Author: Cyr, Chantal

Congratulations to Elke Hearson, PhD student in psychology, who received a scholarship from the Institut universitaire Jeunes en difficulté!

Date of entry into office: Fall 2021; Deadline for submission of applications: At all times Please send your application to Chantal Cyr at the cyr.chantal@uqam.cawith the   following subject: “Postdoctoral application”. The Laboratory for Child and Family Development Studies (LEDEF) at UQAM is led by Chantal Cyr, Canada Research Chair in Child Attachment and Development.…

Congratulations to Gabrielle Myre, PhD student in psychology, who received a SSHRC Excellence Scholarship (Master’s level). Well done!

Congratulations to Solène, a doctoral student in psychology, who received a scholarship to support studies from the University Institute Young in Trouble!

Congratulations to Marie-Claude, a student in the thesis specialization (thesis honors) in co-direction with Sébastien Monette (associate researcher UQAM and IUJD), who received the tenacity scholarship from the Foundation L’Université du Québec!

Lory Zephyr wrote an article based on her thesis in collaboration with Chantal Cyr, Sébastien Monette, Valérie Langlois, Laurence Cyr-Desautels and Maude Archambault, which recently appeared in the journal Child Abuse – Neglect. The latter is entitled: “Disinhibited social engagement behaviors in young maltreated children: Dysfunctional behavior of biological parents and child attachment”. The results…

Chantal Cyr published an article in the journal Child Maltreatment with Karine Dubois-Comtois, Daniel Paquette, Leonor Lopez and Marc Bigras. The article reiterates the effectiveness of the Intervetion-Relational in improving the sensitivity of parents reported for neglect or abuse, in addition to showing its value as a tool to guide the placement decisions of child…

Chantal Cyr was admitted as a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada (RCS). She is one of 50 new members of the CBC’s College of New Arts and Science Researchers and Creators.You can find the news at the following link: https://www.actualites.uqam.ca/2020/deux-uqamiens-societe-royale-canada

Sabine van der Asdonk, a former doctoral intern at the laboratory, recently wrote an article with Chantal Cyr and Lenneke Alink. It was published in the journal Attachment – Human Development.  This article is entitled :”Improving parent-child interactions in maltreating families with the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Parental childhood trauma as a moderator of treatment effects”.…

Valérie Loisier wrote an article with Chantal Cyr and Karine Dubois-Comtois that was published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. It is entitled “International adoption of cleft lip and palate children: Attachment, behavior problems, and parental sensitivity”.  For more information about the article, you can see this link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101138