
Jean-Philippe GouinConcordia University · Department of Psychology
Jean-Philippe Gouin
Ph.D.
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July 2011 - present
January 2006 - December 2011
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July 2010 - June 2011
September 2006 - June 2011
September 2004 - April 2006
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Publications (147)
Close relationships are an important social context in which emotional experiences, regulation, and coregulation unfold. This interpersonal emotion regulation process is likely intertwined with the self-regulatory capacities and social skills of each individual dyad member. This study aimed to examine whether respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a p...
Chronic stress and depression can enhance chronic low-grade inflammation. Interpersonal factors may buffer the impact of stress and depression on inflammation. Interpersonal capitalization is a social support process in which one discloses positive personal events and experiences to close others. Greater capitalization may attenuate the deleterious...
Background
Disrupted sleep quality is one of the proposed mechanisms through which chronic stress may lead to depression. However, there exist significant individual differences in sleep reactivity, which is the extent to which one experiences sleep disturbances in response to stress.
Purpose
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether...
Brooding rumination is an intrapersonal emotion regulation strategy associated with negative interpersonal consequences. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a psychophysiological marker of self-regulatory capacity, may buffer the association between maladaptive emotion regulation and negative interpersonal behaviors. The current work examin...
Epidemiological studies indicate that better marital quality is associated with less morbidity and premature mortality. A number of interpersonal processes related to marital quality are also associated with health-relevant surrogate biomarkers across different physiological systems. Despite these replicated correlational findings, few intervention...
Investigating the mechanisms of action of cognitive‐behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT‐I), the first‐line treatment for chronic insomnia disorder (ID), can contribute to the overall understanding of insomnia and its treatment. To date, no study has examined the relationship between K‐complexes (KC) and CBT‐I, despite the known homeostatic and pr...
Childhood maltreatment is linked with later depressive symptoms, but not every maltreated child will experience symptoms later in life. Therefore, we investigate whether genetic predisposition for depression (i.e., polygenic score for depression, PGS DEP ) modifies the association between maltreatment and depressive symptoms, while accounting for d...
Introduction: Emotional pain and unmet interpersonal needs, i.e., thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, are associated with increased risk for suicidality. This study examined their daily occurrence and variability among adolescents at both lower and higher risk for suicidality, and whether unmet interpersonal needs predicted daily e...
Insomnia treatment among individuals with comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea is suboptimal. In a pilot randomized controlled trial, 19 individuals with comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea were allocated to one of two arms: EX + EX, consisting of two 8-week phases of exercise training (EX), or RE + CBTiEX, encompassing 8 weeks o...
Emerging adulthood is a new stage of development that follows identity explorations during adolescence and precedes adulthood. During this phase, varied perceptions of body image may affect the mental health status of these individuals. This research examined the association between body appreciation (BA) as a measure of body image and mental healt...
This work focuses on migrants’ ‘other‐cultures’ intergroup contact – contact with individuals belonging to neither their heritage ingroup nor the mainstream outgroup. We test the overarching hypothesis that other‐cultures contact is positively associated with mainstream acculturation, especially when contact in the mainstream group is scarce. Study...
This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to describe Canadian youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on changes in anxiety and depressive symptoms and suicidality.
We searched four databases up to February 2023 for longitudinal or repeated cross-sectional studies reporting on changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms, suic...
Background: The Philippines is one of Southeast Asia's top consumers of beauty products. There have been few studies on the psychological aspects of skin-lightening products (SLPs) consumption in the Philippines. Hence, we investigated the association between knowledge of, perception towards, and frequency of use of SLP and psychological distress (...
Background
Delayed recovery following cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is associated with cardiac morbidity and mortality. Recovery kinetics of oxygen uptake have not been described in people with comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia (COMISA) who have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Our objectives were to (a) describe h...
Adverse environments are linked to elevated youth antisocial behavior. However, this relation is thought to depend, in part, on genetic susceptibility. The present study investigated whether polygenic risk for antisociality moderates relations between hostile environments and stable as well as dynamic antisocial behaviors across adolescence. We der...
Background
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can lead to various psychosocial disturbances. Perfectionism is associated with several psychological problems in the general population, but its role in cancer remains to be assessed. This exploratory qualitative descriptive study aims to examine the role of perfectionism as a vulnerability factor underlying...
Objectives
Few are the longitudinal studies on the changes in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety or depression (MSS-ANXDEP) from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The aim was to study the change in MSS-ANXDEP and associated sociodemographic, economic, psychosocial, health behaviour and lifestyle, and clinical factors.
Methods
T...
Dietary self-monitoring is a behaviour change technique used to help elicit and sustain dietary changes over time. Current dietary self-monitoring tools focus primarily on itemizing foods and counting calories, which can be complex, time-intensive, and dependent on health literacy. Further, there are no dietary self-monitoring tools that conform to...
Background:
Scarce are the studies focusing on initiation of new mental health service use (MHSU) and distinguishing individuals who have sought services but have been unsuccessful in accessing these.
Aims:
Assessing the factors associated with initiating new MHSU as compared to no MHSU due to self-reported no need, no MHSU due to health system...
Background
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has constrained opportunities in social, educational and professional domains, leading to developmental challenges for adolescents initiating their transition to adulthood. Meta‐analysis indicated that there was a small increase in psychological distress during the first year of the COVID‐...
Introduction: This meta-analysis examined the association between dimensional and categorical conceptualizations of attachment styles and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Methods: Random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to examine the associations between categorical secure attachment, categorical insecure attachment, and insecure attachm...
Background. Older adults often experience an increase in low-grade chronic inflammation. Purpose in life could act as a protective factor as it is associated with beneficial health outcomes. Purpose in life may exert part of its adaptive function by promoting persistence in goal pursuit. During older adulthood, however, when many individuals experi...
Rationale: Sleep state misperception (SSM) represents the discrepancy between objectively recorded and subjectively perceived measures of sleep, including sleep onset latency (SOL), sleep duration (TST) and wake duration (WASO). The severity of SSM is higher in insomnia disorder (INS) compared to other populations. SSM is typically assessed in-lab...
The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine the contributions of social interaction and other non-social factors to loneliness among older adults in the context of confinement measures constraining opportunities for in-person social interactions. This study aims to identify groups of individuals with heterogeneous trajectories of...
Background:
Self-monitoring is an important behavioral change technique to help users initiate and maintain dietary changes. Diet self-monitoring tools often involve the itemization of foods and recording of serving sizes. However, this traditional method of tracking does not conform to food guides using plate-based approach to nutrition education...
Objectives
Asthma is a common chronic and burdensome disease which typically begins in childhood. The aim of this study was to assess perinatal and obstetric factors which may increase the risk of developing asthma in the offspring.
Methods
Data from five consecutive waves (n=7,073 children, from birth to 15 years old) from a nationally-represen...
Objective:
To identify sociodemographic, psychological, and health factors related to trajectories of insomnia symptoms in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
From May 2020 to May 2021, 644 older adults (mean age = 78.73, SD = 5.60) completed telephone-administered self-reported measures (ie, Insomnia Severity Index, consensus sl...
Introduction:
This study examined daily fluctuations in the unmet interpersonal needs of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness in response to daily negative social interactions, as well as the moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) across adolescents at lower and higher risk for suicidal ideation.
Methods:
Fifty five...
Introduction: The rampant distribution of idealised images on the internet may lead the general public to improve their body appearance in a way that is sometimes excessive, compulsive or detrimental to other aspects of their lives. There is a decreasing appreciation of body image among emerging adults and an increasing trend on skin lightening pra...
Both common pain and anxiety problems are widespread, debilitating and often begin in childhood-adolescence. Twin studies indicate that this co-occurrence is likely due to shared elements of risk, rather than reciprocal causation. A joint genome-wide investigation and pathway/network-based analysis of adolescent anxiety and pain problems can identi...
Objectives:
Findings from a birth cohort study indicated that the mental health of young adults had not worsened during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 2018. This study examined longitudinal changes in mental health between March 2018 and June 2021 in the context of protracted public health mitigation measures about 12 months...
Objective
This study examined changes in relationship satisfaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic and the moderating roles of financial strain, perceived threat of COVID‐19, and dyadic coping.
Background
The systemic‐transactional model of dyadic coping posits that relationship satisfaction varies as a function of the stressors partners face and the...
Objectives
Using Andersen’s model of health care seeking behavior, we examined the predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with mental health service use (MHSU) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada.
Methods
The sample included n = 45,542 participants in the 5 established regional cohorts of the Canadian Partners...
Rationale: Among individuals with obstructive sleep apnea, about 38% will present with comorbid chronic insomnia. Comorbid chronic insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (COMISA) is associated with poorer daytime functioning and increased morbidity compared to either disorder alone. The treatment of insomnia among individuals with COMISA is suboptima...
Because the diagnostic criteria of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are not tied to specific worry domains (worry is “generalized”), research on the content of worry in GAD is lacking. To our knowledge, no study has addressed vulnerability for specific worry topics in GAD. The goal of the current study, a secondary analysis of data from a clinica...
Objective:
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated public health measures may increase the risk for psychological distress among vulnerable older adults. This longitudinal study aimed to identify predictors of psychological distress trajectories among community-dwelling older adults in Quebec, Canada.
Methods:
The study spanned four time points...
Background
Recorded and live online physical exercise (PE) interventions are known to provide health benefits. However, the effects of prioritizing the number of live or recorded sessions remain unclear.AimsTo explore which recorded-live sessions ratio leads to the best implementation and benefits in older adults.Methods
Forty-six community-dwellin...
We-talk, the use of first-person plural pronouns over the use of singular pronouns when describing relationship events, is regarded as a linguistic indicator of marital relationship functioning. A meta-analysis revealed that we-talk is positively associated with relationship satisfaction. However, this literature is based mostly on cross-sectional...
Despite the substantial heritability of antisocial behavior (ASB), specific genetic variants robustly associated with the trait have not been identified. The present study by the Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium (BroadABC) meta-analyzed data from 28 discovery samples (N = 85,359) and five independent replication samples (N = 8058) with genotypi...
Background
Peer victimisation has been associated with depressive symptoms during adolescence, however not all peer victimised adolescents will exhibit such symptoms. This study tested whether having a genetic predisposition to developing depression increased the risk of experiencing depressive symptoms in peer victimised youth. To date, no study h...
Despite the substantial heritability of antisocial behavior (ASB), specific genetic variants robustly associated with the trait have not been identified. The present study by the Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium (BroadABC) meta-analyzed data from 28 discovery samples (N = 85,359) and five independent replication samples (N = 8,058) with genotyp...
Background
While walking in nature has been shown to improve affect in adults from the community to a greater extent than walking in urban settings, it is unknown whether such benefits apply to individuals suffering from depression. Using a parallel group design, this randomized controlled trial examined the effects of a single walk in nature versu...
Contexte
La compréhension des déterminants et barrières à la vaccination contre la COVID-19 est un enjeu de santé publique.
Méthodes
Enquête transversale chez les aînés au Québec. Les données collectées par le biais d'entretiens téléphoniques au printemps 2021 (3e vague) auprès de 476 sujets ≥ 65 ans vivant à domicile comprenaient : le statut vacc...
Objectives
This study aims to describe the acceptability, usability, and feasibility testing of the iCANPlate smartphone application, an innovative app that resembles the 2019 Canada's Food Guide (CFG), at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Methods
In Part 1, the acceptability and usability of iCANPlate will be expl...
Background:
Periods of prolonged lockdown increase the risk of physical inactivity, which can contribute to physical decline among older adults. Online technology could be an innovative solution to promote physical activity habits in this context. The goal of this study was to examine and compare the acceptability, feasibility and potential benefi...
Introduction
The aims of this study were to examine the mediation effect of viral anxiety of healthcare workers on the influence of their intolerance of uncertainty on the adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
An online survey was conducted among 329 healthcare workers (female: 81.4%, nursing professionals: 59.0%,...
Study objectives
To assess the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) on subjective and objective measures of sleep, sleep-state misperception and cognitive performance.
Methods
We performed a randomized-controlled trial with a treatment group and a wait-list control group to assess changes in insomnia symptoms after CBTi (8 w...
Sophisticated multicomponent treatments for adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have been developed over the past three decades. Although these comprehensive treatments have produced encouraging results, they appear to be less efficacious than treatments for other anxiety disorders. The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test...
Questionnaire on Adherence to physical distancing, Health beliefs, and Perceived social norms
Although insomnia symptoms can easily be confounded with signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), insomnia disorder is often a distinct, self-perpetuating disorder that requires its own specific treatment. Compared to patients with OSA alone, patients with an insomnia disorder comorbid to OSA present with poorer sleep, worse daytime fun...
Objective
This study examined the psychometric properties of the French–Canadian version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing the anxiety response to the viral epidemic among the general population in Quebec, Canada.
Methods
A total of 590 participants responded to a confidential online survey between S...
Background:
The use of COVID-19 vaccines has been prioritised to protect the most vulnerable-notably, older people. Because of fluctuations in vaccine availability, strategies such as delayed second dose and heterologous prime-boost have been used. However, the effectiveness of these strategies in frail, older people are unknown. We aimed to asses...
SAVE-6 was developed (by Yong-Wook Shin & Seockhoon Chung, ASAN Medical Center, KOREA) to measure anxiety symptoms in response to viral epidemic for the general population / Stress et Anxiété face à une épidémie virale - 6 items (SAVE-6) pour le personnel soignant (French-Canadian version: Jean-Philippe Gouin, Concordia University)
Objective: This study sought to identify psychosocial predictors of trajectories of adherence to physical distancing alongside changes in public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: A three-time point longitudinal survey during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Participants (N = 1003) completed self-report meas...
Poor marital satisfaction may exacerbate the association between early life adversity (ELA) and psychological distress, and this effect may be amplified in the context of chronic caregiving stress. The goal of this study was to test whether marital satisfaction moderated the relationship between ELA and depressive symptoms, and whether these associ...
Although many individuals migrate to a new country with their romantic partner, most acculturation research has focused on individual factors related to migration-related psychological adjustment without considering couple influences. The current research investigates traditional predictors of psychological adaptation – mainstream and heritage accu...
Background: While walking in nature has been shown to improve affect in adults from the community to a greater extent than walking in urban settings, it is unknown whether such findings can be generalized to individuals suffering from depression. Using a parallel group design, this randomized controlled trial examined the effects of a single walk i...
Objective: This cross-sectional study examines associations between cardiac vagal control and mainstream acculturation by systematically investigating the independent contributions of resting, reactivity, and recovery Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA)—physiological factors contributing to adaptive functioning, including social engagement capacity....
Study Objectives: To assess the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) on subjective and objective sleep, sleep-state misperception as well as self-reported and objective cognitive performance.
Methods: We performed a randomized controlled trial with a treatment group and a wait-list control group to assess changes in insomnia...
Despite the substantial heritability of antisocial behavior (ASB), specific genetic variants robustly associated with the trait have not been identified. The present study by the Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium (BroadABC) meta-analyzed data from 25 discovery samples (N=85,359) and five independent replication samples (N = 8,058) with genotypic...
Background
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has prompted accelerated vaccines development. Their use was prioritized to protect the most vulnerable, notably, the elderly. Because of fluctuations in vaccine availability, strategies such as delayed second dose an...
Background
Concerns have been raised that the COVID-19 pandemic could increase risk for adverse mental health outcomes, especially in young adults, a vulnerable age group. We investigated changes in depression and anxiety symptoms (overall and severe) from before to during the pandemic, as well as whether these changes are linked to COVID-19-relate...
Objectives
Adherence to diet self-monitoring tools typically declines over time. Diet self-monitoring tools often ask people to itemize their foods and record their serving sizes. This method of tracking does not conform to food guides that resemble a plate. The objective of this study is to explore the perceptions of healthy older adults on the us...
Background
Children who consistently withdraw from social situations face increased risk for later socioemotional difficulties. Twin studies indicate that genetic factors substantially account for the persistence of social withdrawal over time. However, the molecular genetic etiology of chronic courses of social wariness and preference for solitude...
Background
Concerns have been raised that the Covid-19 pandemic could increase risk for poor mental health, especially in young adults, a vulnerable age group. We investigated changes in depression and anxiety symptoms (overall and severe) from before to during the pandemic, as well as whether these changes are linked to Covid-19 related stressors...
Stress exposure increases risk for depressive symptoms. However, there are substantial individual differences in affective responses to stress. High-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), a marker of vagally-mediated parasympathetic activity, has been conceptualized as a psychophysiological index of emotion regulation that may moderate individu...