Jean-Pascal Lemelin

Publications

Articles

• Daniel Paquette, Julio Macario de Medeiros, Sophie Couture, Marc Bigras, Jean-Pascal Lemelin. (2025). Father-child and mother-child activation relationships as predictors of injury-risk behaviors in preschool boys and girls. Journal of Health Psychology. DOI
• Karl Larouche, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Roxanne Lemieux, Kim Deschênes, Gabrielle Duguay, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Nicolas Berthelot. (2025). Converging Evidence of a Specific Vulnerability of Young Boys to Parental Childhood Trauma. JAACAP Open. DOI
• René-Marc Lavigne, Alexa Martin-Storey, Geneviève Paquette, Stéphanie Boutin, Melanie Dirks, Jean-Pascal Lemelin. (2025). Understanding Adolescent Girls’ Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Help-Seeking for Slut-Shaming. Journal of School Violence. DOI
• Will J. Beischel, René‐Marc Lavigne, Alexa Martin‐Storey, Jean‐Pascal Lemelin, Ryan J. Watson. (2025). Minority Stress, Resilience, and Trouble Falling Asleep Among Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. DOI
• Corinne Mavungu-Blouin, Marie-Josée Letarte, Angélique Laurent, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Gabrielle Garon-Carrier. (2025). Profiles of Low School Readiness Among At-Risk Preschoolers and Their Correlates in Kindergarten and Grade 1. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. DOI
• Laurent, A., Letarte, M.-J., Lemelin, J.-P. (2025). Cumulative Family Sociodemographic Risk and Preschoolers’ Language Skills Development: The Mediating Role of the Home Literacy Environment. Early Education and Development. DOI
• Paquette, D., Dubois-Comtois, K., Cyr, C., Bigras, M., Bacro, F., Couture, S., Lemelin, J.-P. (2025). Family Configurations of Attachment Relationships in Infancy: Associations with Children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors in Toddlerhood. Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOI
• Beischel, W.J., 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. DOI
• Gaudreau, W., Pascuzzo, K., Bégin, V., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Garon-Carrier, G. (2025). Interrupting the Link Between Temperamental risk, Adverse Parenting Practices, and Externalizing Problems in School-Aged Children: The Role of Teacher–Child Relationships. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI
• 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. DOI
• 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. DOI
• 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 and Human Development. DOI
• Poirier, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Déry, M., Crescenzi, O., Temcheff, C.E. (2024). An examination of the relationship between conduct problems and depressive symptoms comorbidity and temperament among elementary school children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Harvey, E., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Bégin, V. (2024). Child temperament and trajectories of student–teacher relationships quality. Child Development. DOI
• 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 and Human Development. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Therriault, D., Lemelin, J.-P., Toupin, J., Déry, M. (2024). Peer attachment in adolescence: What are the individual and relational associated factors?. Social Development. DOI
• Lavigne, R.-M., Martin-Storey, A., Lemelin, J.-P., Temcheff, C., Déry, M. (2024). Stigma and Empathy: How Youth With Childhood Conduct Problems Link Service Use and Interpersonal Relationships. Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOI
• Paquette, D., de Medeiros, J.M., Bigras, M., Bacro, F., Couture, S., Lemelin, J.-P., Cyr, C., Dubois-Comtois, K. (2023). Father-Child and Mother–Child Relationships as Predictors of Injury-Risk Behaviors in Toddlers. Adversity and Resilience Science. DOI
• Gagné, K., Lemelin, J.-P., Tarabulsy, G. (2023). Mother-infant interaction context matters for verbal and non-verbal parental mentalization: an initial portrait of associations between parental embodied mentalizing, mind-mindedness, and maternal characteristics in a structured and unstructured context. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Gobeil-Bourdeau, J., Lemelin, J.-P., Letarte, M.-J., Laurent, A. (2022). Can Temperament Predict School Readiness in At-Risk Kindergarteners? A Combination of Variable-Oriented and Person-Oriented Approaches. Early Education and Development. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Jasmine Gobeil-Bourdeau, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Marie-Josée Letarte, Angélique Laurent. (2022). Interactions between child temperament and family environment in relation to school readiness: Diathesis-stress, differential susceptibility, or vantage sensitivity?. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Garon-Carrier, G., Pascuzzo, K., Gaudreau, W., Lemelin, J.-P., Déry, M. (2022). Maternal Functioning and Child's Externalizing Problems: Temperament and Sex-Based Driven Effects. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI
• Harvey, E., Lemelin, J.-P., Déry, M. (2022). Student-teacher relationship quality moderates longitudinal associations between child temperament and behavior problems. Journal of School Psychology. DOI
• Karine Gagné, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, George M. Tarabulsy. (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. DOI
• Alexa Martin-Storey, Caroline Temcheff, Michèle Déry, Mélanie Lapalme, Melina Tomasiello, Audrey Mariamo, Jean-Pascal Lemelin. (2021). Conduct Problems and Adherence to COVID-19 Guidelines: A Developmental Psychopathology-Informed Approach. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. DOI
• Danyka Therriault, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Jean Toupin, Michèle Déry. (2021). Factors Associated with Parent–Adolescent Attachment Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Study. Adolescents. DOI
• Sabrina Suffren, Karine Dubois-Comtois, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Diane St-Laurent, Tristan Milot. (2021). Relations between Child and Parent Fears and Changes in Family Functioning Related to COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Stéphanie Boutin, Valérie Roy, Renée A. St-Pierre, Michèle Déry, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Alexa Martin-Storey, Martine Poirier, Jean Toupin, Pierrette Verlaan, Caroline E. Temcheff. (2020). The longitudinal association between externalizing and internalizing problems: An exploration of the dual failure model. Developmental Psychology. DOI
• 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. DOI
• Sirois, M.-S., Bernier, A., Lemelin, J.-P. (2019). Child temperamental anger, mother–child interactions, and socio-emotional functioning at school entry. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. DOI
• Beaudette, C.T., Poirier, M., Lapalme, M., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.-P. (2019). Implication scolaire des parents et adaptation comportementale, sociale et scolaire des filles et des garçons ayant eu des problèmes de comportement à l'enfance. Canadian Journal of Education.
• Therriault, D., Lemelin, J.-P., Toupin, J., Dery, M., Paquette, D. (2019). Parent and Peer Attachment in Early Adolescents with and without Disruptive Behavior Disorder,L'attachement aux parents et aux pairs chez les adolescents et adolescentes avec ou sans trouble du comportement. Enfance. DOI
• Poirier, M., Temcheff, C.E., Déry, M., Toupin, J., Verlaan, P., Lemelin, J.-P. (2019). The Role of Academic Skills in the Evolution of Conduct Problems and Depressive Symptoms Among Children With and Without Early Clinically Significant Conduct Problems. Journal of Early Adolescence. DOI
• Ter-Stepanian, M., Martin-Storey, A., Bizier-Lacroix, R., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Temcheff, C.E. (2019). Trajectories of Verbal and Physical Peer Victimization Among Children with Comorbid Oppositional Defiant Problems, Conduct Problems and Hyperactive-Attention Problems. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI
• Bégin, V., Déry, M., Corff, Y.L., Toupin, J., Lemelin, J.-P. (2018). Contribution of psychopathic traits to changing conduct problems among elementary school-age children,Contribution des traits psychopathiques á l'évolution des problèmes de conduites de filles et de garçons d'âge scolaire primaire. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. DOI
• Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Kovas, Y., Parent, S., Séguin, J., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Dionne, G. (2018). Early developmental trajectories of number knowledge and math achievement from 4 to 10 years: Low-persistent profile and early-life predictors. Journal of School Psychology. DOI
• Lacroix, K., Martin-Storey, A., Déry, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Temcheff, C. (2018). Influence du quartier résidentiel et des problèmes de comportement extériorisés sur le rendement scolaire des adolescents. Canadian Journal of Education.
• Oulhote, Y., Tremblay, É., Arbuckle, T.E., Fraser, W.D., Lemelin, J.-P., Séguin, J.R., Ouellet, E., Forget-Dubois, N., Ayotte, P., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Lanphear, B.P., Muckle, G. (2018). Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and predisposition to frustration at 7 months: Results from the MIREC study. Environment International. DOI
• Martin-Storey, A., Temcheff, C., Dery, M., Poirier, M., Verlaan, P., Lemelin, J.-P. (2018). Trajectories of internalizing problems during the transition to adolescence in children with and without conduct problems. International Journal of Behavioral Development. DOI
• Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Guay, F., Kovas, Y., Dionne, G., Lemelin, J.-P., Séguin, J.R., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E. (2016). Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics in Elementary School: A Longitudinal Investigation of Their Association. Child Development. DOI
• Toupin, J., Déry, M., Verlaan, P., Lemelin, J.-P., Lecocq, A., Jagiellowicz, J. (2016). LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS OF CONDUCT PROBLEMS OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. Psychology in the Schools. DOI
• Poirier, M., Déry, M., Temcheff, C.E., Toupin, J., Verlaan, P., Lemelin, J.-P. (2016). Longitudinal associations between conduct problems and depressive symptoms among girls and boys with early conduct problems. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. DOI
• Temcheff, C.E., Déry, M.E., St-Pierre, R.A., Laventure, M., Lemelin, J.-P. (2016). Precocious initiation into smoking, alcohol use, and gambling among children with conduct problems. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. DOI
• Savard, A., Letarte, M.-J., Lapalme, M., Besnard, T., Lemelin, J.-P. (2016). Role of the collaborative relationships between families and schools in explaining behavioural difficulties of preschool children,Rôle de la collaboration famille-école dans l'explication des difficultés de comportement des enfants de maternelle. ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant.
• Poirier, M., Déry, M., Toupin, J., Verlaan, P., Lemelin, J.-P., Jagiellowicz, J. (2015). Correlates of conduct problems and depression comorbidity in elementary school boys and girls receiving special educational services. Psychology in the Schools. DOI
• Rodic, M., Zhou, X., Tikhomirova, T., Wei, W., Malykh, S., Ismatulina, V., Sabirova, E., Davidova, Y., Tosto, M.G., Lemelin, J.-P., Kovas, Y. (2015). Cross-cultural investigation into cognitive underpinnings of individual differences in early arithmetic. Developmental Science. DOI
• Kovas, Y., Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Petrill, S.A., Plomin, R., Malykh, S.B., Spinath, F., Murayama, K., Ando, J., Bogdanova, O.Y., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Forget-Dubois, N., Galajinsky, E.V., Gottschling, J., Guay, F., Lemelin, J.-P., Logan, J.A.R., Yamagata, S., ... Vitaro, F. (2015). Why children differ in motivation to learn: Insights from over 13,000 twins from 6 countries. Personality and Individual Differences. DOI
• Milot, T., Lorent, A., St-Laurent, D., Bernier, A., Tarabulsy, G., Lemelin, J.-P., Éthier, L.S. (2014). Hostile-Helpless state of mind as further evidence of adult disorganized states of mind in neglecting families. Child Abuse and Neglect. DOI
• Tarabulsy, G.M., Pearson, J., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Bussières, E.-L., Madigan, S., Lemelin, J.-P., Duchesneau, A.-A., Hatier, D.-E., Royer, F. (2014). Meta-analytic findings of the relation between maternal prenatal stress and anxiety and child cognitive outcome. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. DOI
• Kovas, Y., Galajinsky, E.V., Boivin, M., Harold, G.T., Jones, A., Lemelin, J.-P., Luo, Y., Petrill, S.A., Plomin, R., Tikhomirova, T., Zhou, X., Malykh, S. (2013). The Russian School Twin Registry (RSTR): Project progress. Twin Research and Human Genetics. DOI
• Milot, T., Plamondon, A., Éthier, L.S., Lemelin, J.-P., St-Laurent, D., Rousseau, M. (2013). Validity of CBCL-Derived PTSD and Dissociation Scales: Further Evidence in a Sample of Neglected Children and Adolescents. Child Maltreatment. DOI
• Therriault, D., Tarabulsy, G.M., Lemelin, J.-P., Provost, M.A. (2011). Direction of effects between child temperament and maternal sensitivity,Direction des effets entre le tempérament de l'enfant et la sensibilité maternelle. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. DOI
• Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Lemelin, J.-P., Pérusse, D., Tremblay, R.E., Boivin, M. (2009). Early child language mediates the relation between home environment and school readiness. Child Development. DOI
• Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A., Bordeleau, S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Moran, G., Pederson, D.R., Trabelsi, M., Lemelin, J.-P., Pierce, T. (2009). Validation of a short version of the maternal behavior Q-set applied to a brief video record of mother-infant interaction. Infant Behavior and Development. DOI
• Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A., Larose, S., Moss, E., Lemelin, J.-P., Moran, G., Forbes, L., Pederson, D.R. (2008). Similarities and differences in mothers' and observers' ratings of infant security on the Attachment Q-Sort. Infant Behavior and Development. DOI
• Lemelin, J.-P., Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A., Fournier, M., Robitaille, J., Hémond, I., Tessier, R. (2007). Le questionnaire d'évaluation du comportement de l'enfant: Version Canadienne française du toddler behavior assessment questionnaire. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. DOI
• Forget-Dubois, N., Lemelin, J.-P., Boivin, M., Dionne, G., Séguin, J.R., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E. (2007). Predicting early school achievement with the EDI: A longitudinal population-based study. Early Education and Development. DOI
• Lemelin, J.-P., Boivin, M., Forget-Dubois, N., Dionne, G., Séguin, J.R., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Pérusse, D. (2007). The genetic-environmental etiology of cognitive school readiness and later academic achievement in early childhood. Child Development. DOI
• Lemelin, J.-P., Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A. (2006). Predicting preschool cognitive development from infant temperament, maternal sensitivity, and psychosocial risk. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
• Éthier, L.S., Lemelin, J.-P., Lacharité, C. (2004). A longitudinal study of the effects of chronic maltreatment on children's behavioral and emotional problems. Child Abuse and Neglect. DOI
• Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A., Deslandes, J., St-Laurent, D., Moss, E., Lemelin, J.-P., Bernier, A., Dassylva, J.-F. (2003). Individual differences in infant still-face response at 6 months. Infant Behavior and Development. DOI
• Lemelin, J.-P., Tarabulsy, G.M., Provost, M.A. (2002). Relations between measures of irritability and contingency detection at 6 months. Infancy. DOI