Philippe Gay

Haute Ecole Pédagogique Lausanne · UER EN

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric validity of the French adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale (SUS), a self-report tool measuring how individuals use their strengths in daily life. The original SUS, developed by Govindji and Linley (2007), has not been thoroughly assessed across languages and cultures. The adapted French SUS exhibits s...

Introduction Mathematics continues to be a real stumbling block for many low-performing students. Research over the past decades has highlighted the joint and determining effects of emotions and motivation on learning and performance in mathematics and has shown an increase in negative emotions over the course of schooling. Inter-individual emotion...

Self-efficacy beliefs in behavior management (SEBiBM) is a key issue for teachers, while emotional competence is a major contributor to professional success and sustainability in this profession. The investigation of the multifaceted nature of these two constructs may be important in order to take a step toward understanding which emotional compete...

Joie, fierté, intérêt, surprise, frustration, ennui, dégout : agréables ou douloureuses, les émotions jalonnent le quotidien de la classe et impactent les apprentissages. Par exemple, des épisodes fréquents et intenses de tristesse ou de colère péjorent la mémorisation alors que la joie permet d’élargir le répertoire de pensées et d’actions favoris...

The current context, with the many changes occurring in both local and distant environments, raises ethical questions that challenge our emotions, our relationships, and our vision of the world and our place in it. These changes require us to be capable of apprehending a complex set of problems so as to understand and analyse them, grasp the indivi...

Dans leur quotidien, les enseignant·e·s sont confrontés à de multiples émotions. La joie de voir un élève s’enthousiasmer pour une matière, la colère face à un élève réfractaire ou encore l’inquiétude de se retrouver face à une classe difficile. Les recherches récentes ont mis en avant l’importance des émotions des enseignants quant à leur bien-êtr...

Seligman’s 2011 PERMA model is one of the models most referred to in positive psychology intervention research. This model refers to the five essential pillars which lead to flourishing: Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning in life, and Accomplishment. However, one of the pillars, termed engagement, which refers to flow or peak exp...

L’objectif de cette étude est de déterminer si le fait de proposer certaines formes de remédiation lors d’une situation de test permet de limiter le niveau d’anxiété d’évaluation en mathématiques. Dans ce but, 115 étudiant∙es du secondaire, scolarisé∙es dans le canton de Vaud, ont répondu à plusieurs questionnaires leur demandant de s’imaginer dans...

Learning a foreign language involves a wide range of cognitive, social and affective skills. The present article gives ideas to develop socio-emotional competencies in English courses: the capacity to identify the emotion, to understand the causes and consequences, to express their emotions and to do so in a socially acceptable manner, to manage st...

Digitization in teacher education is currently being promoted, but the choice between face-to-face instruction and online learning environments remains challenging. Previous studies have documented ambivalent results regarding personal preference and academic achievement, and experimental investigations into attention comparing learning in these tw...

Les pratiques scolaires inclusives mettent à jour les enjeux liés au développement de relations épanouissantes et au pouvoir d'agir des jeunes à besoins éducatifs particuliers. En cherchant à comprendre les déterminants de l'épanouis-sement des personnes, des groupes ou des institutions, la psychologie positive est un champ à explorer afin de mieux...

Enseigner appelle différentes formes de pratiques qui peuvent être étayées par des données s’appuyant sur des recherches scientifiques solides (pour une revue, voir p. ex., Weinstein et., 2018), au même titre que la médecine ou l’ingénierie. Dans ce contexte, ce bref article propose une présentation de quelques caractéristiques essentielles mises e...

Learning to identify, express, understand, use and regulate one’s own and others’ emotions is an integral part of school readiness. Numerous studies in cognitive science have shown that these competences play a crucial role in students’ success at school and in their interpersonal relationships. In the first part of this paper, we will examine the...

The current state of the planet poses challenging ethical questions that shake up our emotions and values, thus making our choices and decisions more difficult. In order to grasp the many complex issues with which we are each confronted on a daily basis, education in sustainable development (ESD) advances competencies (Unesco, 2017) that are rooted...

Enseigner et apprendre impliquent la mise en œuvre de nombreuses habiletés cognitives et affectives. Les recherches actuelles s’intéressent de plus en plus aux différentes compétences socio-émotionnelles des enseignants et des élèves, notamment en ce qu’elles contribueraient aux apprentissages ainsi qu’au bien-être individuel et social (MacCann et...

Objective: Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct known to play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of a wide range of problematic behaviors and psychological disorders in children. Method: In this study, we adapted the short French adult version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale for use with children (short UPPS-P-C) and tested...

Abstract This study, conducted on 36 teachers, showed a high level of satisfaction towards the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program as well as various subjective personal benefits (e.g., better emotion regulation and stress management). Moreover, experienced benefits are also described for pupils (e.g., more positive atmosphere in cla...

Cet article s’intéresse aux impacts des émotions positives et négatives sur la motivation scolaire des élèves, tout en tenant compte du rôle joué par le sentiment de compétence développé par ces derniers en milieu scolaire. Les résultats (issus d’un échantillon de 1 371 élèves en fin de scolarité obligatoire et récoltés par le biais d’un questionna...

Emotional competences refer to a wide range of knowledge, skills and dispositions (e.g., identifying, understanding, expressing, listening, using and regulating emotions) that can be divided into two categories: intrapersonal and interpersonal skills (Brewer et al., 2013). Good emotional skills contribute to better mental and physical health, more...

Self-confidence is the driving force behind learning. But does it not also underlie the ability to make strong and courageous decisions when faced with various challenges? With the aim to provide an education for sustainable development and ecological transition, or even an education on the state of our planet, to what extent do academic evaluation...

Mindfulness is a growing, fashionable business and seems very fashionable. Thus, typing it on Google will result in more than 200 million entries. It is found today in a great variety of fields: from neurology to coaching, sports, psychology and of course; education. As for the latter, it will show six billion entries on Google. Quite interestingly...

Ce papier présente un argumentaire sur l'intérêt de prendre en compte les émotions dans la formation des enseignants. Après avoir défini le concept d'émotions et montré tout l'intérêt de les prendre en compte dans les apprentissages et la formation, les auteurs s'appuient sur les objectifs du Plan d'études romand pour présenter différents modèles e...

Mindfulness is a growing, fashionable business and seems very fashionable. Thus, typing it on Google will result in more than 200 million entries. It is found today in a great variety of fields: from neurology to coaching, sports, psychology and of course; education. As for the latter, it will show six billion entries on Google. Quite interestingly...

Evaluation of a training based on pretend play designed to promote the development of socio-emotional competence in 5-year-olds: exploratory study. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of a pretend play based training program designed to promote the development of socio-emotional competences. Nineteen children aged five years...

La bienveillance a-t-elle sa place dans l’enseignement ? Cet article propose une définition opérationnelle de la bienveillance dans l’enseignement ainsi qu’une synthèse des recherches montrant les effets bénéfiques d’une telle attitude sur le bien-être des élèves et de leurs apprentissages. Des recherches en psychologie montrent que les émotions à...

Emotions have recently been shown to interfere with the efficacy of inhibitory control. However, understanding their impact requires taking into account that inhibition is not a unitary construct, but consists of distinct functions underlain by specific mechanisms. In this study, 88 participants performed two emotional versions of classic laborator...

Français Cette étude pilote a pour but d’explorer dans quelle mesure une intervention clown permet d’améliorer les conditions de vie en institutions de soins palliatifs. Plus précisément, il est postulé que dans une offre en soins globale, telle que proposée aux patients atteints de maladies incurables, le clown et son univers poétique peuvent tro...

Impulsive behaviors and intrusive thoughts are prominent in psychopathology. Two studies were conducted to explore their relationships. In Study 1, 250 participants completed the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale and the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ). In Study 2 involving a sample of 97 female students, the relations between impulsivity...

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are video games in which a large number of players interact with one another in a persistent virtual world. MMORPGs can become problematic and result in negative outcomes in daily living (e.g. loss of control on gaming behaviors, compromised social and individual quality of life). The aim of...

To examine the relationship between prepotent inhibition capacities and cigarette dependence in a sample of non-deprived light to moderate smokers. Fifty volunteer smokers were screened with a laboratory go-stop paradigm, and self-reports of cigarette dependence (Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, FTND) and cigarette craving (revised Question...

The urgency facet of impulsivity, that is, the tendency to act rashly in response to intense emotional contexts [Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Emotion-based dispositions to rash action: positive and negative urgency. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 807-828], has been related to a wide range of maladaptive behaviours. The present study further...

Study 1 evaluated the psychometric properties of the English version of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ; Luciano et al. 2005), an index of perceived control over intrusive cognitions. Confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 720 University students revealed a clear uni-dimensional structure (after removal of items 5, 7, 8, 14, an...

Poster at the annual World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT). Boston, USA, 2 - 5 June 2010.

Communication affichée présentée à la 3ème journée d’étude du Groupe de Réflexion en Psychopathologie Cognitive (GREPACO). Lille, France, 25 mai 2010.

Poster at the annual research forum of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in affective sciences. Geneva, Switzerland, 22 - 23 March 2010.

Poster at the annual research forum of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in affective sciences. Geneva, Switzerland, 22 - 23 March 2010.

Poster at the annual research forum of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in affective sciences. Geneva, Switzerland, 22 - 23 March 2010.

It has recently been shown that perseverance specifically relates to resisting proactive interference [Gay, P., Rochat, L., Billieux, J., d’Acremont, M., & Van der Linden, M. (2008). Heterogeneous inhibition processes involved in different facets of self-reported impulsivity: Evidence from a community sample. Acta Psychologica, 129, 332–339]. The a...

Poster at the 12th congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology (SSP). Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 19 - 20 August 2009.

According to cognitive models of insomnia, excessive mental activity at bedtime may be viewed as an important impediment to the process of falling asleep. A further assumption of these models is that 'cognitive arousal' may be perpetuated and exacerbated by counterproductive strategies of thought management. As yet, little is known about factors th...

The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI; Wegner & Zanakos, 199432. Wegner , D. M. 1994. Ironic processes of mental control. Psychological Review, 101: 34–52. [CrossRef], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®], [CSA]View all references) was originally designed to assess people's inclination toward thought suppression. In this article, we provide a detaile...

Counterproductive strategies of mental control are assumed to contribute to excessive cognitive activity, thereby exacerbating sleep disturbances. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a French version of the thought control questionnaire-insomnia revised (TCQI-R; Ree, M.J., Harvey, A.G., Blake, R., Tang, N.K.Y., Shawe-Taylor, M...

Poster at the 10 th congress of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM). Cape Town, South Africa, 16 - 20 November 2008.

Whiteside and Lynam (Whiteside, S. P., & Lynam, D. R. (2001). The Five Factor Model and impulsivity: Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 669-689) clarified the multifaceted nature of impulsivity by identifying four distinct facets of self-reported impulsive behaviors: urgenc...

This study investigated the association between insomnia and four facets of impulsivity as distinguished by Whiteside and Lynam (2001)31. Whiteside , S. P. and Lynam , D. R. 2001. The five factor model and impulsivity: Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 30: 669–689. [CrossRef...

Impulsivity occupies a prominent place in psychopathology, yet the precise nature of its implication in mental disorders is still poorly understood. This is partly due to inconsistencies among existing conceptualizations and measurements of impulsivity. In an attempt to overcome these inconsistencies, S. P. Whiteside and D. R. Lynam (2001) develope...

Difficulties controlling one’s thoughts have been related to several psychopathological states and are core issues in clinical evaluation and treatment. For this reason, Luciano, Algarabel, Tomás, and Martínez (2005) developed the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ). The aim of this study was to propose a reliable, valid French version of...

Poster at the 10th congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology (SSP). Zürich, Switzerland, 13 - 14 September 2007.