Célia Matte-Gagné

Professeure titulaire
Département de psychologie, Université Laval
Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche sur les trajectoires de développement de l’enfant et le rôle du père

(418) 656-2131, poste 8410
celia.matte-gagne@psy.ulaval.ca.ca

Formation universitaire
Stage d’études postdoctorales au Centre de Recherche en développement humain (CRDH) de l’Université Concordia (2014)
Ph.D. en psychologie (recherche et intervention), Université de Montréal (2012)

Intérêts de recherche
Déterminants du développement cognitif et socioaffectif de l’enfant, stabilité temporelle et contextuelle des comportements parentaux tels que le soutien à l’autonomie.

Étudiants

Jessyka Beauregard-blouin

Ariane Bilodeau

Lauriane Blanchette

Rose Bourget

Frédérique Fortin

Emma Laflamme

Christine Laganière

Mélina Larochelle

Marie-Noëlle Lortie

Ève-Emmanuelle Morency

Alexandra Painchaud

Claudia-Béatrice Ratté

Maéva Robin

Poline Simon

Projets en cours

Les conduites paternelles et la transmission intergénérationnelle des problèmes de santé mentale : une étude de cohorte père-mère-enfant débutant à la période prénatale

Le soutien paternel à l'autonomie de l'enfant et la trajectoire de développement des fonctions exécutives lors de l'entrée à l'école

Genetic and environmental pathways in the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviour problems: A longitudinal study of three population-based cohorts

Se développer, entre adversité et résilience : une étude des fonctions exécutives et de leur rôle chez les jeunes en contexte d'adversité

De la recherche à la pratique : Mesurer la faisabilité d'utiliser un outil d'observation des fonctions exécutives chez les enfants âgés entre 4 et 6 ans en contexte écologique par différents observateurs qualifiés

Examen des caractéristiques socio-émotionnelles précoces de la douance et de leur interaction avec les comportements parentaux

Examen de l'expérience de stigmatisation liée au poids corporel au sein des familles et ses effets à long terme

The burden of harsh and coercive parenting on socioemotional and behavioral problems: The role of chronic stress in the preschool years

Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l’issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l’enfant d’âge préscolaire

Continuités et discontinuités intergénérationnelles dans le développement des difficultés d'adaptation

Readiness for Parenthood: An Investigation of its Developmental and Social Determinants in Two Samples of Young Adults followed since Infancy

Trajectories of Externalizing Behaviour Problems and New Parents' Distress and Harsh Parenting: A GeneticallyInformed, Prospective Longitudinal Study

Les relations d'attachement dans le développement humain

STEP Project: A prenatal program for survivors of complex trauma aiming to prevent family violence and to promote maternal and child health

Publications

Painchaud, A.*, Poulin, M.-J., Matte-Gagné, C., & Mérette, C. (2025). The complex journey of women in perinatal psychiatric care: Susceptibility to illness onset, comorbidity and clinical trajectories. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437251328347

Thériault-Couture, F., Matte-Gagné, C. et Bernier, A. (2025). Child Vocabulary and Developmental Growth in Executive Functions During Toddlerhood. Developmental Science, 28 (3), 1-15.

Voyer-Perron, P., Matte-Gagné, C., & Levesque, C. (2024). Factors Associated with Father Involvement During Infancy: A Multifactorial and Multidimensional Approach. Parenting, 24(2–3), 78–105.

Putnam, S. P., Sehic, E., French, B. F., Gartstein, M. A., Lira Luttges, B., & 486 Additional Partners in the Global Temperament Project (2024). The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations. Developmental psychology, 60(5), 916–941.

Matte-Gagné, C., Bernier, A., Thériault-Couture, F., & Tarabulsy, G. M. (2024). Paternal and Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Sensitivity: Links with Trajectories of Socioemotional Problems in Toddlerhood. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 52(8), 1261–1273.

Thériault-Couture, F., Matte-Gagné, C., & Bernier, A. (2024). Executive Functions and Social-Emotional Problems in Toddlerhood: Nature, Persistence, and Direction of Associations. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 52(9), 1383–1395.

Bernier, A., Côté, S.M., Leclerc, G. Matte-Gagné, C., & Marquis-Brideau, C. (2024). Revisiting the childcare–attachment question: Under what conditions is childcare participation associated with mother– child attachment security?. Attachment and Human Development. 26: 95-115.

Massicotte, J., St-Onge, R., Thériault-Couture F., & Matte-Gagné, C. (2024). Symptômes psychologiques des parents et fonctions exécutives chez l’enfant : le rôle médiateur de l’orientation mentale parentale. Psycause, 13(2), 19-20. https://doi.org/10.51656/nyrj7k51

Paquet, S.*, Pronovost, E., Simonyan, D., Caouette, G., Matte-Gagné, C., Olivier, F., Bartholomew, J., Morin, A., Mohamed, I., Marc, I., & Guillot, M. (2024). Maternal high-dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and neurodevelopment at 5 years of preterm children. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 64, 253-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.09.029

Lemelin J-P, St-Laurent D, Matte-Gagné C. (2024). Le développement social et émotionnel de l’enfant. 2e édition, Presses de l'Université du Québec, Canada

Boatswain-Jacques , A.-F.*, Dusablon, C.*, Cimon-Paquet, C.*, Guo, E.Y.T.*, Ménard, R.*, Matte-Gagné, C., Carrier, J., & BERNIER, A. (2023). From early birds to night owls: A longitudinal study of actigraphyassessed sleep trajectories during the transition from pre- to early adolescence. SLEEP. 46(11): zsad127.

Thériault-Couture, F.*, Matte-Gagné, C., Dallaire, S.*, Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Séguin, J., & Tremblay, R. (2023). Child cognitive flexibility and maternal control: A first step toward untangling genetic and environmental contributions. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 84(1), 55-69.

Pearson, J., Baudry, C., Bessette, J., Bernier, A., Lemelin, J.-P., Matte-Gagné, C., Tarabulsy, G., & Fréchette-Boilard, G. (2023). Stress maternel prénatal en contexte de pandémie de la COVID-19 : Vécu des femmes enceintes au Québec. Revue de Psychoéducation, 53, 70-88.

Matte-Gagné, C., R.-Turgeon, N., Bernier, A., & Cyr, C. (2023). Toward a better understanding of the associations among different measures of father involvement and parenting alliance. Journal of Family Issues, 44(1), 244-263.

Bernier, A., Cyr, C., Matte-Gagné, C., & Tarabulsy, G.M. (2023). Parent–child interactions as predictors of coparenting: A longitudinal study of family subsystems. Journal of Family Studies, 29, 239-254.

PEARSON, J., Fréchette-Boilard, G., Baudry, C., Matte-Gagné, C., Bernier, A., Lemelin, J.-P., & Tarabulsy, G.M. (2023). Prenatal maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and birth outcomes: Is the newborn spared?. Infant Behavior and Development. 72: 101866.

BERNIER, A., Lapolice-Thériault, R.*, Matte-Gagné, C., & Cyr, C. (2023). Paternal mind-mindedness and children’s academic achievement: Investigating developmental processes. Developmental Psychology. 59: 758-769.

Regueiro, S., Matte‐Gagné, C., & Bernier, A. (2022). Paternal mind-mindedness and child executive functioning in the kindergarten classroom. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58, 27–34.

Morneau-Vaillancourt, G.*, Provost, L., Ouellet-Morin, I., Matte-Gagné, C., Pouliot, S., Poliakova, N., Forget-Dubois, N., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2022). Early temperamental and biological predictors of dimensions of social withdrawal in childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 64, e22348.

Laflamme, E.*, Matte-Gagné, C., & Baribeau-Lambert, A.* (2022). Paternal mind-mindedness and infant-toddler social-emotional problems. Infant Behavior and Development, 69, 101767.

Guillot, M., Robitaille, C. A., Turner, L., Pronovost, E., Caouette, G., Matte-Gagné, C., Olivier, F., Bartholomew, J., Massé, E., Morin, A., Mohamed, I., & Marc, I. (2022). Effects of maternal docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes of breastfed preterm neonates: Follow-up at preschool age of a randomized clinical trial. BMJ Open, 12, e057482.

Carpentier, P.*, Morneau-Vaillancourt, G.*, Aubé, S.*, Matte-Gagné, C., Denault, A.-S., Brendgen, M., Larose S., Petitclerc, A., Ouellet-Morin, I., Carbonneau, R., Fen, B., Séguin, J., Côté, S., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Dionne G., & Boivin, M. (2022). A sequential model of preschool fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities: Contributions to school achievement. PLOS ONE, 17(11), e0276532.

Amédée, L. M.*, Cyr-Desautels, L., Bénard, H., Pascuzzo, K., Dubois-Comtois, K., Hébert, M., Matte-Gagné, C., & Cyr, C. (2022). Cognitive flexibility moderates the association between maltreatment and emotion regulation in residential care children of the middle childhood period. Developmental Child Welfare, 4(3), 217-234.

Cimon-Paquet, C., Tétreault, É., Matte-Gagné, C., Bastien, L., & Bernier, A. (2022). Mother–child interactions and child anger proneness as antecedents of changes in sleep during the preschool period. Developmental Psychology, 58(8), 1472–1484.

SIROIS, M.-S., Bernier, A., Matte-Gagné, C., & Mageau, G.A. (2022). Early maternal autonomy support as a predictor of child internalizing and externalizing behavior trajectories across early childhood. Social Development, 31, 883–899.

Bernier, A., LAPOLICE-THÉRIAULT, R., Matte-Gagné, C., & Cyr, C. (2022). Paternal mind-mindedness and children’s academic achievement: Investigating developmental processes. Developmental Psychology, 59(4), 758-769.

Regueiro, S.*, Matte-Gagné, C., & BERNIER, A. (2022). Paternal mind-mindedness and child executive functioning in the kindergarten classroom. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 58: 27-34.

Tétreault, É., Bernier, A., & Matte-Gagné, C., (2021). Quality of father-child relationships as a predictor of sleep developments during preschool years. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(6), e22130.

Morneault-Vaillancourt, G., Matte-Gagné, C., Cheesman, R., Dionne, G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2021). Social wariness, preference for solitude, and peer difficulties in middle childhood: A longitudinal family-informed study. Developmental Psychology, 57(3), 410–420.

Faleschini, S., Aubuchon, O., Champeau, L., & Matte-Gagné, C. (2021). History of perinatal loss: A study of psychological outcomes in mothers and fathers after subsequent healthy birth. Journal of Affective Disorders, 280, 338-344.

Bernier, A., Tarabulsy, G., Cyr, C., & Matte-Gagné, C. (2021). Further evidence for the multidimensional nature of maternal sensitivity: Differential links with child socioemotional functioning at preschool age. Infancy. 26(2), 238-247.

Bernier, A., Cyr, C., Matte-Gagné, C., & Tarabulsy, G. (2021). Parent–child interactions as predictors of coparenting: A longitudinal study of family subsystems. Journal of Family Studies.

Bernier, A., Cimon-Paquet, C., Tétreault, É., Carrier, J., & Matte-Gagné, C. (2021). Prospective relations between sleep in preschool years and academic achievement at school entry. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), e13183.

Matte-Gagné, C., R.-Turgeon, N., Bernier, A., & Cyr, C. (2021). Toward a better understanding of the associations among different measures of father involvement and parenting alliance. Journal of Family Issues.

Regueiro, S., Matte-Gagné, C., & Bernier, A. (2020). Patterns of growth in executive functioning during school years: Contributions of early mother-child attachment security and maternal autonomy support. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 200, 104934.

Faleschini, S., Matte-Gagné, C., Luu, T. M., Côté, S., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2020). Trajectories of overprotective parenting and hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention among moderate-late preterm children: A population-based study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(12), 1555–1568.

Faleschini, S., Matte-Gagné, C., Côté, S., Tremblay, R. E., & Boivin, M. (2020). Trajectories of behavioral problems among moderate-late preterm children from 4 to 10 years: A prospective population-based study. Early Human Development, 143, 104964.

Cimon-Paquet, C., Bernier, A., Matte-Gagné, C., & Mageau, G. (2020). Early maternal autonomy support and mathematical achievement trajectories during elementary school. Learning and Individual Differences, 79, 101855.

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