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Changes in hair cortisol and self-reported stress measures following mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) : a proof-of-concept study in pediatric hematology-oncology professionals
(Elsevier, 2020-10-23)Background and purpose Little data is available on the effect of mindfulness amongst pediatric hematology-oncology professionals. The purpose was to further document change in biological and psychological stress following a mindfulness-based stress ... -
Changes in regional cerebral perfusion over time in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder
(Wiley, 2020-05-27)Background Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder is associated with increased risk of neurodegeneration, but the temporal evolution of regional perfusion, a marker of cerebral activity, has not been characterized. The objective of the ... -
Child temperamental anger, mother–child interactions, and socio-emotional functioning at school entry
Temperamental anger and child functioning
(Elsevier, 2018-11-02)This study investigated the role of temperamental anger in toddlerhood in the prediction of child socio-emotional functioning at school entry and the moderating function of mother–child interactions in these predictive associations. The sample included ... -
The clinical utility of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in reducing the risks of transitioning from acute to chronic pain in traumatically injured patients
(Elsevier, 2017-07-08)Pain is a multifaceted condition and a major ongoing challenge for healthcare professionals having to treat patients in whom pain put them at risk of developing other conditions. Significant efforts have been invested in both clinical and research ... -
Clinical, anatomical and pathological features in the three variants of primary progressive aphasia : a review
(Frontiers media, 2018-08-21)Primary progressive aphasias (PPA) are neurodegenerative diseases clinically characterized by an early and relatively isolated language impairment. Three main clinical variants, namely the nonfluent/agrammatic variant (nfvPPA), the semantic variant ... -
Collaborative research and knowledge translation on road crashes in Burkina Faso : the police perspective 18 months on
(BMC, 2021-01-06)In this commentary, we present a follow-up of two articles published in 2017 and 2018 about road traffic crashes, which is an important public health issue in Africa and Burkina Faso. The first article reported on a research project, conducted in ... -
Comparative risk judgments and actual risk-taking in sexual behaviours
Évaluations des risques comparatifs et prise de risque dans les comportements sexuels
(Ubiquity Press, 2001)HIV infection still represents a major health problem. Risk-taking or the absence of precautionary behaviour is the first determinant for infection. Comparative risk could help explain some part of the risk-taking. However the relation to actual ... -
Comprehension of concrete and abstract words in patients with selective anterior temporal lobe resection and in patients with selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy
(Elsevier, 2012-01-08)The role of the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) in semantic memory is now firmly established. There is still controversy, however, regarding the specific role of this region in processing various types of concepts. There have been reports of patients ... -
Comprehension of concrete and abstract words in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease: a behavioral and neuroimaging study
(2017-04-20)The aim of this study was to investigate the comprehension of concrete, abstract and abstract emotional words in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and healthy elderly adults (HE) Three groups of participants ... -
Comprendre le stade compensatoire de la maladie d'Alzheimer et agir pour promouvoir la cognition et la plasticité cérébrale
(Canadian Psychological Association, 2016)La maladie d’Alzheimer commence par une phase de trouble cognitif léger (TCL), caractérisée par la présence de symptômes mineurs ayant peu ou pas d’impact sur l’autonomie fonctionnelle. L’étude de patients souffrant d’un TCL a permis des avancées ... -
Conditions d’utilisation du référent ÉKIP et de sa plateforme numérique pour favoriser la santé, le bienêtre et la réussite éducative des élèves du Québec
How to use the ÉKIP reference framework and its digital platform to promote the health, well-being and educational success of Québec students = Condiciones de uso del referente ÉKIP y de su plataforma digital para favorecer la salud, el bienestar y el éxito escolar de los alumnos de Québec
(Revue des sciences de l’éducation, 2023-06-15)Par l’entremise de sa plateforme numérique, le référent ÉKIP est accessible aux professionnel⋅le⋅s du Québec des réseaux de l’éducation et de la santé et des services sociaux qui s’impliquent dans la promotion de la santé en milieu scolaire pour la ... -
Connected speech features from picture description in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review
(IOS Press, 2018-08-21)The language changes that occur over the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can impact communication abilities and have profound functional consequences. Picture description tasks can be used to approximate everyday communication abilities of AD patients. ... -
Connected speech markers of amyloid burden in primary progressive aphasia
(Elsevier, 2021-10-07)INTRODUCTION Positron emission tomography (PET) amyloid imaging has become an important part of the diagnostic workup for patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and uncertain underlying pathology. Here, we employ a semi-automated analysis of ... -
Contributing factors of unmet needs among young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with comorbidities
Unmet needs of childhood leukemia survivors
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-09-14)Purpose: This study aimed to: (1) describe the domains and levels of unmet needs of young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL) with comorbidities, and (2) to explore the factors associated with higher levels of unmet needs. ... -
Contributing factors to well-being in a sample of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia : the role of social support in emotional regulation
(Taylor and Francis, 2024-01-09)Objectives. To understand why some long-term childhood cancer survivors experience positive adjustment in the long run, this study aimed to 1) explore associations between well-being, health status, social support, and emotion regulation (ER) strategies ... -
Controlling parenting and physical aggression during elementary school
(Wiley, 2008-03)The goal of the present study was to examine whether controlling parenting contributes to the problem of physical aggression. Developmental trajectories of children’s physical aggression were modeled from yearly teachers’ ratings, from ages 6 to 12. ... -
Could we use parent report as a valid proxy of child report on anxiety, depression, and distress? : a systematic investigation of father–mother–child triads in children successfully treated for leukemia
(Wiley, 2017-10-19)Background Systematic assessment of emotional distress is recommended in after care. Yet, it is unclear if parent report may be used as a proxy of child report. The aim of this study was to assess agreements and differences and explore possible ... -
Cross-sectional analysis of picture descriptions of healthy young and older adults
(Université de Montréal, 2019)It is poorly understood whether and how normal aging affects different aspects of connected speech production, such as fluency, informativity, efficiency, and vocabulary use. The present study crosssectionally investigates the effects of age on a broad ... -
Dating aggression and observed behaviors in a nonconflictual situation : the role of negative anticipation
(SAGE, 2021-08-03)Past observational studies highlight meaningful behavioral differences between aggressive and nonaggressive couples during conflict interactions. However, research is needed on how aggressive couples communicate in other, nonconflictual interactional ... -
Deconstructing maternal sensitivity: Predictive relations to mother-child attachment in home and laboratory settings
(2016-09-07)Despite the well-documented importance of parental sensitivity for child development, there is a lack of consensus regarding how best to assess it. We investigated the factor structure of maternal caregiving behavior as assessed at 12 months by the ... -
Deformation-based shape analysis of the hippocampus in the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease
(Elsevier, 2020-06-03)Background Increasing evidence shows that the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) is characterized by hippocampal atrophy. However, less is known about disease-related morphological hippocampal changes. The goal of the present study ... -
Development and inter-rater reliability of a tool assessing hypnotic communication behaviours adopted by nurses caring for children with cancer : The Sainte-Justine Hypnotic Communication Assessment Scale
(Elsevier, 2017-11-21)Background Several studies in pediatric oncology have shown the successful effects of using hypnotic communication techniques (HCTech) during painful medical procedures. Since no studies assessed the precise use of these techniques with a validated ... -
Development and refinement of Rel@x : a training in hypnosis-derived communication for pediatric nurses to prevent procedural pain
(SAGE, 2022-05-22)IntroductionStudies in pediatric oncology have shown that hypnosis effectively reduces patients’ pain and distress during painful procedures. This remains underutilized in the healthcare system due to the staff cost and availability of hypnotherapists. ... -
Développement cognitif des enfants épileptiques : contribution du stress
Cognitive development in epileptic children : the contribution of stress
(2016)L’épilepsie est un désordre neurologique souvent infantile associé à des comorbidités qui impliquent des troubles cognitifs. Depuis quelques années, les études des chercheurs suggèrent que la qualité de vie des personnes atteintes d’épilepsie est ... -
Differential involvement of the anterior temporal lobes in famous people semantics
(Frontiers media, 2016-08-30)The ability to recognize a famous person occurs through semantic memory. Previous neuroimaging studies have shown that the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) are involved in the recognition of famous people. However, it is still a matter of debate ... -
Differential language network functional connectivity alterations in Alzheimer's disease and the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia
(Elsevier, 2019-04-03)Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) can present with similar language impairments, mainly in naming. It has been hypothesized that these deficits are associated with different brain mechanisms ... -
Differential susceptibility to the environment and borderline personality disorder
Differential susceptibility and BPD
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-12-11)Evolutionary models of psychopathology can shed light on gene-environment interactions. Differential susceptibility to the environment means that heritable traits can have positive or negative effects, depending on environmental context. Thus, traits ... -
Disentangling the direction of associations between sleep and temperament in toddlers
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-24)Objectives/Background: Although much research has investigated the associations between children’s sleep and their temperament, the direction of these associations remains unclear, largely due to a lack of longitudinal studies with repeated assessments ... -
Do problem-solving skills help mitigate emotional distress through perceived control and self-efficacy in parents of children with cancer?
(Wiley, 2022-11-26)Introduction Parents of children with cancer face psychological challenges that can result in significant distress. It has been found that problem-solving (PS) could mitigate emotional distress (ED) in this population, but mechanisms of this relation ... -
Do professionals change their communication behaviours following a training in hypnosis-derived communication? : a feasibility study in pediatric oncology
(Elsevier, 2020-05-21)Objectives The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of a training in hypnotic communication techniques (HCTech) for pediatric nurses to prevent procedural pain and distress in children during venipunctures. Specifically, this study aimed ... -
Do romantic partners' responses to entry dyspareunia affect women's experience of pain? : the roles of catastrophizing and self-efficacy
(2013-09)Introduction Entry dyspareunia is a sexual health concern which affects about 21% of women in the general population. Characterized by pain provoked during vaginal penetration, introital dyspareunia has been shown by controlled studies to have a ... -
Documents nécessaires pour l'implantation du programme "Reprendre le contrôle ensemble" : programme de soutien des parents confrontés au cancer de l'enfant
Necessary documents and tools to implement the program "Taking back control together": a program to support parents facing child cancer
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Does age matter? A mixed methods study examining determinants of good recovery and resilience in young and middle-aged adults following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury
Recovery and resilience after TBI
(Wiley, 2017-07-05)Aim: To examine whether age contributes to functional recovery and resilience after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Background: The ability to recover from TBI may change across the lifespan, but the influence of age on TBI outcome ... -
Does practising hypnosis-derived communication techniques by oncology nurses translate into reduced pain and distress in their patients? : an exploratory study
(SAGE, 2020-06-27)Objectives: To explore the effects of a hypnotic communication (HC) training for pediatric nurses in decreasing patients’ pain and distress during venipunctures. Methods: A 4- day theoretical and practical HC training was offered to 5 pediatric ... -
Early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease are associated with distinct patterns of memory impairment
Memory impairment in EOAD and LOAD
(2016-01-01)The goal of this study was to investigate the specific patterns of memory breakdown in patients suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD) and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD). Twenty EOAD patients, twenty LOAD patients, twenty matched ... -
Education as a moderator of the relationship between episodic memory and amyloid load in normal aging
(Oxford University Press, 2019-10-23)The current study explored whether education, a proxy of cognitive reserve, modifies the association between episodic memory (EM) performance and βeta-amyloid load (Aβ), a biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease, in a cohort of cognitively normal older ... -
EEG connectivity across sleep cycles and age
(American academy of sleep medicine, 2019-11-06)Study Objectives In young adults, sleep is associated with important changes in cerebral connectivity during the first cycle of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Our study aimed to evaluate how electroencephalography (EEG) connectivity during sleep ... -
Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on the perception of basic psychological need satisfaction among special education students
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-07-13)Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have been increasingly implemented in schools to foster better emotional regulation skills for students with special education needs such as learning disabilities (LDs). This pilot study aimed to evaluate the ... -
Effects of menopause on sleep quality and sleep disorders : Canadian longitudinal study on aging
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2020-02-29)OBJECTIVES:Sleep complaints are common during the menopause transition. However, it is difficult to disentangle changes in sleep related to aging from those directly due to menopause. We compared sleep disorders in 45 to 60-year-old women in a large ... -
Electrophysiological impact of multiple concussions in asymptomatic athletes: a re-analysis based on alpha activity during a visual-spatial attention task
(2017-11-22)Most EEG studies used event-related potentials to assess long-term and cumulative effects of sport-related concussions on brain activity. Time-frequency methods provide another approach that allows the detection of subtle shifts in types and patterns ... -
L’enseignement à distance en temps de pandémie : au-delà des difficultés, une opportunité d’innovation
(Équipe RENARD, 2021-11-15)Éditorial du volume 5, numéro 1, de la Revue francophone de recherche sur le transfert et l'utilisation des connaissances. -
L’évaluation de la mémoire rétrograde dans la population québécoise âgée: Le PUB-40 et le PUB-12
(2015-09)L’évaluation de la mémoire représente une partie importante du travail des neuropsychologues cliniciens œuvrant en gériatrie. En effet, au Canada, environ le tiers des aînés rapporte une plainte mnésique dont les causes sont variées. Selon l’étiologie, ... -
L’évaluation développementale et cognitive de l’enfant d’âge préscolaire en clinique psychiatrique
Preschool developmental and cognitive assessment tools in a psychiatric setting
(Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Département de psychologie, 2014)Une recension a permis de constituer un répertoire de 181 mesures (en anglais ou en français) d’évaluation du développement général, cognitif, langagier et des fonctions sensorimotrices des enfants d’âge préscolaires. Selon les réponses de 26 experts ... -
Evidence of a relation between hippocampal volume, white matter hyperintensities, and cognition in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment
(Oxford University Press, 2019-10-26)Objective: The concepts of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) have been proposed to identify individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), or other neurodegenerative diseases. One approach to validate ... -
Evidence of white matter changes on diffusion tensor imaging in frontotemporal dementia
(American Medical Association, 2007)BACKGROUND: Two major clinical variants of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have been described: frontal variant (fvFTD) and temporal variant (tvFTD). OBJECTIVE: To analyze white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) tissue organization in patients with ... -
Evolution of severe sleep-wake cycle disturbances following traumatic brain injury: a case study in both acute and subacute phases post-injury
(BMC, 2016)Background. Sleep-wake disturbances are frequently reported following traumatic brain injury (TBI), but they remain poorly documented in the acute stage of injury. Little is known about their origin and evolution. Case presentation. This study presents ... -
An examination of semantic impairment in amnestic MCI and AD : What can we learn from verbal fluency?
(Oxford University Press, 2019-04-17)Introduction The Verbal Fluency Test (VF) is commonly used in neuropsychology. Some studies have demonstrated a marked impairment of semantic VF compared to phonemic VF in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Since amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) is ... -
An examination of semantic performance in mild cognitive impairment progressors and nonprogressors
(American psychological association, 2024-02-15)Background. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and about half of older people with MCI will progress to AD within the next five years. The aim of the present study was to compare the semantic ... -
Exploration of Recovery Trajectories in Sexually Abused Adolescents
(2007)This study documents recovery status and symptom changes in a one-year follow-up of sexually abused (SA) adolescent girls in child protection services in the province of Québec, Canada. Sixteen French-speaking participants were interviewed using the ... -
Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a novel cognitive-behavioral couple therapy for provoked vestibulodynia: a pilot study
(2014-10)Introduction Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), a recurrent, localized vulvovaginal pain problem, carries a significant psychosexual burden for afflicted women, who report impoverished sexual function and decreased frequency of sexual activity and ... -
Feasibility study of taking back control together, an intervention to support parents of children with cancer
(Springer, 2023-12-21)Introduction Parents of children with cancer can experience increased emotional distress. This study aimed to assess the feasibility (i.e., reach, treatment fidelity, and social validity) of Taking Back Control Together (TBCT). Methods We assessed ... -
Febrile seizures and increased stress sensitivity in children : how it relates to seizure characteristics
(Elsevier, 2019-05)BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that the relationship between seizures and stress starts early in life. However, evidence of long-term altered stress reactivity following early-life seizures is lacking. Our objectives were to assess alterations in stress ... -
From early relationships to preacademic knowledge : a socio-cognitive developmental cascade to school readiness
(Wiley, 2018-10-08)This study aimed to test a four-wave sequential mediation model linking mother–child attachment to children’s school readiness through child executive functioning (EF) and prosociality in toddlerhood and the preschool years. Mother–child attachment ... -
Functional changes in the cortical semantic network in amnestic mild cognitive impairment
(American Psychological Association, 2018-05)Semantic memory impairment has been documented in older individuals with amnestic Mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), who are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet little is known about the neural basis of this breakdown. The main objective ... -
Functional network and structural connections involved in picture naming
(Elsevier, 2022-06-13)We mapped the left hemisphere cortical regions and fiber bundles involved in picture naming in adults by integrating task-based fMRI with dMRI tractography. We showed that a ventral pathway that “maps image and sound to meaning” involves the middle ...
