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
Rose Bourget
Frédérique Fortin
Emma Laflamme
Alexandra Painchaud
Claudia-Béatrice Ratté
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
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
STEP Project: A prenatal program for survivors of complex trauma aiming to prevent family violence and to promote maternal and child health
Mieux soutenir les parents signalés pour maltraitance et leurs enfants victimes grâce à l’intervention relationnelle : Une analyse des processus modérateurs et médiateurs
Does friendship quality matter in how well children and adolescents do in school?
Compréhension des prédicteurs cognitifs, biologique et sociaux du fonctionnement des jeunes ayant vécu de la maltraitance (COMPÉTENCE) : trajectoires
Cannabis et grossesse: usage, facteurs associés et associations longitudinales avec le développement et la santé du nourrisson

Publications

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.

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.

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.

Tétreault, É., Bernier, A., Matte-Gagné, C., & Carrier, J. (2019). Normative developmental trajectories of actigraphic sleep variables during the preschool period: A three-wave longitudinal study. Developmental Psychobiology, 61(1), 141-153.

Stack, D., Matte-Gagné, C., & Dickson, D. J. (2019). Persistence of effects of VLBW/PT birth status and maternal emotional availability (EA) on child EA trajectories. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2715.

Matte-Gagné, C., Stack, D. M., & Serbin, L. A. (2018). Developmental patterns of change in mother and child emotional availability from infancy to the end of the preschool years: A four-wave longitudinal study. Infant Behavior and Development, 52, 76-88.

Matte-Gagné, C., Bernier, A., Sirois, M.-S., Lalonde, G., & Hertz, S. (2018). Attachment security and developmental patterns of growth in executive functioning during early elementary school. Child Development, 89(3), e165-e182.

Séguin, M., Lahaie, A., Matte-Gagné, C., & Beauchamp, M. H. (2018). Ready! Set? Let's Train!: Feasibility of an intensive attention training program and its beneficial effect after childhood traumatic brain injury. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61(4), 189-196.

Stack, D. M., Serbin, L. A., Matte-Gagné, C., Kingdon, D., Doiron, K., & Schwartzman, A. E. (2017). Development under adverse circumstances as a risk for psychopathology: An intergenerational study of children from disadvantaged high-risk backgrounds. In L. C. Centifanti & D. M. Williams (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychopathology (pp. 345-363). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Bernier, A., St-Laurent, D., Matte-Gagné, C., Milot, T., & Carpendale, J. (2017). Parenting and young children’s executive function development. In M. Hoskyn, A. Young, & G. Iarocci (Eds.), Executive functions in children’s everyday Lives: A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology (pp. 70–87). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.