We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sophie Bergeron has been awarded a four-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for a new research project entitled “Child Maltreatment and Couples’ Sexual Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.” Co-investigators on the project include Dr. Natalie Rosen, Dr. Marie-Ève Daspe, and Dr. Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel.
Child maltreatment is a common experience that can have lasting effects on health and relationships well into adulthood. This project will explore how childhood maltreatment may influence couples’ sexual well-being through difficulties in emotion regulation-the ways people manage and respond to their emotions in challenging situations.
Using innovative methods that capture couples’ experiences in both everyday life and relationship interactions, the research team hopes to better understand how early life experiences shape sexual well-being over time. The findings may help identify new targets for interventions aimed at promoting healthier intimate and sexual relationships.
Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Bergeron and her collaborators, Dr. Natalie Rosen, Dr. Marie-Ève Daspe, and Dr. Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, on this exciting new SSHRC-funded project!
