive for leanness, drive for muscularity, strategies to increase muscle, strategies to lose weight, and weight and shape concerns). A secondary objective was to examine the effec...

The aim of the current study was to examine the psychometric properties of two well-established measures of sociocultural influence and internalization of the thin/low body fat ideal and muscular ideal. Data from 6272 emerging adults (68.9 % female), aged 18-30 years from Australia, and the U.S. were included in this study. Participants completed m...

Positive body image refers to individuals' ability to conceptualize their bodies with love, respect, and appreciation. The study of positive body image is relatively new, and instruments used to investigate this multi-faceted construct have received limited use in non-English speaking countries. Thus, the aim of this investigation is to consider fo...

Although social support has been linked to body satisfaction, there has been little research on the effect of differential sources of support on the trajectory of appearance esteem over time. To address this gap, this study explored changes in adolescents' appearance esteem to perceived social support over one year. Data were collected from 339 Can...

The study aim was to explore the impact of one aspect of military lifestyle, frequent relocations, on the adjustment of youth from Canadian military families. In all, 134 parents completed online questionnaires about their 13- to 18-year-old adolescents. Internalized and externalized problems, school functioning, and prosocial behaviors were assess...

Background Being the target of peer victimization is frequent among children categorized as overweight and obese and is thought to play a central role in disordered eating behavior development. In accordance with a previous theoretical model, this cross-sectional study aimed to replicate among children the mediating role of weight-related victimiza...

Background The ease of access to pornography has made its use common among adolescents. Although sexual and gender minority (SGM) (eg, gay, transgender) adolescents may be more prone to use pornography owing to sexual orientation–related information seeking and/or scarcity of potential romantic or sexual partners, relatively little attention has be...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are very prevalent, affecting at least 40% of children worldwide in high‐ and low‐income countries. ACEs range from household challenges, such as parental divorce or the incarceration of a household member, to child maltreatment (neglect, sexual, physical, and emotional abuse) and community violence. These poten...

Le programme Lanterne vise à prévenir la violence sexuelle et s’adresse aux enfants d’âge préscolaire ainsi qu’aux adultes qui gravitent autour d’eux. Cette étude vise à recueillir 1) les perceptions des personnes éducatrices concernant l’utilisation des outils pédagogiques du programme auprès des enfants et 2) l’expérience subjective des personnes...

Considering the long-term deleterious consequences of child maltreatment, it is crucial to better understand the pathways leading to psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood. This study contributes to the existing knowledge through the examination of the role of romantic attachment as a mechanism explaining the association between child maltrea...

L’entrevue d’enquête auprès d’un enfant victime d’agression sexuelle comporte plusieurs défis, dont l’obtention d’un nombre suffisant de détails précis pour comprendre l’agression. Cette étude s’intéresse à la nature des mots dévoilés par l’enfant pour décrire les lieux de son agression en fonction de son âge et du type de questions posées. Une ana...

L’objectif de cette étude vise à explorer l’expérience vécue par des femmes adultes victimes d’agression sexuelle dans les centres désignés. Cette étude a permis de faire ressortir certaines forces et faiblesses du modèle des centres désignés en plus de documenter les besoins les plus fréquents chez les victimes d’agression sexuelle. Les résultats...

Cet article vise une meilleure compréhension de l’exercice compulsif : sa définition, son développement selon les théories existantes et son lien avec les troubles des conduites alimentaires (TCA). Pour ce faire, les différentes définitions et les termes liés à l’exercice compulsif sont décrits, de même que les théories et modèles récemment élaboré...

Experiencing sexual violence is an important risk factor for trauma symptoms, and these symptoms significantly impair psychosocial functioning. Sexual and gender minority university students are more likely than their heterosexual and cisgender peers to experience sexual violence (e.g., sexual harassment, unwanted sexual contact, or sexual coercion...

Cet article vise une meilleure compréhension de l’exercice compulsif : sa définition, son développement selon les théories existantes et son lien avec les troubles des conduites alimentaires (TCA). Pour ce faire, les différentes définitions et les termes liés à l’exercice compulsif sont décrits, de même que les théories et modèles récemment élaboré...

Cette capsule présente la validation francophone du Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) (10 items; Greco, Baer, & Smith, 2011) et est un résumé vulgarisé en français de l'article suivant: Dion, J., Paquette, L., Daigneault, I., Godbout, N., & Hébert, M. (2018). Validation of the French version of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Mea...

PURPOSE: Agility is involved in everyday movements and is essential to the development of sports skills. Recent imaging studies have shown delayed of the cerebral cortex development of near three years in children with ADHD, which could explain MD. this study aims to evaluate Agility in ADHD male adolescents. METHODS: This study included 40 adole...

L'objectif de la recherche est de décrire l'impact d'un TDAH sur la motricité globale chez un groupe d'adolescents. Les participants (N=40) de l'étude sont des adolescents masculins âgés de 12 à 17 ans répartis en deux groupes: Le groupe TDAH (n=20) et le groupe sans TDAH (n=20). La motricité globale des adolescents a été évaluée à l'aide de douze...