Team

Mylène Desrosiers (she/her) is the research coordinator for the Sexual Health Laboratory. She has been with the lab since 2003. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Université Laval and a Masters of Arts in Sexology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

Publications

• Lambert, B., Desrosiers, M., Chagnon, M., & Lepage, Y. (2013). Sexual behaviors in women with primary and secondary provoked vestibulodynia: A controlled study. Advances in Sexual Medicine, 3, 60-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/asm.2013.33010
• Lambert, B., Bergeron, S., Desrosiers, M., & Lepage, Y. (2012). Dyspareunie primaire et secondaire : Contrôle clinique et chirurgical multimodal. Sexologies: European Journal of Sexual Health, 21, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2011.09.003
• Lambert, B., Bergeron, S., Desrosiers, M., & Lepage, Y. (2012). Introital primary and secondary dyspareunia: Multimodal clinical and surgical control. Sexologies: European Journal of Sexual Health, 21, 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2011.10.001
• Desrosiers, M., Bergeron, S., Meana, M., Leclerc, B., Binik, Y. M., & Khalifé, S. (2008). Psychosexual characteristics of vestibulodynia couples: Partner solicitousness and hostility are associated with pain. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 418-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00705.x

Stéphanie (she/her) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Université of Montréal under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Her research interests focus primarily on adolescent romantic relationships, sexual well-being, sexual violence in intimate relationships, and mixed-methods research. She is currently supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for the 2023-2025 period. She holds a Bachelor’s degree, a research-intervention Master's degree, and a Ph.D. in sexology from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She received scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture (FRQSC) for the 2020-2023 period.

Publications

• Couture, S., Fernet, M., Hébert, M., Guyon, R., Lévesque, S., & Paradis, A. (2023). “I just want to feel good without making you feel bad”: Sexual assertiveness negotiation in adolescent romantic relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02668-6
• Couture, S., Lachapelle, M., Fernet, M., & Hébert, M. (2023). “It’s a feeling that makes you do anything”: Youth’ narratives of love and experiences of victimization in their romantic relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584231190653
• De Sousa, D., Paradis, A., Fernet, M., Couture, S., & Fortin, A. (2023). “I felt imprisoned”: A qualitative exploration of controlling behaviors in adolescent and emerging adult dating relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 95(5), 907-921. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12163
• Gilbert, M., Fernet, M., Hébert, M., & Couture, S. (2023). Diversity of profiles and coping among adolescent girl victims of sexual dating violence. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(5), 596-614. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2195856
• Guyon, R., Fernet, M., Brodeur, G., Couture, S., Hébert, M., Paradis, A., & Lévesque, S. (2023). “I would have liked to be better prepared for the real things”: A qualitative analysis of school-based sex health education of girls who experienced sexual dating violence. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 32(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2022-0041  
• Guyon, R., Fernet, M., Couture, S., Tardif, M., Cousineau, M.-M., & Godbout, N. (2023). “Finding my worth as a sexual being”: A qualitative gender analysis of sexual self-concept and coping in survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02693-5
• Couture, S., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Hébert, M., & Fernet, M. (2023). Associations between conflict negotiation strategies, sexual comfort, and sexual satisfaction in adolescent romantic relationships. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(3), 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2043230
• Fernet, M., Hébert, M., Brodeur, G., Lagüe Maltais, F., & Couture, S. (2022).  A typological analysis of help-seeking profiles in youth and associations with victimization.  Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 15(4), 1127-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-022-00459-0
• Fernet, M., Hébert, M., Couture, S., & Brodeur, G. (2022). Accompagner les adolescents et les adultes émergents dans les défis qu’ils vivent dans leur vie relationnelle et sexuelle. Dans D. Lafortune, C. Laurier, É. Lesieux, G. Parent, M.-A. Poirier, Z. Ayoub, & M.-H. Séguin. Les jeunes en difficulté : un défi collectif (pp.69-88). Éditions du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Collection Institut universitaire Jeunes en difficulté.
• Couture, S., Hébert, M., & Fernet, M. (2022).Validation of a French-Canadian adaptation of the Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness for adolescents. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2022.2067981
• Couture, S., Fernet, M., & Hébert, M. (2021). A cluster analysis of dynamics in adolescent romantic relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 89(1), 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.04.012
• Couture, S., Fernet, M., & Côté, P.-B. (2020). Interaction patterns in adolescent romantic relationships: A typological analysis. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(3), 706-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/JORA.12553
• Fernet, M., Hébert, M., Couture, S., & Brodeur, G. (2019). Meeting the needs of adolescent and emerging adult victims of sexual violence in their romantic relationships: A mixed methods study exploring barriers to help-seeking. Child Abuse & Neglect, 91, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.01.019

Alice (she/her) holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the Université Laval and has been a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the Université de Montréal since September 2018. Her research interests focus mainly on experiences of adversity during childhood, sexual well-being, as well as sexual orientation and gender diversity. Alice received a scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for 2018-2019 and from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture for 2019-2020. She is currently the recipient of a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et Culture for 2020-2024.

Publications

• Paquette, M-M., Bőthe, B., Dion, J., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2023). Can I love my body even if it doesn't look like the porn stars’? Longitudinal associations between pornography use frequency and body appreciation in a diverse sample of adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02679-3
• Dion, J., Hébert, M., Sadikaj, G., Girouard, A., Godbout, N., Martin-Storey, A., Blais, M., Bergeron, S. (2023) Dating violence trajectories in adolescence: How do they relate to sexual outcomes in Canada? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02625-3
• Martin-Storey, A., Lapointe, A., Girouard, A., Paquette, M-M., & Bergeron, S (2022). The online environments of sexual and gender minority youth: Contexts of risk and resilience. The Journal of Family Strengths, 21(1),7. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol21/iss1/7
• Paquette, M-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents’ sexting behaviors: The role of body appreciation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2), 278-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01568-z
• Ramos, B., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Girouard, A., Hébert, M., Wong, E., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Cumulative childhood trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms across heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Child Abuse & Neglect, 124, 105454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105454
• Girouard, A., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., O’Sullivan, L., Bergeron, S. (2021). Bullying and sexual well-being in sexually active adolescents: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(11), 2136–2150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01471-7
• Girouard, A., Michel, A., Ouellet, M-M., Ruel, S., Guimond, A-A., Ivers, H., & Savard, J. (2021). Longitudinal evolution of physical activity during and after chemotherapy for breast cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 3(1), e043. doi: 10.1097/OR9.0000000000000043
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P., Girouard, A., Stulhofer, A., Dion, J., Bergeron, S. (2020). A large-scale comparison of sexual and gender minority and heterosexual, cisgender adolescents’ pornography use characteristics. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17(6), 1156-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.02.009

Catherine (she/her) holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and has been a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at the Université de Montréal since September 2022, under the supervision of Sophie Bergeron, Ph.D. Her research interests focus on couple psychology, more specifically, sexual well-being and sexual dysfunctions. She is also interested in adverse childhood experiences such as child maltreatment. Catherine is the recipient of scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for 2022-2023 and from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) for 2023-2024. She also received a merit scholarship from the Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales at Université de Montréal.

Publications

• Hamel, C., Rodrigue, C., Clermont, C., Hébert, M., Paquette, L., & Dion, J. (2024). Alexithymia as a mediator of the associations between child maltreatment and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence. Scientific reports, 14(1), 6359. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56909-2
• Dion, J., Hamel, C., Prévost, B., Bergeron-Leclerc, C., Pouliot, E., Maltais, D., Grenier, J., Dubé, M., Ouellet-Plamondon, C., & Vaillancourt-Morel, M. P. (2023). Stressed and distressed: how is the COVID-19 pandemic associated with sexual frequency, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction? The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 20(2), 152–160. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdac041
• Dion, J., Hamel, C., Clermont, C., Blackburn, M. È., Hébert, M., Paquette, L., Lalande, D., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Changes in Canadian adolescent well-being since the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of prior child maltreatment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610172

Jessica (she/her) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences (2018) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (2023) from the Université de Montréal, in addition to a Master’s in Project Management from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2020). She began her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Université de Montréal in September 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Bergeron. She has a strong interest in attachment and sexual well-being, as well as sexual orientation and gender diversity.

Publications

• Bouchard, M., Lecomte, T., Cloutier, B., Herrera-Roberge, J., & Potvin, S. (2022). Dropout rates in psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 842329. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.842329

Silke (she/her) has been a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at Université de Montreal since September 2021. Her research interests include attachment, intimacy, and stress reactivity in heterosexual and sexual/gender minority couples. Silke is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research scholarship recipient for 2023-2026.

Publications

• Audet, J. S., Jacmin-Park, S., Kheloui, S., Gravel, C., Juster, R. P., & Aardema, F. (2023). COVID-19 related stress and fears of contamination: the impact of feared self-perceptions. Current Psychology, 1-12.
• Jacmin-Park, S., Rossi, M., Dumont, L., Lupien, S. J., & Juster, R. P. (2022). Mental Health and Social Support of Sexual and Gender Diverse People from Québec, Canada During the COVID-19 Crisis. LGBT health, 9(3), 151-160.
• Longpré-Poirier, C., Dougoud, J., Jacmin-Park, S., Moussaoui, F., Vilme, J., Desjardins, G., Cartier, L., Cipriani, E., Kerr, P., LePage, C., & Juster, R. P. (2022). Sex and gender and allostatic mechanisms of cardiovascular risk and disease. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 38(12), 1812-1827.
• Bourdon, O., Rossi, M., Larocque, O., Jacmin-Park, S., Pullen Sansfaçon, A., Ouellet-Morin, I., & Juster, R. P. (2021). + Fièr: une application mobile pour aider les jeunes issus de la communauté LGBTQ+ et leur famille. Santé mentale au Québec, 46(1), 229-249.
• Kheloui, S., Rossi, M., Jacmin-Park, S., Larocque, O., Vallée, M., Kerr, P., Bourdon, O., & Juster, R. P. (2021). Psychoneuroendocrine protocol to comprehensively study sexually dimorphic cognition. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 6, 100050.

Maude (she/her) has been a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (D.Psy) at Université de Montréal since September 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Before starting her studies in psychology, Maude completed a Bachelor's degree in social work in April 2019 at the same university. She began her involvement in Dr. Sophie Bergeron's Sexual Health Laboratory in the fall of 2019. Her research interests include emotional regulation, self-compassion, sexual desire and sexual distress in intimate relationships.

Publications

•  Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Dion, J., Paquette, M.-M., Massé-Pfister, M., Tóth-Király, I., & Bergeron, S. (2022). A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents’ Pornography Use Frequency, Motivations, and Problematic Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(1), 139‑156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02282-4

Marie-Michèle (she/her) has been a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the Université de Montréal since September 2019. Her research interests focus on sexual subjectivity, sexual behavior, sexting and sexual well-being. Marie-Michèle is a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient (2019-2021 and 2022-2025). She also received a merit Scholarship from the Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales at Université de Montréal.

Publications

• Paquette, M-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., O’Sullivan, L., Perrier Léonard, D., & Bergeron, S. (2023). How does sexual subjectivity vary on the basis of gender and sexual orientation? Validation of the Short Sexual Subjectivity Inventory (SSSI-11) in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02675-7
• Paquette, M-M., Bőthe, B., Dion, J., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2023). Can I love my body even if it doesn't look like the porn stars’? Longitudinal associations between pornography use frequency and body appreciation in a diverse sample of adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02679-3
• Paquette, M-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Validation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender diverse adolescents. Body Image, 43, 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.09.001
• Martin-Storey, A., Lapointe, A., Girouard, A., Paquette, M-M., & Bergeron, S. (2022). The online environments of sexual and gender minority youth:
  Contexts of risk and resilience. The Journal of Family Strengths, 21(1), Article 7. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol21/iss1/7
• Paquette, M.-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents’ sexting behaviors: The role of body appreciation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2), 278-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01568-z
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Dion, J., Paquette, M.-M., Massé-Pfister, M., Tóth-Király, I., & Bergeron, S. (2022). A longitudinal study of adolescents’ pornography use frequency, motivations, and problematic use before and during the covid-19 pandemic. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(1), 139-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02282-4

Delphine (she/her) has been a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (D.Psy) at Université de Montréal since September 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Prior to her doctorate, Delphine completed a Major in Psychology and a Minor in Human Services at SUNY Potsdam University (NY). She began her involvement as a research assistant in Dr. Sophie Bergeron's Sexual Health Laboratory in the fall of 2020. Her research interests include intimacy, sexual desire, and sexual well-being.

Publications

• Paquette, M-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., O’Sullivan, L., Perrier Léonard, D., & Bergeron, S. (2023). How does sexual subjectivity vary on the basis of gender and sexual orientation? Validation of the Short Sexual Subjectivity Inventory (SSSI-11) in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02675-7

Arianne (she/her) has been a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology (D.Psy) at the Université de Montréal since September 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Prior to her doctoral studies, Arianne completed a Bachelor's degree in psychology in 2020 at the same university. She began her involvement as a research assistant in Dr. Sophie Bergeron's Sexual Health Study Laboratory in the summer of 2021. Her research interests include sexual desire, intimacy and both sexual and relational satisfaction.

Lydia (she/her) started her Master’s in psychology at Université de Montréal in September 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron (UdeM) and Dr. Noémie Bigras (UQO). She has been a part of the Sexual Health Laboratory as a research assistant since the fall of 2021. Her research interests focus on romantic relationships and sexuality, including sexual communication and sexual satisfaction.

Eugénie (she/her) is a second-year student completing her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at the Université de Montréal. She is a research assistant for the laboratory since Fall 2023. She completed a Bachelor's degree in Honors Literature and Creative Writing at Concordia University in 2021. She is interested in couples' satisfaction, communication within couples and intimacy.

Jeanne (she/her) is a first year undergraduate student in psychology at the Université de Montréal. She has been a research assistant for the Sexual Health Laboratory since winter 2024. Her research interests include psychopathology, intimacy and couple communication. Her goal is to pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology.

Charlotte (she/her) is a 3rd year undergraduate in psychology at Université de Montréal in the Honours program. She has been a research assistant at the Sexual Health Laboratory since May 2022. Her research interests include sexual and psychological well-being, interpersonal relationships, and hypnosis.

Sarah (she/her) is a 3rd year undergraduate psychology student at the Université de Montréal. She has been involved in the Sexual Health Laboratory as a research assistant since summer 2023. Her main interests are sexual dysfunctions and relationship well-being. Her goal is to integrate the doctorate in clinical psychology.

Florence (she/her) started her masters in psychology at Université de Montréal in September 2023. She has been a research assistant at the Sexual Health Laboratory since the summer of 2023. She is particularly interested in childhood trauma, couple’s communication, as well as relational and sexual satisfaction

Nevena (she/her) is a third year undergraduate student in psychology at Université de Montréal. She has been part of the Sexual Health Laboratory since fall 2022 as a research assistant and she is currently doing her Honor thesis under the supervision of Dr. Bergeron. Her main research interests include sexual well-being and dysfunctions, trauma and emotion regulation. Her goal is to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology (Research and Intervention).

Audrey-Ann (she/her) is a 2nd year undergraduate in psychology at Université de Montréal. She has been part of the Sexual Health Laboratory since summer 2023 as a research assistant. Her research interests focus on conjugal and sexual satisfaction, attachment and psychopathology. Her goal is to pursue in clinical psychology at the doctoral level.