Projects

2025-2030

Capitalize Project: Capitalizing on parent-child relationships in mid-adulthood to support psychosocial adjustment before the transition to old age: a 50-year study of socioeconomically disadvantaged families

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Co-researchers : Lisa A. Serbin, Dale M. Stack and Arielle Bonneville-Roussy

Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under the Insight Grant program.

To learn more about the project, please click the following link : L’individu dans son milieu

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2025-2027

ReTraCe Project: Tracing Adaptation Profiles to Better Support the Success of the College-to-University Transition

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Co-researchers : Erin T. Barker, Élizabeth Olivier, Vasile Ovidiu Lungu, Camille Jutras, Vincent Corbo

Two-year funding from Pôle interordres de Montréal

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2023-2025

Cegep-university transitions for students who have been under a success contract in college

Principal investigator : Chantal Paquette

Co-researchers : Michaël Gaudreault, Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Shanyce A. Joseph, Samuel L.-Paradis et Flavie Béland.

Grant awarded by the Montreal Inter-Level Consortium (Pôle interordres de Montréal – PIM) and the Ministry of Higher Education (ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur) under the Action Plan for Success in Higher Education (Plan d’action pour la réussite en enseignement supérieur – PARES).

Key publications

Paquette, C., Gaudreault, M., Véronneau, M.-H., Joseph, S., Lavoie-Paradis, S. et Béland, F. (2025). Transition cégep-université des étudiants et étudiantes ayant été sous contrat de réussite au collégial. Rapport de recherche. Cégep André-Laurendeau. https://eduq.info/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11515/39986/Rapport-transition-CAL-2025.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

2023-2025

Predicting psychosocial functioning and resilience throughout adulthood: A prospective multi-sample study using capillary cortisol

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Co-researchers: Marie-France Marin, Lisa Serbin, Dale Stack and Mark Ellenbogen

This project draws on data from the Concordia Longitudinal Research Project (CLRP) and the Univers Social study (UQAM). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2021-2023

Who are they and how to help them?  Mental health portrait of vocationnal training students and intervention avenues for their success

Principal investigator:  Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researchers:  Isabelle Plante, Annie Dubeau, Diane Marcotte,  UQAM

Grant awarded by the Research Team Support Program of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture and with the collaboration of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec, in the concerted action program « Retention ans Academic Success », Research project category.

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., Plante, I., Dubeau, A., Marcotte, D., & Barker, E. T. (2025). Qui sont-ils et comment les aider? Portrait de la santé mentale des élèves en formation professionnelle et pistes d’action pour leur réussite. Rapport de recherche. Université du Québec à Montréal. https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/app/uploads/2025/09/2025-06-17_rapportfinalsmfpv4.pdf

*Voyer, S. & Véronneau, M.-H. (2025). Le bien-être psychologique des élèves de formation professionnelle lors de leur transition en emploi : Le rôle de la compétence émotionnelle et de la réussite éducative. Revue des sciences de l’éducation de McGill, 59(2), 242–264. https://doi.org/10.26443/mje/rsem.v59i2.10146

*Tsakpinoglou., F. & Véronneau, M.-H. (2023).  La réussite des élèves en formation professionnelle au Québec : effets directs et modérateurs de la compétence émotionnelle. Revue des sciences de l’éducation, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.7202/1107843ar

2021-2023

Promoting gender equality in school through an intervention program for preschool children

Principal investigator:  Isabelle Plante, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researchers:  Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Éric Dion, Jonathan Bluteau, Lorie-Marlène Brault Foisy, Annie Dubeau, Annie Charron, UQAM

Grant awarded by the Research Team Support Program of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture and with the collaboration of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec, in the concerted action program « Retention ans Academic Success », Research project category.

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2020-2025

Nontraditional paths toward successful life outcomes for at-risk youth: A prospective, longitudinal, multi-sample approach

Principal investigator:  Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researchers:  Lisa A.  Serbin, Dale M.  Stack, University Concordia

Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Grants Program.

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2019-2023

Educational success and mental health in the transition to adulthood : identifying factors favouring long-term well-being

Grant awarded by the Fonds the recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), as part of the Chercheurs-boursiers Junior 2 program in the Santé-Société component

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., Vitaro, F., Poulin, F., Ha, T. & Kornienko, O. (2025). The associations of personal and best friends’ academic achievement and externalizing behavior with educational attainment : Testing a developmental cascades model from early adolescence to adulthood.Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Prépublication en ligne. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02143-6

2019-2023

Links between cannabis use, mental health problems, motivation and academic success among students attending a vocational training center in Quebec.

Principal investigator: Annie Dubeau, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researchers : Isabelle Plante, Éric Dion, Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Université du Québec à Montréal; Véronique Dupéré, Université de Montréal; Marc O. Martel, Université McGill

Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as part of the Insight grant program.

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2018-2021

Girls’ motivation and perseverance in math and science : Parents’ role and needs in providing optimal support

Principal Investigator: Isabelle Plante, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Grant awarded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture and the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur as part of the Program d’Actions concertées, research project component.

Publications clés

**Verner-Filion J., & Véronneau, M.-H., *Vaillancourt, M. C., & Mathys C. (2023). Perceived school climate and school grades in secondary school students: The mediating effect of self-determined motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 74. 102202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2023.102202

*Cimon-Paquet, C., *Gaudet, O., & **Verner-Filion, J., & Véronneau, M.-H. (2023). Perceived parental monitoring and school motivation during adolescence: A bidirectional model. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38, 819–839. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00633-w

**Petit, M.-P., Véronneau, M.-H., & Mathys, C. (2022). Predicting changes in high school motivation profiles among Canadian and Belgian adolescents: The role of parenting practices. Current Psychology, 42(34), 30393‑30411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03933-y

**Petit, M.-P., Véronneau, M.-H., & Mathys, C. (2022). A cross-national comparison of school motivation profiles and their associated predictors among French-Canadian and Belgian adolescents : The role of parenting practices and youth’s mental health. Current Psychology, 42, 15625–15646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02867-9

2017-2021

Emotional competence and successful transition to adulthood: A developmental approach

Principal investigator: Dale Stack, Concordia University

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Lisa Serbin, Holly Recchia and Erin Barker

Grant awarded by the Research Team Support Program of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2017-2019

The role of emotional competence to promote academic success in vocational training students

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-researcher: Erin Barker, Holly Recchia, Lisa Serbin, Dale Stack

Collaborator: Henri Boudreault and Annie Dubeau

Grant awarded by the program of subvention de développement Savoir.

Key publications

*Tsakpinoglou., F. & Véronneau, M.-H. (2023).  La réussite des élèves en formation professionnelle au Québec : effets directs et modérateurs de la compétence émotionnelle. Revue des sciences de l’éducation, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.7202/1107843ar

2015-2019

Transitioning into adolescence and a new school: the role of the developmental trajectories of parenting and child executive functioning

Principal investigator: Annie Bernier, Université de Montréal

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Grant awarded by the program of subvention Savoir

Key publications

*Vaillancourt, M. C., *Oliveira Paiva, A., Véronneau, M.-H., & Dishion, T. J. (2019). How do individual predispositions and family dynamics contribute to academic adjustment through the middle school years? The mediating role of friends’ characteristics. Journal of Early Adolescence, 38(4), 576–602. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618776124

Mathys, C., Véronneau, M.-H., &Lecocq, A. (2019). Grade retention at the transition to secondary school: Using propensity score matching to identify consequences on psychological adjustment. Journal of Early Adolescence, 39(1), 97–133. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431617735651

2015-2020

Breaking the cycle: An inter-generational approach to educational success and opportunity for disadvantaged youth

Principal investigator: Lisa A. Serbin, Concordia University

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Insight grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., Serbin, L. A., Kennedy-Turner, K., Stack, D. M., Ledingham, J., &             Schwartzman, A. (2022). Promoting postsecondary education in low-income youth: The       moderating role of social behavioral and academic skills in the context of a major educational reform. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51, 1317–1332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01541-w

2013-2017

Mental health from adolescence through adulthood: Social determinants in the school context

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Research Scholars Grant awarded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé

Key publications

**Petit, M.-P., Véronneau, M.-H., & Mathys, C. (2022). A cross-national comparison of school motivation profiles and their associated predictors among French-Canadian and Belgian adolescents : The role of parenting practices and youth’s mental health. Current Psychology, 42, 15625–15646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02867-9

Stormshak, E. A., Connell, A. M., Véronneau, M.-H., Myers, M. W., Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., & Caruthers, A. S. (2011). An ecological approach to promoting early adolescent mental health and social adaptation: Family-centered intervention in public middle schools. Child Development, 82(1), 209–225. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01551.x

2013-2017

The role of peers in the psychosocial, academic, and physical development of children and adolescents: Understanding to better intervene, and intervening to better understand

Principal investigator: Frank Vitaro, Université de Montréal

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Grant for research team support awarded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2012-2016

The development of emotional competence phase III : from early and middle childhood to adolescence

Coordinator: Dale Stack, Concordia University

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Grant for research team’s support awarded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2012-2016

Mediators of the Relationship between Peer Experiences and Academic Adjustment

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. Announcement of the program PA-08-242, Reducing Risk Behaviours by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R03)

Key publications

No key publications are associated with this project for the moment.

2012-2013

Phénomènes d’interaction dans l’univers social des adolescents: le rôle des pairs, des parents et des enseignants durant les études secondaires

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Start-up grant for new research professor awarded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., *Trempe, S.-C., & *Oliveira Paiva, A. (2014). Risk and protective factors emerging from the peer context: How do other kids contribute to adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment? Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 19(3), 695–705. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232014193.17972013

2011-2014

Pathways to Succes : An inter-generational approach to academic achievement and educational attainment for children from lower income families

Principal investigator: Lisa A. Serbin, Concordia University

Co-researcher: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Research Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., Serbin, L. A., Stack, D. M., Ledingham, J., & Schwartzman, A. (2015). Emerging psychopathology moderates upward social mobility: The intergenerational (dis)continuity of socioeconomic status. Development and Psychopathology, 27(4), 1217–1236. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000784

2011-2012

Improving our understanding of social factors related to secondary school students’ academic adjustment

Principal investigator: Marie-Hélène Véronneau

Support for new professors-researchers in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal

Key publications

Véronneau, M.-H., *Trempe, S.-C., & *Oliveira Paiva, A. (2014). Risk and protective factors emerging from the peer context: How do other kids contribute to adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment? Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 19(3), 695–705. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232014193.17972013