Author: Trudeau, Laurence

The ReTraCe Project (Retracing Adaptation Profiles to Better Support Success in the CEGEP-to-University Transition) has received two years of funding from Pôle interordres de Montréal.

Led by Marie-Hélène Véronneau, professor at UQAM and holder of the UQAM Research Chair on Promoting Well-Being During School and Post-School Transitions, this project is carried out in partnership with a cross-institutional team of college and university researchers:

• Erin T. Barker, Professor of Psychology at Concordia University
• Élizabeth Olivier, Professor of Psychopedagogy and Andragogy at the Université de Montréal
• Vasile Ovidiu Lungu, Professor of Psychology at Cégep Marie-Victorin
• Camille Jutras, Professor of Vocational Education and Training at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
• Vincent Corbo, Professor of Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University

Objectives: ReTraCe aims to better understand the factors that influence student success during the transition from CEGEP to university, in order to provide students with stronger tools and to develop effective actions to support their academic success and persistence.

Congratulations to the entire team for this well-deserved recognition!
Stay tuned for updates on the next steps of this exciting new project.

This past Friday, February 21, Flavie Béland had the chance to present a scientific poster at the annual conference of the Centre de recherche en développement humain (CRDH) in Montreal!

Her presentation focused on predicting psychosocial functioning and resilience throughout adulthood: a prospective multi-sample study using capillary cortisol. This project is part of Concordia University longitudinal project, Non-traditional Pathways to a Successful Life.

Congratulations !!

Congratulations Yangchen! 👏

We are very proud to announce that Yangchen is the recipient of the Antje-Bettin Intercultural Fund Scholarship. ✉️✨

This distinction recognizes her concrete commitment to intercultural rapprochement as well as the excellence of her academic career.

Yangchen has been actively involved in UQAM’s Student Refugee Program for the past year and a half. She currently holds the position of co-vice president and will assume the presidency starting with the Fall 2025 session.

Bravo to Yangchen for this wonderful recognition and her inspiring commitment!

The entire LÉPSIS team would like to highlight an important milestone in Catherine’s career: a successful thesis defense!
She is now a Doctor of Psychology (PhD) – congratulations 🎉🎉🎉.
And that’s not all! Catherine has already started her post-doctorate at Université Laval.
We wish you all the best in this new adventure and thank you for all the wonderful years spent at LÉPSIS ☺️.

Here’s a little insight into Camille’s project, which highlights the importance of academic motivation in non-traditional training programs.

Congratulations on this significant contribution to the field of education!

Find out more at
https://www.linkedin.com/…/camille-jutras-dupont…

Catherine Cimon-Paquet was invited to take part in an interview on Radio-Canada’s Place Publique. At the heart of this discussion was a delicate but crucial subject: how to approach alcohol consumption with young people, and more importantly, how to set appropriate limits. The reality is that talking about alcohol consumption with young people can be a complex and sometimes intimidating task for parents. Despite the legal drinking age of 18, over 80% of young people have already experimented with alcohol before the age of 17. What to say and what to do?

A well-deserved end of session for LÉPSIS! After diving into research and hard work, what better way to recharge our batteries than with a little laser tag competition? (and discover unsuspected talent among our members!)

It was the perfect opportunity to celebrate our hard work and strengthen our team bonds. Thank you to all the students and research assistants for your efforts!

Congratulations to Catherine Cimon-Paquet on the publication of her article in The Conversation!

The article highlights an essential approach to reducing alcohol consumption among young people: rather than focusing solely on day-to-day discussions, it’s more effective to rely on clear parental rules. By combining these rules with a democratic parenting style, parents have the opportunity to explain the reasons behind their refusal to let their child drink underage and foster a deep understanding of the issues surrounding alcohol consumption.

To find out more, you can read the full article
on The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/consommation-dalcool-a-ladolescence-les-parents-doivent-mettre-des-regles-et-pas-seulement-discuter-224569

Congratulations again on this outstanding achievement!

We’re pleased to present an article on the new digital resource from CCDMD (Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique): the “Adolescence: observer, décrire, interpréter” website. This website brings together several testimonials from teenagers and offers resources for understanding and teaching, focusing on the themes of identity quest, emotional regulation and attachment. These life stories offer a new perspective on theories related to the social-emotional development of adolescents.

🌐link to the article : https://eductive.ca/ressource/adolescence-observer-decrire-interpreter-une-nouvelle-ressource-du-ccdmd/

🌐link to Adolescence: observe, describe, interpret: https://adolescence.ccdmd.qc.ca/

The lab team is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) that will span from 2023 to 2025. This new project is titled “Predicting Psychosocial Functioning and Resilience Throughout Adulthood: A Prospective Multisample Study Using Hair Cortisol.”

Marie-Hélène Véronneau will lead this project in collaboration with professors Marie-France Marin, Lisa Serbin, Dale Stack, and Mark Ellenbogen. This project will utilize data from the Concordia Longitudinal Research Project (CLRP) and the Univers Social study (UQAM).

We are eager to share the results of this research with you and thereby contribute to the advancement of knowledge in our field!

#Research #SSHRC #KnowledgeDevelopment #Psychology #Resilience #Stress

During this Week of Specialized Educators and Attendants for Students with Disabilities, we highlight and recognize the indispensable role of these individuals in the educational journey of both young and adult learners.

Their unwavering support and attentive presence are essential pillars in the development of the full potential and success of every student.

We extend our gratitude to the school staff for their dedication and commitment to creating an inclusive environment conducive to learning for all. Know that your work does not go unnoticed, and we are grateful for everything you do!

#Recognition #Inclusion #Education

Congratulations to Shanyce Alyssa Joseph for her presentation at Concordia’s CRDH (Centre de recherche en développement humain) Scientific Day! Her presentation focused on vocational training students’ search for help in their school environment. It was very enriching!

Congratulations to Laetitia Gendron on her participation to the Journée scientifique des chaires de recherche sur le stress humain!

Last Friday, February 9, she was there to present a pilot study on cortisol measurements by hair sampling for the longitudinal project: Nontraditional paths towards successful life outcomes.

Florence Tsakpinoglou’s article on emotional competence, mental health and student success in vocational training (VT) was published last month and is now available on our websit

Why are mental health and emotional competence pillars of educational success for vocational training (VT) students?

Learn more about the results and practical implications of this study by Florence Tsakpinoglou, as part of her doctoral thesis, and Marie-Hélène Véronneau.

Available on our website under the title La réussite des élèves en formation professionnelle au Québec : effets directs et modérateurs de la compétence émotionnelle: https://lepsis.uqam.ca/recherche/publications/

Marie-Hélène Véronneau, director of Lépsis, becomes holder of the UQAM Strategic Chair on the promotion of well-being during school and post-school transitions, which will see the light of day from January 2024.

This chair will facilitate collaborations between researchers in various fields (psychology, education, management and other disciplines) to better understand the factors that facilitate successful transitions. This group will also aim to mobilize knowledge for better use of research findings in school settings. 

More details in the press review section of our website

Congratulations to Catherine Cimon-Paquet, doctoral student in psychology, on the publication of her article in the Revue québécoise de psychologie – RQP.

Her article is about substance use and the perception of the relational climate between students and teachers in secondary schools.

Article available in the publication section of our website

LÉPSIS proudly congratulates Evelyne Montminy and Laetitia Gendron on their participation in the Association Québécoise des Psychologues Scolaires (AQPS) congress held last Friday, October 20, in Trois-Rivières, where they each presented a poster.

A special mention to Evelyne, who won the prize for best poster!

From innovation to inspiration, from creativity to excellence, our team embodies the diversity of talents and skills. We’re ready to take on new challenges and reach new heights together.

Stay tuned to our social networks and website to discover our projects and achievements throughout 2023-2024.

With the new legislation on working hours for students aged 14 to 16, Marie-Hélène Véronneau participated in television and radio interview to help us better understand what this change means for our youth.

Happy listening and viewing!

You can access all 5 interviews on Linktree, here :

• Interview with Sabrina Marandola for CBC Montreal’s “Let’s Go” radio show
• TV interview with Sudha Krishnan for CBC Montreal News
• Interview with Barbara Leroux for the radio program En direct, on Ici Première
• Interview with Brian Southwell for WNCU’s radio program “The Measure of Everyday Life”
• Interview with Shawn Apel for CBC Listen’s Radio Noon Quebec

We’re proud to announce that a recent study published by Marie-Hélène Véronneau and Sophie-Caroline Trempe in the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Sciences has been selected as the APA’s “spotlight” article of the month.

The APA has published a summary of the scientific article, which describes how the relationship with a best friend can have a role to play in relation to academic motivation and the pursuit of studies in high school. The abstract is available here and also, the full scientific article, from Sophie-Caroline Trempe’s doctoral essay, can be found here, along with other Lépsis publications

This “spotlight” highlights the excellence of research carried out in Quebec and gives it international visibility.

On June 15, William Gilbert presented, at the SSEA2023 congress in San Diego, the results of projects funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (SSHRC-CRSH) on the emotional competence and educational success of vocational training students that he realized with our LEPSIS team at the Department of Psychology – UQAM

We congratulate him for his presentation !!

The content of his presentation is available here: https://lepsis.uqam.ca/en/research/conferences/

Here are some memorable events of the conference of the Quebec Society for Research in Psychology – SQRP for the members of Lépsis:

• The symposium of our FRQSC Emotional Competence Team (UQAM | University of Quebec in Montreal – Concordia University) in which our new doctoral student Evelyne Montminy presented her research in collaboration with our coordinator Éva Lefebvre and the director of the lab Marie-Hélène Véronneau
• The poster summarizing the presentation of Catherine Plante Gonthier’s specialization thesis, in co-direction with Camille Jutras-Dupont
• The Saturday evening banquet, which allowed the members of Lépsis, the students of the Canada Research Chair on Gender Differences at School as well as their director Isabelle Plante (UQAM) and their collaborator Élizabeth Olivier (University of Montreal) to meet or find each other.

What a beautiful congress! We are already looking forward to next year.

Do emotional competence and educational success contribute to the psychological well-being of students from vocational training during their transition to employment? In this capsule, Professor Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Ph.D., researcher in psychology at the University of Quebec in Montreal, presents a study realized by her doctoral student Sasha Voyer, with the support of our research team, which aims to answer this question.

In this study, the results highlight the importance of emotional competence in promoting educational success in vocational training and psychological well-being at work soon after the transition to employment. Concrete avenues are offered to people who work in vocational training centers to promote the emotional competence of students.

The full study will be published in the McGill Journal of Education.

***Video capsule in French only***

Students of the psychology in education seminar realized a knowledge mobilization project on a subject related to psychology in education to a target audience. You can see the results of their work in the “knowledge mobilization” section of our website.

Infographic: Preventing vaping among Quebec adolescents: Equipping school psychologists and psychoeducators, by Marion Chatelois, Zakaria Idrissi and Ilana Singer

Video capsule: The Lolo bubble, by Marie Annick Lussier and Shanyce Alyssa Joseph (recognition of the needs of autistic students in order to better support them)

Marie-Hélène will participate in a conference to which you’re invited ! This conference will be about Difficulties and challenges of mental health in vocational training : Cross-views between Switzerland and Quebec and will take place on Tuesday, May 30 from 9:00am to 10:30am (Quebec time) and from 3:00pm to 4:30pm (Switzerland time)

Registration : https://forms.gle/jtMCrRvWhx6sxupv8. You will receive the Zoom link to attend the conference on May 15, 2023.

Congratulations to Marie-Pier Dupré who has just completed her doctorate in psychology! Her essay is titled “Moderating effects of popularity and peer acceptance in the relation between parental rejection and anxiety symptoms in adolescence” and it will be available shortly in Archipel, UQAM’s institutional repository. In addition, the article at the heart of her essay will soon be published in the Revue de psychoéducation.

We wish a successful continuation for Marie-Pier, who continues her practice as a perinatal and early childhood psychologist at the CISSS de Lanaudière, and who plans to start a private practice in parallel with these activities.

On Friday March 17, 3 students from the laboratory presented scientific posters at the CRDH (Human Development Research Center) conference at Concordia University.

• Catherine Cimon-Paquet: Parental Monitoring and High School Academic Achievement as Antecedents of Educational Attainment and Job Satisfaction
• Laetitia Gendron: Creation of the School Satisfaction Scale (ESPS): Preliminary Analyzes
• Laurence Trudeau: Nontraditional paths towards successful life outcomes: Pilot study on cortisol measurement by hair sampling

We also wish good luck to Catherine Cimon-Paquet, PhD student in psychology who will have the opportunity to present her poster at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) conference in Salt Lake City this week!

Congratulations to Florence Tsakpinoglou who successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “La réussite éducative en formation professionnelle : Validation d’un premier questionnaire et étude du rôle de la compétence émotionnelle” .

The thesis will soon be available in Archipel, UQAM’s institutional repository for theses. Stay tuned!

As a new doctoral student, Florence will continue her activities as a clinical psychologist. The members of LÉPSIS wish her all the best in her projects.