Jean-Pascal Lemelin

Professeur titulaire
Département de psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke

(819) 821-8000, poste 62440
jean-pascal.lemelin@usherbrooke.ca

Formation universitaire
Stage d’études postdoctorales, École de psychologie, Université Laval (2007)
Ph.D. en psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (2004)
M.A. en psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1999)

Intérêts de recherche
Développement de l’enfant : tempérament, comportements maternels et attachement mère-enfant, trajectoires développementales d’enfants à faible risque et à risque psychosocial élevé, développement précoce des problèmes de régulation émotionnelle et de comportement, inadaptation sociale, différences de sexe, préparation à l’école et rendement scolaire

Étudiants

Tania Carpentier

Sabrina Suffren

Projets en cours

Étude longitudinale prospective de l’évolution des troubles de la personnalité et de leurs conséquences sur la santé mentale et l’adaptation socioprofessionnelle chez des jeunes adultes à risque

Vulnérabilité et négligence dans l'enfance : La famille comme levier pour surmonter l'adversité, Subvention, Infrastructure

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

Le projet Communauté-Familles : l’ACAF pour soutenir l’empowerment des familles et promouvoir une société bienveillante pour les enfants et les parents

Adaptation et validation du programme probant INSIGHTS aux contextes canadiens francophones

Publications

Gagné, K., Shai, D., Rein, N., Meins, E., Tarabulsy, G.M., Lemelin, J.-P., Bernier, A., Caron, P.-O., Morizot, J. (2025) Verbal and nonverbal parental mentalizing profiles: Distinct profiles of mind-mindedness and embodied parental mentalizing according to infant attachment and parental factors. Infant Behavior and Development

Laurent A, Letarte MJ, Lemelin JP. (2025). Cumulative sociodemographic risk and preschool child language: The mediating role of the home literacy environment. Early Education and Development.

Gagné, K; Shai, D; Rain, N; Meins, E; Tarabulsy, G; Lemelin, J-P; Bernier, A; Caron, P-O; Morizot, J. (2025). Verbal and nonverbal parental mentalizing profiles: Distinct profiles of mind-mindedness and embodied parental mentalizing according to infant attachment and parental factors. Infant Behavior & Development.

Berthelot N, Larouche K, Deschênes K, Garon-Bissonnette J, Lemieux R, Lemelin, J-P. (2025). Revisiting the direction of the association between infant temperament and maternal bonding: Data from two longitudinal studies beginning during pregnancy. Infancy.

Larouche K, Garon-Bissonnette J, Lemieux R, Deschênes K, Duguay G, Lemelin J-P, Berthelot N. (2025). Converging evidence of a specific vulnerability of young boys to parental trauma. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Open.

Paquette, D; Macario de Medeiros, J; Couture, S; Bigras, M; Lemelin, J-P. (2025). Father-child and motherchild activation relationships in predicting injury-risk behaviors in preschool boys and girls. Journal of Health Psychology.

Labbé A-P, Lacharité C, Suffren S, St-Laurent D, Milot T, Lemelin J-P, Dubois-Comtois K. (2025). Expérience des professionnels travaillant auprès des familles durant la pandémie de COVID-19 : Une recherche partenariale. Revue québécoise de psychologie.

Gaudreau W, Pascuzzo K, Bégin V, Déry M, Lemelin J-P, Garon-Carrier G. (2025). Interrupting the link between temperamental risk, adverse parenting, and externalizing problems in school-aged children: The role of teacher-child relationships. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.

Mavungu-Blouin C, Letarte M-J, Garon-Carrier G, Lemelin J-P, Laurent A. (2025). Profiles of low school readiness among at-risk preschoolers and their correlates in kindergarten and grade 1. Journal of Research in Childhood Education.

Garon-Carrier G, Chaput-Langlois S, Roy M, Lemieux A, Fitzpatrick C, Lemelin J-P, Ribner A. (2025). Kindergarten school readiness and academic achievement: The interplay of teacher-child relationship quality. School Psychology.

Beischel W, Martin-Storey A, Lemelin J-P, Boutin S, Dirks M, Paquette G. (2025). Gender-based victimization and gender norms among adolescent girls: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Meloche, C; Zdebik, M; Lemelin, J-P; Pearson, J. (2025). Not all babies are the same: An examination of temperament profiles during infancy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences.

Paquette, D., Dubois-Comtois, K., Cyr, C. et al. Family Configurations of Attachment Relationships in Infancy: Associations with Children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors in Toddlerhood. J Child Fam Stud (2025).

Lavoie C, Laurent A, Ouellet E, Letarte M-J, Lemelin J-P. (2025). L'observation des pratiques enseignantes lors de causeries à l'éducation préscolaire 4 ans. Language & Literacy 27 (1), 24-45.

Couture, S., Paquette, D., Bigras, M., Dubois-Comtois, K., Lemelin, J. P., Cyr, C., & Lemieux, A. (2025). Risk-Taking Behaviors of Young Children: The Role of Children's and Parents' Socioemotional and Cognitive Control Systems. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 53(2), 235–246.

Dubois-Comtois, K., Suffren, S., Lemelin, J. P., St-Laurent, D., Daunais, M. P., & Milot, T. (2024). A longitudinal study of child adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of the parent-child relationship in middle childhood. Attachment & Human Development, 26(4), 301–324.

Therriault D, Lemelin J-P, Toupin J, Déry M, Martin-Storey A. (2024). Associations between externalizing behavior problems and risky sexual behaviors in adolescence: Attachment as a mediator. Journal of Adolescence 96 (2), 394-410.

Harvey, E., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.‐P., & Bégin, V. (2024). Child temperament and trajectories of student–teacher relationships quality. Child Development. Advance online publication.

Paquette, D., Dubois-Comtois, K., Cyr, C., Lemelin, J. P., Bacro, F., Couture, S., & Bigras, M. (2024). Early childhood attachment stability to mothers, fathers, and both parents as a network: associations with parents’ well-being, marital relationship, and child behavior problems. Attachment & Human Development, 26(1), 66–94.

Laurent, A., Boyer, J., Letarte, M.-J., Lemelin, J.-P. & Morin, M.-F. (2024). La collation en maternelle : étude descriptive des interventions d’enseignantes à l’égard des garçons et des filles. Revue internationale de communication et socialisation, 11(1), 158–173.

Therriault D, Lemelin J-P, Toupin J, Déry M. (2024). Peer attachment in adolescence: What are the individual and relational associated factors?. Social Development.

Lavigne R-M; Martin-Storey A; Lemelin J-P; Temcheff CE; Déry M. (2024). Stigma and empathy: How youth with childhood conduct problems link service use and interpersonal relationships. Journal of Child and Family Studies.

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.

Suffren, S., Lemelin, J. P., Cyr, C., Bernier, A., & Dubois-Comtois, K. (2024). Environmental mediating mechanisms in the associations between parental depressive symptoms and preschoolers internalizing problems: results from a cross-sectional study. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21(5), 751–769.

Therriault, D., Lemelin, J. P., Toupin, J., Martin‐Storey, A., & Déry, M. (2024). Associations between externalizing behavior problems and risky sexual behaviors in adolescence: Attachment as a mediator. Journal of Adolescence, 96(2), 394-410.

Lavigne, R-M., Martin-Storey, A., Lemelin, J-P., Déry, M., & Temcheff, C. (2024). Stigma and Empathy: How Youth with Childhood Conduct Problems Link Service Use and Interpersonal Relationships. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(9), 2947-2961.

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

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.

Fitzpatrick C, Harvey E, Cristini E, Laurent A, Lemelin J-P, Garon-Carrier G. (2022). Is the Association Between Early Childhood Screen Media Use and Effortful Control Bidirectional? A Prospective Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology - Personality and Social Psychology.

Poirier, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Déry, M., Crescenzi, O., & Temcheff, C. (2022). An examination of the relationship between comorbid conduct problems and depressive symptoms and temperament among elementary school children. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.

Paquette D, Macario de Medeiros J, Bigras M, Bacro F, Couture S, Lemelin JP, Cyr C, Dubois-Comtois K. (2022). Father-Child and Mother–Child Relationships as Predictors of Injury-Risk Behaviors in Toddlers. Adversity and Resilience Science.

Harvey É, Lemelin JP, Déry M. (2022). Student-teacher relationship quality moderates longitudinal associations between child temperament and behavior problems. Journal of School Psychology. 91: 178-194.

*Gobeil-Bourdeau J, Lemelin J-P, Letarte M-J, Laurent A. (2022). Interactions between child temperament and family environment in relation to school readiness: Diathesis-stress, differential susceptibility, or vantage sensitivity? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 60(3), 274-286.

Garon-Carrier G, Pascuzzo K, Gaudreau W, Lemelin J-P, Déry M. (2022). Maternal Functioning and Child’s Externalizing Behavior Problems: Temperament and Sex-Based Driven Effects. Frontiers in Psychology.

Besnard T, Dufour C, Letarte M-J, Laurent A, Lemelin J-P, *Gobeil-Bourdeau, J. (2022). Le dépistage séquentiel chez les enfants d’âge préscolaire : une forme différente d’évaluation psychoéducative. Thibault I, Argumedes M. L’évaluation psychoéducative : une opération professionnelle aux multiples facettes. : 21-46.

Bernier, A., MARQUIS-BRIDEAU, C., DUSABLON, C., Lemelin, J.-P. & SIROIS, M.S. (2022). From negative emotionality to aggressive behavior: Maternal and paternal parenting stress as intervening factors. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 477-487.

Suffren S, Dubois-Comtois K, Lemelin J.P, St-Laurent D, Milot, T. (2021). Relations between Child and Parent Fears and Changes in Family Functioning Related to COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4).

Martin-Storey A, Temcheff C, Déry M, Lapalme M, *Tomasiello M, *Mariamo A, Lemelin J.P. (2021). Conduct problems and adherence to COVID-19 guidelines: A developmental psychopathology-informed approach. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 1-13.

Harvey É, Lemelin JP, Déry M. (2021). Le tempérament de l’élève : un facteur clé de la qualité de la relation avec les enseignants? Revue suisse de pédagogie spécialisée. 2, 9-15.

Gobeil-Bourdeau J, Lemelin J-P, Letarte M-J, Laurent A. (2021). Can Temperament Predict School Readiness in At-Risk Kindergarteners? A Combination of Variable-Oriented and Person-Oriented Approaches, Early Education and Development.

Gagné K, Lemelin J-P, Tarabulsy GM. (2021). Non-verbal and verbal parental mentalization as predictors of infant attachment security: Contributions of parental embodied mentalizing and mind-mindedness and the mediating role of maternal sensitivity. Infant Behavior and Development, 65.

Dubois-Comtois K, *Suffren S, St-Laurent D, Milot T, Lemelin J-P. (2021). Child Psychological Functioning During the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Ecological, Family-Centered Approach. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Publication en ligne.

Bernier A, Marquis-Brideau C, Dusablon C, Lemelin J-P, Sirois MS. (2021). From Negative Emotionality to Aggressive Behavior: Maternal and Paternal Parenting Stress as Intervening Factors. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-11.

Bédard S, Letarte M-J, Lemelin J-P, Laventure M. (2021). Entraînement aux habiletés parentales pour préparer les enfants à l’école : quelles caractéristiques parentales, familiales et des enfants prédisent l’engagement?. Revue de psychoéducation, 50(1), 1-21.

Therriault, D., Lemelin, J. P., Toupin, J., et Déry, M. (2021). Factors Associated with Parent–Adolescent Attachment Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Study. Adolescents, 1(2), 159-174.

Martin-Storey A, Lemelin J-P, Temcheff C, Déry M. (2020). Exploring childhood temperament as a moderator of the association between adolescent sexual minority status and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Journal of Adolescence. 84: 190-199.

Lemelin J-P, Poirier M, Le Corff Y, Toupin J, Déry M. (2020). Validation de la version canadienne francophone du Children’s Behavior Questionnaire – Short Form. Bulletin de psychologie. 3(567-568): 167-180.

Boutin S, *Roy V, *St-Pierre R, Déry M, Lemelin JP, Martin-Storey A, Poirier M, Toupin J, Verlann P, Temcheff C. (2020). The Longitudinal Association between Externalizing and Internalizing Problems: An Exploration of the Dual Failure Model. Developmental Psychology. 56(7): 1372-1384

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