Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences by Author "Guay, Stéphane"
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Assessment of the psychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life in a PTSD clinical sample
Nachar, Nadim; Guay, Stéphane; Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Marchand, André (American Psychological Association, 2013-03)Although a wide array of the scientific literature explores the links between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, coping strategies, and social support and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as an outcome variable, their connections ... -
The buffering power of overt socially supportive and unsupportive behaviors from the significant other on posttraumatic stress disorder individuals’ emotional state
Guay, Stéphane; Nachar, Nadim; Lavoie, Marc E.; Marchand, André; O'Connor, Kieron (Taylor & Francis, 2016-06)Social support is one of the three strongest predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the present study, we aimed to assess the buffering power of overt socially supportive and unsupportive behaviors from the significant other, in a group ... -
Education and training for preventing and minimising workplace aggression directed toward healthcare workers
Hills, Danny J; Ross, Heather M; Pich, Jacqueline; Hill, April T; Dalsbø, Therese K; Riahi, Sanaz; Guay, Stéphane; Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña (Cochrane Collaboration, 2015-09) -
The effect of talking about psychological trauma with a significant other on heart rate reactivity in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder
Nachar, Nadim; Lavoie, Marc E.; Marchand, André; O'Connor, Kieron; Guay, Stéphane (Elsevier, 2014-09)Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) commonly make efforts to avoid trauma-oriented conversations with their significant others, which may interfere with the natural recovery process. Trauma-oriented conversations can be experienced ... -
Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study
Guay, Stéphane; Tremblay, Nicole; Goncalves, Jane; Bilodeau, Henriette; Geoffrion, Steve (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)Introduction The use of peer support programmes to help workers experiencing potentially traumatic events (PTE) has increased in high-risk organisations in the last decades. However, the scientific evidence of its effectiveness is still very limited. ... -
Evaluation of an education and training program to prevent and manage patients’ violence in a mental health setting : a pretest-posttest intervention study
Guay, Stéphane; Goncalves, Jane; Boyer, Richard (MDPI, 2016)Workplace violence can lead to serious consequences for victims, organizations, and society. Most workplace violence prevention programs aim to train staff to better recognize and safely manage at-risk situations. The Omega education and training ... -
Evaluation of the Dawson College shooting psychological intervention: moving toward a multimodal extensive plan
Séguin, Monique; Chawky, Nadia; Lesage, Alain; Boyer, Richard; Guay, Stéphane; Bleau, Pierre; Miquelon, Paule; Szkrumelak, Nadia; Warren, Steiner; Roy, Denise (American Psychological Association, 2013)In 2006, following the shooting at Dawson College, the authorities implemented an intervention plan. This provided an opportunity to analyze the responses to services offered, and afforded a learning opportunity, which led to the proposal of an extensive ... -
Gender differences in the prediction of acute stress disorder from peritraumatic dissociation and distress among victims of violent crimes
Peritraumatic reactions, gender and ASD
Boisclair Demarble, Julie; Fortin, Christophe; D'Antono, Bianca; Guay, Stéphane (SAGE, 2017-02)Background. Peritraumatic dissociation and distress are strong predictors of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) development. However, there is limited data concerning gender differences in these relations, particularly ... -
How do social Interactions with a significant other affect PTSD symptoms? : an empirical investigation with a clinical sample
Guay, Stéphane; Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Beaudoin, Cindy; St-Jean-Trudel, Édith; Nachar, Nadim; Marchand, André; O’Connor, Kieron P. (Taylor & Francis, 2011-04)Social support and coping are both related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, but the mechanisms underlying their relationships remain unclear. This study explores these relationships by examining the perceived frequency of supportive ... -
How do social interactions with a significant other affect PTSD symptoms? An empirical investigation with a clinical sample
Guay, Stéphane; Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Beaudoin, Cindy; St-Jean-Trudel, Édith; Nachar, Nadim; Marchand, André; O'Connor, Kieron (2011-04)Social support and coping are both related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, but the mechanisms underlying their relationships remain unclear. This study explores these relationships by examining the perceived frequency of supportive ... -
I see so I feel : coping with workplace violence among victims and witnesses
Coping with workplace violence
Zhou, Biru; Guay, Stéphane; Marchand, Alain (IOS Press, 2017-05)BACKGROUND: Workplace violence is a serious concern for workers’ mental health and well-being in high risk work sectors. OBJECTIVE: This study examined victims’ and witnesses’ experiences after exposure to workplace violence, and the types of helps ... -
Impact du moment du dévoilement d’une agression sexuelle perpétrée par un tiers sur certains aspects affectifs et relationnels des victimes adultes
Khouzam, Christiane; Marchand, André; Guay, Stéphane (Santé mentale au Québec, 2007)L’objectif de cette étude consiste à évaluer si, pour la victime d’une agression sexuelle, le moment (précoce ou tardif) du dévoilement d’une agression a un impact sur certains aspects affectifs et relationnels à deux moments distincts, soit au début ... -
Mental health service utilization among students and staff in 18 months following Dawson College shooting
Miquelon, Paule; Lesage, Alain; Boyer, Richard; Guay, Stéphane; Bleau, Pierre; Séguin, Monique (2014-04-29)The aim of this study was to investigate service utilization by students and staff in the 18 months following the September 13, 2006, shooting at Dawson College, Montreal, as well as the determinants of this utilization within the context of Canada’s ... -
Mental health treatment seeking by military members with posttraumatic stress disorder : findings on rates, characteristics, and predictors from a nationally representative Canadian military sample
Fikretoglu, Deniz; Brunet, Alain; Guay, Stéphane; Pedlar, David (2007-02)Objective: The goal of this study was to identify rates, characteristies, and predictors of mental health treatment seeking by military members with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: Our sample was drawn from the 2002 Canadian Community ... -
Nightmare frequency, nightmare distress and the efficiency of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder
Levrier, Katia; Marchand, André; Belleville, Geneviève; Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic; Guay, Stéphane (Wolters Kluwer, 2016)Background: Up to 71% of trauma victims diagnosed with PTSD have frequent nightmares (NM), compared to only 2% to 5% of the general population. Objectives: The present study examined whether nightmares before the beginning of cognitive behavior therapy ... -
Objective neuropsychological deficits in post-traumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury: what remains beyond symptom similarity?
Pineau, Hélène; Marchand, André; Guay, Stéphane (2014-12)This exploratory study intends to characterize the neuropsychological profile in persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using objective measures of cognitive performance. A neuropsychological battery ... -
Overt social support behaviors : Associations with PTSD, concurrent depressive symptoms and gender
Crevier, Myra G.; Marchand, André; Nachar, Nadim; Guay, Stéphane (American Psychological Association, 2014)Women are twice as likely as men to develop a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Gender differences in social support after a traumatic event might partially explain this disparity. However, the portrait of the links among PTSD, depression, social ... -
Prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder from peritraumatic dissociation and distress among men and women victims of violent crimes
Peritraumatic reactions, gender différences, PTSD
Boisclair Demarble, Julie; Fortin, Christophe; D'Antono, Bianca; Guay, Stéphane (Taylor & Francis, 2017-06)Contradictory evidence exists regarding the role of peritraumatic distress (PDI) and dissociation (PD) in the development of PTSD. Victims of certain trauma types may be more susceptible to these peritraumatic reactions. Few studies have assessed ... -
Predictors of trivialization of workplace violence among healthcare workers and law enforcers
Geoffrion, Steve; Lanctôt, Nathalie; Marchand, André; Boyer, Richard; Guay, Stéphane (2015-12)This study aims to identify individual and organizational predictors of trivialization of violence in 2 work sectors: healthcare and law enforcement. On the basis of data from a survey conducted among 1,141 workers from healthcare (e.g., nurses, ... -
Préjugé dans la détermination des peines accordées aux jeunes doublement insérés dans le système public de protection et de justice
Sader, Josette; Leclerc, Chloé; Guay, Stéphane; Lafortune, Denis (Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2017)Les jeunes à double statut ou sous double autorité (crossover youth) sont des adolescents ayant été victimes de maltraitance et qui sont aussi auteurs d’une infraction criminelle. Une étude a montré que ces jeunes reçoivent généralement des peines ...