William Gilbert
Professeur, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines
FLSH Département de psychologie
Présentation
Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche
Social psychology, Positive psychology, Clinical psychology, Educational psychology, Quantitative methods
Diplômes
- (2022-2023). Postdoc. Department of Psychology. Concordia University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- (2017-2022). D.Psy/Ph.D. in psychology. School of Psychology. Université Laval. Québec, Canada.
- (2014-2017). Bachelor's degree in psychology (B.A.). School of Psychology. Université Laval. Québec, Canada.
Expériences académiques
- Professor. (2025-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- Assistant professor. (2023-2025). Université du Québec à Rimouski. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.
Financement
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Subvention.
Le façonnement des besoins psychologiques fondamentaux comme déterminant du bien-être et de l'épanouissement des jeunes adultes Québécois.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture
(Québec, Canada).
44 800 $.
(2024-2027).
Numéro de subvention : 343790. Voir plus -
Subvention.
La nature dynamique et hétérogène des trajectoires de satisfaction des besoins psychologiques fondamentaux lors de l'entrée sur le marché du travail et au sein d'un nouvel emploi.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture
(Québec, Canada).
90 000 $.
(2023-2025).
Numéro de subvention : 335062. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Santé mentale et habitudes de vie chez les étudiants universitaires : Le rôle du soutien aux besoins psychologiques par les professeurs, les pairs et le programme d'étude.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture
(Québec, Canada).
42 000 $.
(2019-2021).
Numéro de subvention : 274239. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Les programmes d'études universitaires en tant que facteur d'influence de la motivation des étudiants envers les saines habitudes de vie.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture
(Québec, Canada).
17 500 $.
(2018-2019).
Numéro de subvention : 259656. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Adopter de saines habitudes de vie et les maintenir : un défi de société analysé à la lumière de la théorie de l'autodétermination.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
17 500 $.
(2017-2018).
Numéro de subvention : grant.7591983. Voir plus
Publications
Articles
- William Gilbert, Marie-Josée Tremblay, Julien S. Bureau, Frédéric Guay. (2026). Investigating the shared factor structure of the GAD-7 and PHQ-9 in non-clinical samples of young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI
- Julien S. Bureau, William Gilbert, Frédéric Guay. (2026). The potential of person-centered analyses to unlock a broader understanding of individual differences in learning. Learning and Individual Differences. DOI
- Virginie Paquette, Adam J. Danyluk, William Gilbert, Simon A. Houle, Philippe Lavoie, Rayana Eltanoukhi, Alexandre J. S. Morin. (2025). Coping Profiles and Functioning During Emerging Adulthood: A Comparative Person-Centered Longitudinal Approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. DOI
- William Gilbert, István Tóth-Király, Alex Garn, Alexandre J. S. Morin. (2025). Revisiting Kernis’ contingent self-esteem scale: Scale improvement and development of a short (K-CSES-S) and very short version (K-CSES-VS). Current Psychology. DOI
- William Gilbert, Rayana Eltanoukhi, Alexandre J. S. Morin, Katariina Salmela-Aro. (2025). Achievement Goals as Mediators of the Links Between Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptoms From Mid-Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. DOI
- Pelletier, Daisy, Gilbert, William, Guay, Frederic, Falardeau, Erick. (2025). Predicting reading achievement from reading support: The role of motivation and reading frequency in elementary and secondary school students. Contemporary Educational Psychology. DOI
- Abdoul Diallo, William Gilbert, David Litalien, Frédéric Guay, Julien S. Bureau. (2025). Tricher à l’université avant et pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Revue internationale de pédagogie de l’enseignement supérieur. DOI
- Lindsey Nadon, Alexandre J.S. Morin, William Gilbert, Elizabeth Olivier, Katariina Salmela-Aro. (2024). Developmental heterogeneity of school burnout across the transition from upper secondary school to higher education: A 9-year follow-up study. Journal of School Psychology. DOI
- William Gilbert, Dale M Stack, Erin T Barker, Annie Dubeau, Lisa A Serbin, Marie-Hélène Véronneau. (2024). Emotional competence and help-seeking intentions as predictors of educational success in vocational training students. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. DOI
- Annette Lohbeck, William Gilbert, Aleksander Kocaj, Malte Jansen, Alexandre J.S. Morin. (2024). Tests of moderation of the big-fish-little-pond effect across students with and without special educational needs in regular versus special education schools. Learning and Instruction. DOI
- Céleste Dubé, Alexandre J.S. Morin, Elizabeth Olivier, William Gilbert, Danielle Tracey, Rhonda G. Craven, Christophe Maïano. (2023). School Experiences and Anxiety Trajectories Among Youth with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI
- István Tóth-Király, Andrew B. Durand, Simon A. Houle, Claude Fernet, William Gilbert, Yael Blechman, Alexandre J. S. Morin. (2023). Early Career Nurses' Need Fulfillment Profiles: A Longitudinal Person-Centered Perspective on their Nature, Stability, Determinants and Consequences. Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI
- Gilbert, W., Bureau, J.S., Poellhuber, B., Guay, F. (2023). Educational contexts that nurture students' psychological needs predict low distress and healthy lifestyle through facilitated self-control. Current Psychology. DOI
- Bureau, J.S., Guay, F., Plamondon, A., Ratelle, C.F., Howard, J.L., Gilbert, W. (2023). Empirical testing of an alternative modeling of the self-determination continuum. Motivation and Emotion. DOI
- Gilbert, W., Demanins, S.A., Bureau, J.S., Guay, F., Morin, A.J.S. (2023). On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of undergraduate students' psychological distress profiles. Learning and Individual Differences. DOI
- Gilbert, W., Bureau, J.S., Diallo, A., Morin, A.J.S., Guay, F. (2023). Undergraduate students' motivational profiles before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of educational climate and trait self-control. British Journal of Educational Psychology. DOI
- William Gilbert. (2022). Teachers, Parents and Peers Support in Reading Predicting Changes in Reading Motivation among Fourth to Sixth Graders: A Systematic Literature Review. Reading Psychology. DOI
- (2022). Can teachers’ need-supportive practices moderate the big-fish-little-pond effect? A quasi-experimental study with elementary school children. Contemporary Educational Psychology. DOI
- Tremblay-Wragg, É., Vincent, C., Lison, C., Gilbert, W., Valois, P., Mathieu-Chartier, S. (2021). Les Retraites De Rédaction Structurées Auprès Des Doctorant[E]S: Quelles Conditions Favorisent Une Expérience De Rédaction Légitime, Productive Et Plaisante?. Canadian Journal of Education.
- Gilbert, W., Bureau, J.S., Poellhuber, B., Guay, F. (2021). Predicting college students' psychological distress through basic psychological need-relevant practices by teachers, peers, and the academic program. Motivation and Emotion. DOI
- Guay, F., Morin, A.J.S., Litalien, D., Howard, J.L., Gilbert, W. (2021). Trajectories of self-determined motivation during the secondary school: A growth mixture analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology. DOI
- (2020). Fostering the use of pedagogical practices among teachers to support elementary students’ motivation to write. Contemporary Educational Psychology. DOI
Autres contributions
Divers
- Pelletier, D., Gilbert, W., Guay, F., Falardeau, É. (2024). Predicting Reading Achievement from Reading Support: The Role of Motivation and Reading Frequency in Elementary and Secondary School Students. SSRN.
