Johana Monthuy-BlancCentre de recherche IUSMM · ehealth
Johana Monthuy-Blanc
Ph. D.
FRQ researcher in ehealth | Groupe de recherche transdisciplinaire des ACA en eEducation à la santé/eSanté
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Introduction
Research interests
- Integrated approach (transdisciplinarity and intersectorality)
- Continuum of ED (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, sportsman's eating disorder);
- Digital (virtual reality, [web-]mobile application, secondary data bank)
- PROS-A approach: Perception, Relation, Occupation and Sensation attitudes and dysfunctional eating behavior
- eHealth education and eHealth
- 5-Knowledge: Knowledge, Knowing about knowledge, Knowing how to be, Knowledge-experience
Additional affiliations
January 2011 - present
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Position
- Professor
Education
June 2010 - June 2011
December 2009 - December 2009
June 2005 - June 2005
Publications
Publications (66)
Introduction. The Covid-19 pandemic (C-19) has a negative impact on the mental health of the general population and in particular, women, people with chronic physical illness or psychiatric conditions, students and health care providers. Targeting these needs, the Recovery College (RC) model offers a new and innovative approach based on co-learning...
Introduction
COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted people’s mental and physical health. Three areas have been significantly impacted, among others: eating-related behaviors, occupational balance, and exposure to self-image due to videoconferencing. This study aims to explore and document eaters profiles that were reported during the pandemic in the...
The present study examined the relationships between quantitative and qualitative dimensions of excessive exercise (EE) with the physical self-perception's dimensions and perceptual perspectives of body image (i.e., allocentric/3rd person and egocentric/1st person perspectives). The eLoriCorps Immersive Body Rating Scale 1.1, the very short form ve...
Background:
Body image variables such as body size perception (BSP) and body size dissatisfaction (BSD) can influence health-related behaviors. However, few studies have investigated these body image variables in adolescent girls participating in a physical activity intervention. Therefore, the study objectives were to examine the 1) associations...
Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an online Recovery College (RC) program implemented in Quebec (Canada) during the COVID-19 pandemic. From October 2020 to June 2021, 27 training groups were conducted with a total of 362 attendees.
Methods: Outcome was evaluated using a single group repeated measure design, assessing part...
Si « manger » peut être perçu comme un acte trivial, l’acte de manger est en fait l’expression de notre identité (culturelle) et le « baromètre » de notre bien-être et de notre santé. À la fois multidimensionnel, dynamique et interactionnel, l’acte de manger devient un véritable enjeu pour certains profils de mangeurs [dits à risque de troubles des...
Background: Body image variables such as body size perception (BSP) and body size dissatisfaction (BSD) can influence health-related behaviors. However, few studies have investigated these body image variables in adolescent girls participating in a physical activity intervention. Therefore, the study objectives were to examine the 1) associations b...
Recent studies have shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, and most of them have documented its detrimental effect on eating habits. Until now, the effects of this global crisis on negative body image and its association with disordered eating behaviors remain largely understudied. This study aimed to investigate changes in freq...
A growing number of studies have used virtual reality (VR) for the assessment and treatment of body image disturbances (BIDs). This study, conducted in a community sample of adolescents, documents the convergent and discriminant validity between (a) the traditional paper-based Figure Rating Scale (paper-based FRS), (b) the VR-based Body Rating Scal...
Les troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) constituent des problématiques multifactorielles complexes qui s’expriment dans le fonctionnement quotidien d’une personne en interaction avec divers environnements. Une personne présentant un TCA peut choisir d’investir certaines occupations sur la base de ses préoccupations corporelles et alimentaire...
Pathological physical exercise is a central feature of eating disorder and is related to a poor prognosis. Only few evidence-based recommendations are currently available to guide caregivers in the management of “exerciser” patients. Objective. The purpose of this paper is to present the current state of knowledge regarding proposed treatments targ...
Introduction
Social medias are seen as a risk factor for mental health because they increase body dissatisfaction and decrease self-esteem. This program is based on alimentation and physical well-being by relying on integrated intuitive eating and physical self-esteem. This program, implemented in a community setting use social media (i.e. Instagra...
Introduction
Eating disorders (ED) are characterized by perturbed eating habits or behaviors (APA, 2013). Even if treatments are available, they need to be more adapted to ED (Monthuy-Blanc, 2018). A complementary approach as yoga or mindfulness demonstrated positive effects with ED, such as an augmentation of mindfulness while eating (Rachel, Ivan...
Background
Worldwide, most adolescent girls do not meet physical activity (PA) recommendations and very few PA programs are tailored specifically towards them. Even fewer information exists about the long-term effects of such programs. Some Canadian schools have implemented the FitSpirit PA intervention designed specifically for girls aged 12 to 17...
Disturbances in physical self-perceptions (PSP) can lead to inappropriate attitudes and eating behaviours (IAEB) including eating disorders (ED) and obesity. This exploratory study assesses the effects of a blind integrated prevention program—the SILENCE Program—with high school students. No significant effect of the SILENCE Program on the IAEB of...
The first objective of this study was to test the convergent and discriminant validity between the "eLoriCorps Immersive Body Rating Scale" and the traditional paper-based figure rating scale (FRS). The second objective was to explore the contribution of the egocentric virtual reality (VR) perspective of eLoriCorps to understanding body image distu...
Introduction
Students with obesity associated with eating disorders experience disruption, mainly in their physical self-perception (PSP), such as self-esteem. This perceptual disorder plays a central role in the emergence of inappropriate attitude and eating behaviours (IAEB) among overweight students. Very few IAEB and obesity prevention programs...
Adolescence is a crucial time in the development and maintenance of lifestyle habits. Interventions to improve health-related behaviors are important, including those that can contribute to an increase in physical activity (PA). During adolescence, PA typically decreases with age, particularly in girls. The FitSpirit program offers services that he...
Objectives. To identify the presence of distinct family profiles in anorexia nervosa and to assess the association between the severity of the families’ dysfunction and the severity of the adolescents’ clinical profiles. Methods. One hundred and eighty-one adolescents (12–18 years old) with anorexia nervosa were recruited in specialized eating diso...
By combining aspects of the fourth generation of eating disorders (EDs)
prevention programs with the advantages of the use of virtual reality (VR) in the field of
education, two VR-based EDs prevention programs were created. To explores the
physical self-perception time series level and variability, participants completed a weekly
follow-up noteboo...
Restrictive dieting is one of the main factors contributing to the persistence of anorexia nervosa (AN). However, food categorization performance and strategy in AN patients remain under-researched. The aim of the present study is twofold:
– to investigate food categorization strategies and performance in AN patients;
– to capture implicit associat...
Notre société moderne accorde beaucoup d’importance à l’apparence physique en prônant un modèle corporel « inaccessible », à la fois mince et musclé. L’internalisation de cet idéal corporel médiatisé crée des préoccupations corporelles menant à des perturbations de type distorsion perceptuelle et insatisfaction corporelle [1]. Les perturbations de...
Depuis l’apparition du trouble d’accès hyperphagique dans la dernière version du Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 [1], les troubles du comportement alimentaire caractérisent une population clinique particulièrement diversifiée. Ces particularités cliniques induisent des changements de paradigmes qualifiés parfois de cris...
Dans son plan d’action global pour la santé mentale (2013–2020), l’OMS insiste sur la mise en place des stratégies pour entre autres, promouvoir le bien-être mental, prévenir les troubles mentaux et améliorer les chances de rétablissement des personnes atteintes. Dans cette visée, les organisations de santé dans le monde tentent d’offrir aux patien...
Les perturbations des perceptions du soi physique (PSP) sont centrales dans l’anorexie mentale et la boulimie et se traduisent par des préoccupations corporelles extrêmes menant à l’utilisation fréquente d’exercice physique excessif (EPE) [1]. Si les équipes cliniques choisissent le plus souvent de proscrire l’EPE en considérant que ce symptôme con...
Au Québec, comme dans les sociétés industrielles, l’obésité représente un enjeu majeur chez les adolescents. Environ 30 % de ces jeunes sont susceptibles d’avoir des crises de suralimentation, faisant l’objet d’un nouveau trouble spécifique des troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) dans le DSM-5 : le trouble d’accès hyperphagique (TAH). Le tie...
Depuis la création du programme LoriCorps, programme d’interventions transdisciplinaires des troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) de première ligne, les demandes d’admission en augmentation constante créent un défi de taille en termes de priorisation et d’accès aux services pour les intervenants. Afin de mieux gérer l’attente pouvant s’étaler...
Le but de l’étude est d’évaluer la trajectoire de soins des patients TCA suivis et traités par une équipe transdisciplinaire. L’étude a également pour objectif de comparer les personnes qui ont terminé le programme à celles qui décident de ne pas poursuivre le suivi avec l’équipe. Un programme s’adressant à la clientèle ayant un TCA est offert sur...
L’anorexie mentale inquiète, d’une part, car elle est associée à de nombreuses complications médicales et, d’autre part, car elle est liée à un mauvais pronostic. Face à ces constats, il est impératif que les traitements les plus efficaces soient offerts aux personnes présentant une anorexie mentale. Cet article vise à présenter une revue systémati...
Le magazine des psychoéducateurs en mouvement NUMÉRO 12 www.ordrepsed.qc.ca Des collaborations à cultiver
L’objectif de cette étude est de comparer les attitudes et comportements alimentaires inappropriés (ACAI) ainsi que les caractéristiques psychosociales - anxiété physique sociale, perceptions du soi physique, pression perçue pour être mince - entre deux niveaux de pratique sportive (intensive et de loisir). Cent quarante-six adolescents français on...
Introduction:
The main objective of the present series of studies was to develop and validate a 16-item very short form of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-VS) for use as a short assessment tool in large-scale comprehensive or longitudinal studies, as well as in-depth idiographic studies.
Method:
The EDI-VS was developed, and validated, throug...
We report the results of a preliminary study testing the effect of participants' mood rating on visual motor performance using a haptic device to manipulate a cartoonish human body. Our results suggest that moods involving high arousal (e.g. happiness) produce larger movements whereas mood involving low arousal (e.g. sadness) produce slower speed o...
Telemental health is the use of information and communications technologies and broadband networks to deliver mental health services and support wellness. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the efficiency and utility of telemental health, certain barriers may impede its implementation, including the attitudes of mental health service provi...
Abstract This study is about pain expressed by virtual humans and empathy in users immersed in virtual reality. It focuses on whether people feel more empathy toward the pain of a virtual human when the virtual human is a realistic representation of a known individual, as opposed to an unknown person, and if social presence is related to users' emp...
The feeling of presence has been shown to be an important concept in several clinical applications of virtual reality. Among the factors influencing presence, realism factors have been examined extensively from the angle of objective realism. Objective realism has been manipulated by altering numerous technological characteristics such as pictorial...
This study aims to investigate the direct and indirect associations between physical self-subdomains, physical self-worth, global self-worth, and disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors among French non-elite athlete and non-athlete adolescent girls. A sample of adolescent girls including 50 ballet dancers, 41 basketball players, and 47 non-athlet...
The experience sampling method, also referred to as ecological momentary assessment (ESM-EMA) has recently gained popularity in the study of depression. However, no psychometrically sound multidimensional depression questionnaires specifically designed for the ESM-EMA context are currently available.
The main objective of the present study was to d...
Background:
Until recently, very few controlled studies have examined the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) symptoms among nonelite adolescent female athletes. Moreover, results are mixed and inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this exploratory study was to examine the prevalence of ED symptoms (underweight, bulimia, drive for thinness, body dis...
The main objective of the present series of studies was to test the construct validity (i.e., content, factorial, and convergent validities) of the Fear of Negative Appearance Evaluation Scale (FNAES) in a community sample of French adolescents. A total sample of 683 adolescents was involved in three studies. The factorial validity and the measurem...
We conducted a series of studies to investigate the psychometric properties of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989) among a total sample of 1,563 nonclinical French adolescents. The, first study provided support for the item content of the preliminary version of the French SPAS for adolescents. Then, the second stu...
Recent studies have questioned the appropriateness of the original Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) in nonclinical samples
of adolescents. The main objective of the present series of studies is to systematically test the construct validity of the
EDI (i.e. content, factorial, convergent, discriminant and discriminative) in a nonclinical sample of F...
Among the few instruments used to measure the behavioral component of body image disturbances, the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) is the most widely used. Despite the wide utilization of this instrument, it is currently unknown whether it is appropriate for male and female adolescents from middle and junior high schools.
The main objecti...
The therapeutic utility of a daily notebook evaluation for hospitalised adolescent girls suffering from anorexia nervosa is illustrated through two case studies. In the context of a larger study, anorexic girls were asked to complete daily and for 140 consecutive days, a daily notebook comprising a quantitative part (i.e., self-ratings on 13 visual...
The Physical Self-Inventory (PSI)—a French adaptation of the Fox and Corbin's [1989. The Physical Self-Perception Profile: Development and preliminary validation. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11, 408–430] Physical Self-Perception Profile—was originally developed for use with adults and no study has systematically verified its psychomet...
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Projects (2)
Cette recherche-développement collaborative financée par le ministère de la Culture et des Communications et la Fondation de l'UQTR (2020-2023) vise à enrichir culturellement la formation dispensée aux futurs enseignants du préscolaire et du primaire, sur les trois campus de l’UQTR (Trois- Rivières, Drummondville et Lanaudière) par : 1) le recours, dans des cours ciblés à des visites de lieux, l’accueil de professionnels (artistes, écrivains), et l’utilisation de contenus culturels numériques; et 2) par l’initiation à leur exploitation pédagogique en classe. Elle vise également à développer des connaissances relatives à la formation initiale au rôle de passeur culturel.
Elle comprend cinq phases se chevauchant, qui consistent principalement à :
- mobiliser les acteurs scolaires et culturels concernés et dresser un premier état des lieux ;
- co-élaborer, en concertation avec les formateurs participants, un dispositif pour l’exploitation pédagogique de ressources culturelles ciblées ;
- favoriser, dans le cadre de cours précis, une meilleure connaissance des ressources ciblés et des approches pédagogiques ;
- cerner le potentiel de ces actions ;
- diffuser les résultats.
Pour en savoir plus : https://lrpc.ca/passeurs-culturels-a-luqtr-le-patrimoine-culturel-les-arts-et-la-culture-au-service-de-la-formation-a-leducation-prescolaire-et-lenseignement-primaire-a-luqtr/
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