Natacha Godbout

• PhD
• Professor at University of Quebec in Montreal

Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between gender and symptomatology as potentially mediated by exposure to sexism and childhood adversity. Method: Using an online sample of 498 women and men, structural equation modeling was employed to test these potential direct and intermediary associations. Results: A direc...

Les organismes spécialisés dans l’intervention auprès des auteurs de violence conjugale ont exprimé le besoin d’être accompagnés par des équipes de recherche afin de documenter la réalité des personnes utilisant leurs services et d’appuyer leurs pratiques sur des données empiriques. Leur connaissance approfondie des besoins de leurs usagers s’est d...

Purpose Men are recognized as the main perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV), a major public health issue. Therapies for IPV perpetrators are often seen as ineffective, likely because therapeutic goals are not fully achieved by the end of therapy. Assessing the level of therapeutic goals achievement may provide a more accurate understandi...

Sexual power dynamics (SPD) regroup sexual interests of dominance, submission, and tender sex. Interest toward sexual domination and/or submission has historically been pathologized and linked with higher levels of sexo-relational distress. Guided by sexual script theory, the consideration of one’s attitudes toward gender roles (GR), as either gend...

Sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence can have long-term detrimental effects. This study used a phenomenological approach to examine the school and work experiences of 28 men who experienced such abuse. Findings revealed persistent challenges in forming interpersonal relationships and a lack of personal engagement both in school and the workplac...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health issue with long-lasting consequences, necessitating effective treatments to disrupt its intergenerational transmission. However, the common one-size-fits-all approach in IPV programs may fail to acknowledge the diversity among perpetrators. This study compared three types of IPV perpetrators...

Objectives The 10-item Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) is widely used to measure dispositional mindfulness among youth. Recognizing the need for brief tools to minimize time burden on participants and reduce study costs, the present study aimed to validate a short form of the CAMM (CAMM-5-FR), a 5-item derived version of the origina...

Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) increases the risk of relationship difficulties in adulthood. Couples welcoming a new child are particularly prone to relationship distress, and CCT survivors may be especially vulnerable during this period. This study examined the association between CCT and relationship satisfaction and tested the role of parenta...

Background: Childhood Interpersonal Trauma (CIT) is a major public health issue that increases the risk of perpetrating and sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood, perpetuating intergenerational cycles of violence. Yet, the explanatory mechanisms behind the intergenera-tional transmission of trauma warrant further exploration. Obje...

There are few psychometrically valid measures of exposure to social maltreatment that simultaneously assess sexism, racism, and anti-LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other nonheteronormative) behavior, despite the commonness of these phenomena. The Social Discrimination and Maltreatment Scale (SDMS; Briere et al., 2024b) meet...

Background The sense of parental competence refers to one’s judgment of one’s own parenting abilities and plays a critical role in parental functioning. Studies have shown a link between childhood interpersonal traumas and a lower sense of parental competence. Yet, psychological neglect, a more subtle but still devastating childhood trauma, and its...

Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT; e.g., sexual abuse, neglect) has been consistently associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. However, we know little about the processes involved in this association. Although emotion dysregulation has been identified as a mechanism explaining the CCT–IPV association in men survivors, it is also...

Background: Unresolved/disorganized (U/d) attachment states of mind are associated with poor outcomes across numerous domains of functioning. However, the validity of existing self-report instruments measuring this construct remains questionable. Objectives: The aim of the current study was to validate the DRS-8, an alternative version of the Diso...

Parents who have experienced cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma (CCIT, i.e., an accumulation of different types of abuse) tend to experience higher parental stress following the birth of a child. As CCIT is associated with lower levels of partner support, which is linked to increased parental stress, partner support could explain the link be...

Background Sexual distress (eg, feeling distressed, unhappy, frustrated, stressed, dissatisfied, or bothered about their sexuality) is a central concern reported by patients seeking sex therapy, and might be related to sexual self-esteem and mindfulness disposition, yet research is needed to examine the links among those variables within the specif...

Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) increases the risk of experiencing interpersonal problems and relationship distress in adulthood. However, not all CCT survivors experience such difficulties, and little research has investigated protective factors against relationship dissatisfaction in CCT survivors and their partners. Romantic attachment might b...

Transition to parenthood can be challenging on mental health even more so for individuals who have experienced childhood trauma. The use of flexible strategies, such as processing the traumatic event while being able to distract oneself, maintaining optimism, and focusing on moving beyond the event, could be a potential protective factor against di...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue associated with numerous deleterious outcomes. Previous studies highlighted the relevance of documenting psychological predictors of IPV to identify prevention strategies. This study examined the links between anxious and depressive symptomatology and perpetrated physical, psychologic...

L’agression sexuelle en enfance (ASE) est associée à des conséquences relationnelles à l’âge adulte, notamment le risque accru d’être revictimisé·e·s par un·e partenaire intime. En effet, les femmes survivantes d’ASE sont près de trois fois plus à risque d’être revictimisées que les femmes non-victimes. L’ASE s’accompagne typiquement d’autres types...

Research on male survivors of childhood sexual abuse is notably deficient when it comes to addressing their sexual concerns, such as experiences of sexual distress, negative thoughts, and feelings related to their sexuality. Dissociation, a known consequence of childhood sexual abuse, could be associated with higher sexual concerns through identity...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by men has been associated with men’s hostility toward women (HTW). However, no study that has examined HTW has considered every main form of IPV as well as the severity of the acts perpetrated. The purpose of the present study was to identify distinct profiles of IPV perpetration based on the severity of...

A growing body of research has revealed that many emerging adults (i.e., aged 18 to 25) experience sexual difficulties. Past studies have emphasized the need to examine sexual difficulties by accounting for sex motives (i.e., reasons for engaging in sex) and by using a trauma-focused or attachment-based framework. This study examined the role of se...

Many studies focusing on childhood sexual abuse (CSA) may have neglected the consequences related to experiencing other types of childhood maltreatment, such as psychological maltreatment. Moreover, the literature has focused more on negative consequences related to CSA, hence potentially leaving out more adaptive and resilient trajectories. This q...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem, associated with considerable consequences for the victims. Among the risk factors associated with the perpetration of male IPV, attachment insecurities (avoidance, anxiety) and affect dysregulation (AD) have received strong empirical support. A few studies showed that hostility towar...

Objectives Childhood cumulative trauma (CCT) has consistently been associated with relationship dissatisfaction in adulthood. Early parenthood is a challenging context where partners’ vulnerabilities, such as CCT history, tend to be exacerbated and further decrease relationship satisfaction. However, dyadic studies are lacking and the mechanisms th...

A metasynthesis was performed on 15 qualitative studies to document the experience of revictimization by an intimate partner among women, based on survivors’ perspectives on their sustained childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner violence victimization. Results identified two main conceptual categories: (a) Barriers to action: A belief system r...

A large body of evidence demonstrates that childhood interpersonal trauma is associated with poorer parental and couple outcomes following the birth of a new child. As a unique component of couple functioning, parenting alliance is key during this transition period and is associated with long-term parental and child well-being. However, parenting a...

Sexual dysfunctions are prevalent and impair the lives and intimate relationships of up to one-third of the population. Virtual reality (VR) offers promising avenues for the study of sexual dysfunctions; however, little attention has been given to the use of VR in sex research. Sexual disgust appears to be positively related with lower sexual funct...

An attachment injury can occur when one partner violates the assumption that they will provide comfort and caring during a moment of increased need. For injured partners, unresolved attachment injuries can underlie an enduring stress reaction and lower relationship satisfaction. However, no research has examined the associations between the perceiv...

Studies on child sexual abuse (CSA) have mostly focused on female survivors. However, men are not spared from this type of abuse, as one in 10 men report having experienced CSA before the age of 18. Some adult male victims of CSA, in trying to cope with their history of sexual abuse, overinvest in typically masculine behaviors, such as aggression a...

Sexual aversion disorder (SAD) is a chronic condition that impacts sexual and psychological well-being. However, the relevance of SAD as a discrete disorder remains highly debated. This study aimed to clarify the status of SAD as either a distinct disorder or a trans-diagnostic symptom shared among sexual dysfunctions. This cross-sectional study us...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is likely to have impacts on adult survivors' sexuality, particularly on their sexual self-concept. However, little is known about how survivors cope with CSA-related sexual impacts, including sexual self-concept impairments. Thus, this study aimed to examine the interplay between sexual self-concept and coping strategi...

RÉSUMÉ — Introduction : Le stress parental est associé à la satisfaction relationnelle et cette dernière à la satisfaction sexuelle, mais peu d’études ont porté sur l’association entre le stress parental et la satisfaction sexuelle, une sphère pourtant importante des relations conjugales. Objectif : La présente étude vise à examiner la relation en...

Parenthood is often related to a decrease of sexual satisfaction within couples (Maas et al., 2018), as this period brings a multitude of new stressors. Studies revealed that sexual satisfaction is an important factor for the cohesion of the couple and relationship satisfaction (Impett et al., 2014), that in turn may affect couples’ child well-bein...

Au Canada, les tentatives de suicide et les idées suicidaires sont particulièrement fréquentes chez les hommes. Selon la théorie interpersonnelle du suicide, les facteurs liés aux idées et aux tentatives suicidaires seraient distincts. Cette étude avait pour but d’identifier les variables associées aux idées suicidaires, aux tentatives suicidaires...

Childhood exposure to interparental conflict (CEIC) is associated with a reduced ability to positively resolve conflicts in adult romantic relationships. This may be especially true during parenthood, a time when there may be more conflicts between parents. However, the mechanisms involved in the intergenerational transmission of conflict managemen...

Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a problematic and important social phenomenon (World Health Organization [WHO], 2021) that has been repeatedly linked to attachment insecurities (Velotti et al., 2020). However, the mechanisms linking these two variables remain understudied. This study examines the direct and indirect associations between...

Background: To better understand sexual satisfaction in emerging adults, previous research has emphasized the importance of considering the role of developmental experiences, such as cu- mulative childhood trauma (CCT; the number of different forms of abuse and neglect sustained during childhood). However, the mechanisms by which CCT and sexual sat...

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...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an endemic problem affecting nearly one in five girls worldwide. Empirical literature recognizes CSA as an important risk factor for later revictimization within intimate relationships, especially among female survivors. Such revictimization constitutes a serious issue that deserves to be understood through the eyes...

Past research has emphasized the need to identify profiles of men who perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV) as a way to better understand this heterogeneous population and guide the development of tailored services. However, empirical validation for such profiles remains limited, since it still focuses on specific populations or fails to consi...

L'exposition aux conflits interparentaux à l’enfance (ECIE) est associée à une moindre capacité à résoudre positivement des désaccords dans les relations amoureuses à l'âge adulte, notamment durant la parentalité, période où les conflits entre les partenaires peuvent être plus nombreux. Cependant, les mécanismes impliqués dans la transmission inter...

Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant risk factor for sexual difficulties in adulthood. Objective: In the current study we aimed to expand the understanding of the association between CSA and sexual difficulties by examining the moderating role of traumatic sexuality in the association between CSA and sexual difficulties amon...

Objectives: Distress and associated health problems reported by Nunavik Inuit emanate from heterogeneous roots, including adverse childhood experiences. This study aims to (1) identify distinct childhood adversity profiles and (2) examine associations between these profiles and sex, socioeconomic characteristics, social support, and community invo...

La transition parentale est reconnue comme un stade développemental critique au sein de la relation de couple et s'accompagne de changements majeurs susceptibles d'influencer la satisfaction relationnelle des coparents. Cet article présente des pistes pour l'accompagnement des couples qui consultent pour des difficultés reliées à cette période de t...

Sexual dysfunctions (SD; e.g., female sexual interest/arousal disorder, erectile disorder, female orgasmic disorder, delayed ejaculation, genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder, etc.) affect up to a third of individuals, impairing sexuality, intimate relationships, and mental health. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of SDs and their sexu...

Présentation de vulgarisation scientifique Martel, N., Girard, M., Dussault, É., Hébert, M., Godbout, N. (2023). Être dans le moment présent pour vivre moins de détresse sexuelle. BistroBrain, Février 2023. Montréal, QC, CA.

Postpartum depression is the most commonly reported mental health issue among parents welcoming a new child, with long-term impacts on the well-being of their family. Survivors of childhood interpersonal trauma (CIT) appear to be more vulnerable with higher rates of postpartum depressive symptoms. Yet, study is needed on protective mechanism that c...

La présente étude vise à valider la version canadienne-française du Parental Stress Scale auprès d’un premier échantillon de 473 parents et à confirmer sa structure factorielle auprès d’un deuxième échantillon composé de 378 parents issus de la communauté québécoise ayant un nourrisson. Les participants ont répondu au questionnaire traduit de l’ang...

Objectives: Mindfulness has been conceptualized through five facets, the combination of which can yield different mindful-ness profiles. Impeded mindfulness has been linked to childhood interpersonal trauma (CIT) and relational difficulties in adulthood. Exploring profile distinctions on these outcomes is crucial to better understand each profile's...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex and multifactorial public health problem associated with important physical and psychological repercussions. Recent studies suggest that cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) may be related to higher IPV perpetration through dysfunctional communication patterns, but to our knowledge, no study has tested this...

Les parents d’un nouveau-né peuvent être particulièrement vulnérables à la détresse péritraumatique (c’est-à-dire la détresse psychologique vécue pendant ou immédiatement après un événement traumatique) associée à des événements tels que la pandémie de COVID-19. Puisque la détresse péritraumatique pourrait affecter à la fois leur bien-être psycholo...

Martel, N., Girard, M., Dussault, É., Hébert, M., Godbout, N. (2022). Comment une faible estime de soi sexuelle et les dispositions à la présence attentive sont-elles liées à la détresse sexuelle chez les patient.e.s en thérapie sexuelle? [Communication orale]. Colloque étudiant du Réseau intersectoriel de recherche en santé de l’Université du Québ...

Martel, N., Dussault, É., Godbout, N. & Bérubé, F. (2022). Qu'est-ce qu'est l'intersectionnalité ? Unité de recherche et d’intervention sur le TRAuma et le CouplE, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Martel, N., Dussault, É., Lafortune, D., Boislard, M.-A., Godbout, N., Philibert, M., et Goyette, M. (2022, octobre). Sexual health service seeking among Quebec adults living with a sexual dysfunction [Data Blitz]. Forum canadien de recherche sur la sexualité, Waterloo, ON, CA

L’objectif de l’étude était de valider le Questionnaire bref des dynamiques de pouvoir sexuelles qui évalue l’intérêt sexuel envers des pratiques impliquant une hiérarchisation de pouvoir (c.-à-d., domination, soumission, sexe tendre). Ce questionnaire est une échelle traduite et raccourcie inspirée du questionnaire original Attraction to Sexual Po...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with long-lasting and pervasive impacts on survivors’ sexual health, particularly on their sexual satisfaction. Dispositional mindfulness has been found to be associated with greater sexual satisfaction among adult CSA survivors. However, the mechanisms involved in this association remain understudied. The...

Parenthood has often been associated with lower levels of relationship and sexual satisfaction. However, this effect has rarely been studied beyond transition to parenthood and/or in clinical samples and few studies have examined parenthood as a moderator between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction. Therefore, the objective of this st...

Cumulative childhood maltreatment (CCM; cooccurrence of different types of maltreatment) is associated with negative effects on intimate relationships in adulthood (Godbout et al., 2017), and appears to particularly impede survivors’ ability to maintain healthy and nonviolent intimate relationships (Brassard et al., 2019). Relatedness, which is the...

This study examined the mediating role of emotions related to sexual violence in adulthood in the associations between social reactions to sexual violence disclosure and sexual outcomes. Self-reported data were collected from 324 women reporting sexual violence and path analyses were conducted among the 264 women (81.5%) who disclosed their most re...

This poster documents the approach coping strategies (i.e., aimed at dealing with the trauma and its aftermath) that survivors of childhood sexual abuse may mobilize in their sexuality. Together, these strategies appear to reflect survivors' willingness and readiness to be more authentic in their sexuality, which is essential to achieving a positiv...

Background: The birth of a child is a life-defining event which tends to widen the gap between parents' resources and the demands they face, generating parenting stress. In this regard, individuals who experienced childhood trauma, particularly cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma (CCIT), appear more vulnerable, with higher rates of parenting...

Objectives Buddha’s Four Noble Truths state that (1) life is full of suffering, (2) there is a cause of suffering, (3) it is possible to stop suffering, and (4) there is a path leading to the cessation of suffering. The current study aimed to explore how trauma-related suffering and mindfulness dispositions are experienced among survivors of childh...

Background: Sexual aversion (SA) is a chronic difficulty impacting sexual, relational and psychological wellbeing. Yet, there is a dearth of studies exploring its prevalence and associated factors. Aims: To estimate the prevalence of SA and examine its correlates among a community sample of Canadian adults. Methods: A large web-based sample of th...

The current mixed-method study aimed to 1) identify different childhood interpersonal trauma (CIT) and dispositional mindfulness (DM) profiles in an adult sample; 2) illustrate these profiles with qualitative data documenting childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and CIT survivors’ perceptions of their own DM; and 3) examine profile differences on sexual an...

This study focused on sexual aversion (SA) – namely the experience of fear, disgust, and avoidance when exposed to sexual contexts or cues – and aimed to validate a virtual environment’s ability to progressively trigger the typical emotional responses of SA. Thirty-nine participants (16 low-SA and 23 high-SA individuals) were immersed in a virtual...

Background The diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was recently included into the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Recognizing the need for a brief and specific measure CPTSD symptoms as defined by the ICD-11, Cloitre and her team (2018) developed the original English version of the Inte...

Lebeau, R., Brassard, A, Deslauriers, J.-M., Martel, N., et Godbout, N. (2022, mai). Traumas interpersonnels en enfance, dysrégulation émotionnelle et violence conjugale : Rôle de la socialisation masculine [Présentation infographique]. 2e Colloque relations interpersonnelles : sexualité et parentalité du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur...

Martel, N., Dussault, É., Boislard, M.-A., Godbout, N., Philibert, M., Goyette, M., et Lafortune, D. (2022, mai). Recherche de services en santé sexuelle d’adultes vivant avec une dysfonction sexuelle [affiche]. 2e Colloque relations interpersonnelles : sexualité et parentalité du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux e...

Marcoux, L., Martel, N., Girard, M., Vaillancourt Morel, MP., Hébert, M., Fernet, M., et Godbout, N. (2022, mai). Trauma interpersonnel cumulatif en enfance et difficultés sexuelles chez les survivant.e.s consultant en thérapie sexuelle [affiche]. 2e Colloque relations interpersonnelles : sexualité et parentalité du Centre de recherche interdiscipl...

Introduction: Cumulative childhood interpersonal traumas (CCIT; cooccurrence of different types of traumas) is associated with negative effects on intimate relationships in adulthood (Godbout et al., 2017), and appears to particularly impede survivors’ ability to develop and maintain a non-violent intimate relationship (Brassard et al., 2019). Thro...

Les études montrent que les personnes ayant subi un trauma interpersonnel pendant l'enfance (ex. : abus sexuel, négligence, violence psychologique) ont tendance à rapporter moins de satisfaction sexuelle. Représentations négatives de soi comme étant indigne d'amour, peur d'être abandonné.e ou rejeté.e par son partenaire. Perception négative des aut...

Despite an increase in research initiatives and prevention campaigns, intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a public health problem that affects many victims worldwide. The current study aims to examine whether psychological distress symptoms (anger, depression, and anxiety) are indirectly related to the perpetration of IPV (physical assault, psy...

Despite an increase in research initiatives and prevention campaigns, intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a public health problem that affects many victims worldwide. The current study aims to examine whether psychological distress symptoms (anger, depression, and anxiety) are indirectly related to the perpetration of IPV (physical assault, psy...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) have both been associated with numerous negative repercussions. The first aim of this study is to understand IPV perpetrated by men within a clinical population, by examining the effects of two potential predictors: CSA and dyadic empathy (cognitive and emotional). The second aim of t...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) have both been associated with numerous negative repercussions. The first aim of this study is to understand IPV perpetrated by men within a clinical population, by examining the effects of two potential predictors: CSA and dyadic empathy (cognitive and emotional). The second aim of t...

Sexual fantasies represent a vast and highly personal dimension of human sexuality that remains understudied empirically. This article used a person-oriented approach to examine the reactions of arousal and discomfort that individuals experienced in response to four proposed fantasy scenarios depicting themes of romance, power dynamics (i.e., submi...

Cette recherche donne la parole à des hommes ayant été victimes d’abus sexuels pendant leur enfance ou leur adolescence au sujet de leur participation à un groupe axé sur l’aide mutuelle. L’objectif est de documenter l’appréciation des hommes au sujet de cette forme d’aide. Leurs récits témoignent du caractère crucial des relations tissées entre le...

Limited instruments are available to assess sexual mindfulness (i.e., state of mindfulness during sexual interactions) and understand its links with psychosexual well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a French version of the Sexual Mindfulness Measure (SMM) (Leavitt et al., 2019) and its relation to psychos...

This study examines the intermediary role of three variables (sexual mindfulness, sexual anxiety, and sexual self-esteem) in a path analysis model to explain the association between insecure attachment and sexual satisfaction. A community sample of 543 adults completed an online survey. Results supported our hypothesized integrative model, which ex...

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...

L'agression sexuelle à l'enfance (ASE) est susceptible d’engendrer des impacts à long terme sur la santé sexuelle des survivants, en particulier sur la satisfaction sexuelle. La présence attentive (mindfulness) a été associée à une plus grande satisfaction sexuelle chez les adultes survivant.e.s d’ASE. Cependant, les mécanismes impliqués dans cette...

Datablitz Les traumas interpersonnels cumulatifs en enfance (TICE; cooccurrence de différents types de trauma interpersonnels) peuvent négativement influencer les relations intimes à l’âge adulte (Godbout et al., 2017). Les TICE sont associés à une fréquence plus élevée d’expérience de revictimisation en contexte de relation intimes chez les femmes...

Dans cet article, nous proposons de discuter la manière dont le trauma complexe peut offrir un cadre conceptuel guidant l’intervention auprès des enfants et adolescents ayant de multiples besoins. L’article débute par une présentation du trauma complexe, de même que des liens entre le trauma complexe, la santé mentale et le fonctionnement psycholog...

La recension des écrits scientifiques démontre que les hommes abusés sexuellement à l’enfance et à l’adolescence (HASE) doivent composer avec des impacts négatifs qui se répercutent tout au long de leur vie adulte. Ces impacts peuvent être multiples (p. ex., détresse psychologique sévère, estime de soi pauvre, difficultés relationnelles) et ne sont...

The diagnosis of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was included in the ICD-11 in 2018. Debates are still ongoing in the scientific community regarding the conceptual distinction between CPTSD symptoms and those of comorbid PTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD). The present study aimed to determine whether (a) patterns of sympto...

The disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA) is a complex process that remains partially understood, despite its crucial role in survivors’ recovery. Gender specific experiences of disclosure have been little investigated while this information is crucial to better tailor interventions for survivors. This qualitative study aims to 1) explore survivor...

Being in a satisfying romantic relationship in adolescence is associated to many short- and long-term benefits. However, more research is needed to better understand what promotes relationship satisfaction in adolescence. To address this gap, this study used a diary approach to examine the relation between disagreements and daily variations in adol...

The aim of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that attachment and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) interacted such that school aged CSA survivors with insecure attachment to parents would be at an elevated risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma symptoms. Participants (n = 111, ages 7–12) comprised two groups, c...

The use of subtle strategies to have sex with an unwilling partner is harmful to a couple’s sexual well-being but these strategies remain understudied. This research examined the mediating role of communication patterns in the associations between attachment insecurities and sustained sexual coercion in 145 same- and cross-gender couples, and the m...

Childhood maltreatment is associated with negative effects that can influence later intimate relationships (Godbout et al., 2017). Cumulative childhood interpersonal traumas (CCIT; cooccurrence of different types of traumas) may particularly impede survivors’ ability to develop and maintain a non-violent intimate relationship (Brassard et al., 2019...