Publications par nos membres

Année 2026

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., Canivet, C., Bonneau, J., Hassan, G., Boislard, M. A., Calazana, F., Labrie, C., & Dubé, S. (2026). ‘‘I could practice flirting without pressure’’ : A proof-of-concept study of an AI chatbot-assisted intervention for men facing distressing involuntary singlehood. Archives of Sexual Behavior (prépublication).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03356-3

Année 2025

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., Godbout, N. (2025). Examining sexual functioning and disgust in virtual reality: Low sexual interest/arousal and sexual pain moderate disgust toward sexual stimuli. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 25 (4), 100647.*co-first authors

    • Richard, C. M., Lapointe, V. A., & Philippe, F. L. (2025). Between body and soul: The role of need satisfaction and physiological reactivity in the recall of anxious memories on subjective emotional experience. Psychological Reports, 00332941251346700.
      https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251346700

    • Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., Rukhlyadyev, S., Kessai, T., & Lafortune, D. (2025). AI-generated pornography: The present and future of adult entertainment. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-19, Advance online publication.
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03099-1

    • Lafortune, D., Bonneau, J., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., Castillo-Calazana, F., Labrie, C., ... & Godbout, N. (2025). Examining erectile disorder manifestations and the impact of point-of-view in virtual reality erotica. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-15.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574

    • Lafortune, D., Bonneau, J., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., Castillo-Calazana, F., Labrie, C., ... & Godbout, N. (2025). Examining erectile disorder manifestations and the impact of point-of-view in virtual reality erotica. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574

    • Brillon, P., Dewar, M., Lapointe, V. A., Paradis, A., Philippe, L. F. (2025) Emotion regulation and compassion fatigue in mental health professionals in a context of stress: A longitudinal study. PLOS Mental Health, 2(2), e0000187.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000187

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., & Bonneau, J. (2025). Virtual reality exposure therapy for sexual aversion: a proof-of-concept study on acceptability, adequacy, and clinical effects. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 22 (1), 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae154

    • Lapointe, V. A., Lafortune, L., & Calazana, F. (2025, 1er septembre). Relations intimes et intelligence artificielle : Des usages émergents aux enjeux cliniques. Psychologie Québec.

    • Williams, M. E., Petruzzello, G., & O’Sullivan, L. (2025). Gross double standard: Men using sextech elicit greater disgust ratings than women. The Journal of Sex Research.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2586748

    • Dussault, É., Williams, M. E., & Lafortune, D (2025). ‘How’ matters more than ‘how much’: Demographics, usage context, and sexual wellbeing related to partnered teledildonics use in men. The Journal of Sex Research (Prépublication).
      https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2510451

    • Williams, M. E., Lafortune, D., Canivet, C., & Dussault, É. (2025). Sex toy use in Québec (Canada): Prevalence across demographics, motivations, and links with erotophobia and sexual satisfaction. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 51 (3), 283-297.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2464092

    • Moore, C., Williams, M. E., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2025). The effects of referential continuity on novel word learning in bilingual and monolingual preschoolers.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 252, 106180.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106180

    • Labrie, C., & De Chantal, P. L. (2025). Internal dialogue during divergent thinking predicts originality—but in unexpected ways. Open Science Framework. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/tz7r8_v1

    • Lafortune, D., Bonneau, J., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., Castillo-Calazana, F., Labrie, C., Canivet, C., & Godbout, N. (2025). Examining erectile disorder manifestations and the impact of point-of-view in virtual reality erotica. The Journal of Sex Research, (Prépublication). https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574

    • Canivet, C., Lafortune, D., Bolduc, R., Guyon, R., & Godbout, N. (2025). Sexual fantasies, sexual trauma, and the weight of shame: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Sex Research, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2543480

    • Lafortune, D., Bonneau, J., Lapointe, V. A., Castillo-Calazana, F., Labrie, C., Canivet, C., Dubé, S., & Godbout, N. (2025). Examining erectile disorder manifestations and the impact of point-of-view in virtual reality erotica. Journal of Sex Research (prépublication). https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574

    • Canivet, C., Roberge, J., Lafortune, D., & Boislard, M. A. (2025). Assessing female genital satisfaction: Validation of an index of female genital image in a French-Canadian sample of individuals with vulvas. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2025.2508827

    • Williams, M. E., Lafortune, D., Canivet, C., & Dussault, É. (2025). Sex toy use in Québec (Canada): Prevalence across demographics, motivations, and links with erotophobia and sexual satisfaction. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 51 (3), 283-297.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2464092

Année 2024

    • Jalbert, E., Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., & Bonneau, J. (2024). Disgust responses to virtual erotica: Analysis of their interaction with sexual anxiety and immersive tendencies. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 33 (1), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2023-0040

    • Lafortune, D., Dubé, S., Lapointe, V., Bonneau, J., Champoux, C., & Sigouin, N. (2024). Virtual reality could help assess sexual aversion disorder. The Journal of Sex Research, 61 (4), 588-602.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2241860

    • Lafortune, D., Dussault, É., Vaillancourt-Morel, M. P., Lapointe, V. A., Blais, M., & Godbout, N. (2024). Is sexual aversion a distinct disorder or a trans-diagnostic symptom across sexual dysfunctions? A latent class analysis. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 50 (1), 105-120.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2023.2261933

    • Lafortune, D., Bonneau, J., Lapointe, V. A., Castillo-Calazana, F., Labrie, C., Dubé, S., Canivet, C., & Godbout, N. (2024). Examining erectile disorder manifestations and the impact of point-of view in virtual reality erotica. The Journal of Sex Research (prépublication).
      https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574

    • Lucca, K., Yuen, F., Wang, Y., [and 90 alphabetical co-authors, including Williams, M.], & Hamlin, K. (2024). Infants’ social evaluation of helpers and hinderers: A large-scale, multi-lab, coordinated replication study. Developmental Science, 28 (1), e13582.
      https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13581

    • Alessandroni, N., Altschul, D., Bazhydai, M., Byers-Heinlein, K., Elsherif, M., Gjoneska, B., Huber, L., Mazza, V., Miller, R., Nawroth, C., Pronzius, E., Qadri, M. A. J., Šlipogor, V., Soderstrom, M., Stevens, J. R., Visser, I., Williams, M., Zettersten, M., & Prétôt, L. (2024). Comparative cognition needs Big Team Science: How large-scale collaborations will unlock the future of the field. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 19, 67–72.
      https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2024.190001.

    • Dubé, S., Williams, M., Santaguida, M., Hu, R., Gadoury, T., Yim, B., Vachon, D., & Johnson, A. (2024). Hot for robots! Sexual arousal increases willingness to engage erotically with robots. The Journal of Sex Research, 61 (4), 638–648. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2142190

    • Canivet, C., Lafortune, D., Bolduc, R., & Godbout, N. (2024). A qualitative analysis of sexual fantasies among childhood sexual abuse survivors and non-victims. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 33 (8), 970-986. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2024.2415553

    • Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Godbout, N., Canivet, C., Peleg-Sagy, T., & Lafortune, D. (2024). The complex interplay between BDSM and childhood sexual abuse: A form of repetition and dissociation or a path toward processing and healing? Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 50 (5), 583-594.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2024.2332775

Année 2023

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., Dubé, S., & Brotto, L. A. (2023). Virtual reality therapy for sexual dysfunctions: a scoping review. Current Sexual Health Reports, 15 (4), 261-279.
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-023-00374-x

Année 2022

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V. A., Canivet, C., Godbout, N., & Boislard, M.-P. (2022). Validation of a virtual environment for sexual aversion. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32 (2), 85-98.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2021.11.001

    • Lafortune, D., Lapointe, V., Canivet, C., Godbout, N., & Boislard, M.-P. (2022). Validation of a virtual environment for sexual aversion. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32 (2), 85–98.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2021.11.001

Année 2021

    • Dussault, É., Lafortune, D., Canivet, C., Boislard, M. A., Leavitt, C. E., & Godbout, N. (2021). Validation of the French sexual mindfulness measure and its links with psychosexual well-being. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 39 (4), 1074-1090.
      https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2021.2009794

    • Lafortune, D., Canivet, C., Boislard, M. A., & Godbout, N. (2021). Brief report: Validation of a brief French version of the Sexual Anxiety Scale. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30 (1), 94–105.
      https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2020-0042