Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Publications resulting from the PRESAJ study:

• Girouard, A., Dion, J., Štulhofer, A., Bőthe, B., Blais, M., Paquette, M-M., O’Sullivan, L., & Bergeron, S. (2024). Orgasm and sexual behavior among adolescents: Differences across genders and dyad configurations. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03054-6
• Martel, S., Bergeron, S., Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P., Hébert, M., & Dion, J. (2024). Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between pornography use and dating violence victimization: Are there risks for teenagers? Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241307228
• Paquette, M.-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., O’Sullivan, L., Perrier Léonard, D., & Bergeron, S. (2024). How does sexual subjectivity vary on the basis of gender and sexual orientation? Validation of the Short Sexual Subjectivity Inventory (SSSI-12) in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53, 275–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02675-7
• Bigras, N., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Byers, E. S., Aumais, M., & Bergeron, S. (2023). A validation study of the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction in sexually active heterosexual, cisgender and sexual/gender minority adolescents. Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2148239
• Dion, J., Hébert, M., Sadikaj, G., Girouard, A., Godbout, N., Martin-Storey, A., Blais, M., & Bergeron, S. (2023). Dating violence trajectories in adolescence: How do they relate to sexual outcomes in Canada? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 2749–2765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02625-3
• Paquette, M.-M., Bőthe, B., Dion, J., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2023). Can I love my body even if it doesn’t look like the porn stars’? Longitudinal associations between pornography use frequency and body appreciation in a diverse sample of adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 3471–3489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02679-3
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Dion, J., Paquette, M.-M., Massé-Pfister, M., Tóth-Király, I., & *Bergeron, S. (2022). A longitudinal study of adolescents’ pornography use frequency, motivations, and problematic use before and during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Special Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior on the Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual Health and Behaviors, 51(1), 139-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02282-4
• Dion, J., Hamel, C., Clermont, C., Blackburn, M.-È., Hébert, M., Paquette, L., Lalande, D., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Changes in Canadian adolescent well-being since the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of prior child maltreatment. International Journal of Environmental Researchand Public Health, 19(16), 10172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610172
• Paquette, M-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Validation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority adolescents and sexuality-related correlates. Body Image, 43, 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.09.001
• Paquette, M.-M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Girouard, A., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents’ sexting behaviors: The role of body appreciation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2), 278-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01568-z
• Ramos, B., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., Girouard, A., Hébert, M., Wong, E., & Bergeron, S. (2022). Cumulative interpersonal childhood adversity and post-traumatic stress symptoms across heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Child Abuse & Neglect, 124, 105454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105454
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P., Dion, J., Štulhofer, A., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Validity and reliability of the short version of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-6-A) in adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 486-500. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000722
• Girouard, A., Dion, J., Bothe, B., O’Sullivan, L., & Bergeron, S. (2021) Bullying victimization and sexual wellbeing in sexually active heterosexual, cisgender and sexual/gender minority adolescents: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(11), 2136-2150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01471-7
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P., Girouard, A., Štulhofer, A., Dion, J., & Bergeron, S. (2020). A large-scale comparison of Canadian sexual/gender minority and heterosexual, cisgender adolescents’ pornography use characteristics. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17(6), 1156-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.02.009