Alumni

Sabrina Schmiedel (alumna)

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (2021)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Ottawa (2021)
  • B.A., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2013)

Research Interests:

  • Child laughter
  • Child-parent attachment relationships

Doctoral Thesis:

Comment faire rire les enfants d’âge préscolaire : développement d’un système de codification et liens avec l’attachement enfant-père et enfant-mère (2021). University of Ottawa.

Current Position:

Dr. Schmiedel currently works in a private practice at the Child, Adolescent and Family Center of Ottawa (CAFCO) where she provides therapy services to children, adolescents and families. She also works for the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’est de l’Ontario (CEPEO). Dr. Schmiedel is completing the requirements to become licensed as a psychologist within the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

Recent Publications:

Delgadillo-Chase, Borapai, S., Pressman, S., Goldstein, A., Bureau, J.-F., Schmiedel, S., Backer, M., Broekman, B., Hian, T.K., Chong, Y.S., Chen, H., Meaney, M.J., Rifkin-Graboy, A., Tsotsi, S., & Borelli, J.L. (2020). Maternal Expressions of Positive Emotion for Children Predicts Children’s Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Surrounding Stress. Developmental Psychobiology. Doi : 10.1002/dev.22082

Sztajerowska, K., Schmiedel, S., & Deneault, A. (2020). Les Troubles de L’attachement : Un Modèle Intégratif des Trajectoires Développementales. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, 41(2).

Bureau, J.F., Martin, J., Yurkowski, K., Schmiedel, S., Quan, J., Moss, E., & Pallanca, D.  (2017). Correlates of Child-Father and Child-Mother Attachment in the Preschool Years. Attachment & Human Development. Doi: 10.1080/14616734.2016.1263350.

Audrey-Ann Deneault (alumna)

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (2021)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa (2021)
  • B.Sc., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2015)

Research Interests:

  • Child-mother and child-father attachment relationships
  • Parental behaviors and their influence on children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and linguistic development from infancy to emerging adulthood
  • Fathering and the role of fathers in the family from a family systems perspective

Doctoral Thesis:

Validation of the Preschool Attachment Rating Scales and demonstration of their utility to understand how preschool child-mother and child-father attachment promote children’s social adaptation. (2021). University of Ottawa

Current Position:

Dr. Deneault is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Calgary working under the supervision of Dr. Sheri Madigan. Her postdoctoral research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et culture.  

Recent Publications:

Deneault, A.-A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Groh, A. M., Fearon, R. M. P., & Madigan, S. (in press). Child-father attachment in early childhood and behavior problems: A meta-analysis. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development. 

Deneault, A.-A., Cabrera, N., Ghosh, R., Tölle, A.-S., Seethaler, J., Majdandžić, M., & Reich, S. M. (2022). Challenging parenting behavior in ethnically diverse two-parent families and its association with infants’ social adaptation. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58, 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.08.006

Bureau, J.-F., Trepiak, P., Deneault, A.-A., & Boulerice, K. (2021). Stability of father- and mother-child synchrony in a playful setting from preschool to middle childhood: Associations with children’s social adaptation. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 57(4), 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.04.009

Deneault, A.-A., & Hammond, S. (2021). Connecting the moral core: Examining moral baby research through an attachment theory perspective. Social Cognition, 39(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2021.39.1.4

Jeffry Quan (alumna)

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (2020)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa (2020)
  • B.A., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2012)

Research Interests:

  • Family relationships across cultures
  • Parent-child interactions
  • Children’s socio-emotional development

Doctoral Thesis:

Autonomy and Relatedness During the Preschool Period: An Examination of Parent-Child Interactions Within and Across Cultures. (2020). University of Ottawa

Current Position:

Dr. Quan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Military Psychology and Leadership at the Royal Military College of Canada, where he teaches developmental psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and statistics. Dr. Quan’s research focuses on understanding how contextual factors such as culture influence parental beliefs and behaviours, and how these factors ultimately affect children’s development. He is also interested in projects that advance the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher-education settings.

Recent Publications:

Bureau, J.-F., Deneault, A.-A., Yurkowski, K., Martin, J., Quan, J., Sezlik, S., & Guérin-Marion, C. (2020). The interaction of child-father attachment and child-mother attachment in the prediction of observed coparenting. Psychology of Men and Masculinities. Advance online publication.

Quan, J., Ong, M. L., Bureau, J. F., Sim, L. W., Sanmugam, S., Malik, A. B. A., ... & Kwek, K. (2017). The influence of CHRNA4, COMT, and maternal sensitivity on orienting and executive attention in 6-month-old infants. Brain and Cognition, 116, 17-28.

Kim Yurkowski (alumna)

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (2018)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa (2018)
  • B.A., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2010)

Research Interests:

  • Parent-child attachment relationships
  • Child psychosocial adaptation
  • Mother-father-child triadic interactions

Doctoral Thesis:

Représentations d'attachement des enfants d'âge préscolaire: validation d'un nouvel instrument d'évaluation et son association au développement social de l'enfant. (2018). University of Ottawa.

Current Position:

Dr. Yurkowski is a psychologist in the public sector at the Personnel Psychology Centre (PPC) of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Recent Publications:

Bureau, J.-F., Deneault, A.-A., Yurkowski, K., Martin, J., Quan, J., Sezlik, S., & Guérin-Marion, C. (2021). The interaction of child-father attachment and child-mother attachment in the prediction of observed coparenting. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 22(3), 512-520. doi:10.1037/men0000309

Deneault, A.-A., Yurkowski, K., Schmiedel, S., & Bureau, J.-F. (2021). Placer l’enfant au centre de l’évaluation de la qualité de la relation enfant-parent: les récits d’attachement. Dans I. Côté, K. Lavoie, & R.-P. Trottier-Cyr (Éds.), La méthodologie de recherche centrée sur l’enfant: recueillir et restituer la parole des enfants et des adolescent.e.s. (pp. 335-359). Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

Bureau, J.-F., Deneault, A.-A., & Yurkowski, K. (2020). Preschool father-child attachment and its relation to self-reported child socioemotional adaptation in middle childhood. Attachment & Human Development, 22, 90-104. doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1589065

Deneault, A.-A., Bureau, J.-F., Yurkowski, K., & Moss, E. (2019). Validation of the Preschool Attachment Rating Scales with child-mother and child-father dyads. Attachment and Human Development. doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1589546

Bureau, J.-F., Deneault, A.-A., & Yurkowski, K. (2019). Preschool father-child attachment and its relation to self-reported child socioemotional adaptation at elementary school. Attachment and Human Development. doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1589065

Orpana, H. M., Lang, J. J., & Yurkowski, K. (2019). Validation of a brief version of the Social Provisions Scale using Canadian national survey data. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 39(12).doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.39.12.02

Molisa Meier (alumna)

Molisa Meier

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (2015)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Ottawa (2015)
  • B.A., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2008)

Research Interests:

  • Parent-child attachment relationships
  • Parentification
  • Psychopathlogy

Doctoral Thesis:

The development, psychometric analyses and correlates of a new self-report measure on disorganization and role reversal. (2015). University of Ottawa.

Current Position:

Dr. Meier currently works in private practice at Queensview Professional Services (QPS) as a clinical psychologist. She provides therapy and assessment services to children, adolescents and adults. 

Recent Publications:

Meier, M., & Bureau, J.-F. (2018). The development, psychometric analyses and correlates of a self-report measure on disorganization and role reversal. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 1805-1817. doi: 10.1007/s10826-018-1028-1

Meier, M., Martin, J., Bureau, J.-F., Speedy, M., Levesque, C., & Lafontaine, M.-F. (2014). Psychometric properties of the mother and father compulsive caregiving scales: A brief measure of current young adult caregiving behaviours toward parents. Attachment and Human Development, 16, 174-191. doi:10.1080/14616734.2013.870809

Meier, A., Boivin, M., & Meier, M. (2010). Working through the transference of an unresolved separation/individuation pattern: A case study using theme-analysis. In A. Meier and M. Rovers (Eds.), The helping relationship: Healing and change in community context (pp.101-129). Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press.

Rachel Tupper (alumna)

Rachel Tupper

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (2015)

Education:

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Ottawa (2015)
  • B. Sc., Psychology, University of Southern Colorado (2001)

Research Interests:

  • Parent-child attachment relationships
  • Behavioural Difficulties
  • Parenting
  • Military Families

Doctoral Thesis:

The impact of military status on maternal and child outcomes in a Canadian sample of young children (2015). University of Ottawa.

Current Position:

Dr. Tupper currently works for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, where she provides assessment and therapy services to children and adolescent students. She also works one day a week in private practice at Centretown Psychological Services. Dr. Tupper is currently in the process of becoming licensed as a psychologist with the province of Ontario.

Recent Publications:

Tupper, R., Bureau, J.-F., & St-Laurent, D. (2018). Deployment status: A direct or indirect effect on mother-child attachment within a Canadian military context? Infant Mental Health Journal, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21720

Jodi Martin (alumna)

Jodi Martin

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (2014)

Contact information:

jodimart@yorku.ca

Education:

  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt Laboratory, York University (2016-2018)
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota (2014-2016)
  • Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa (2014)
  • B.A., Honours in Psychology, University of Ottawa (2006)

Research Interests:

  • Non-suicidal self-injury
  • Suicidal behaviour
  • Parent-child attachment relationships
  • Psychological difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood

Doctoral Thesis:

Quality of parent-child relationships, attachment, and non-suicidal self-injury: Two investigations in young adult samples. (2014). University of Ottawa.

Current Position:

Dr. Martin is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of Psychology at York University, where she specializes in teaching statistics and research methods. Dr. Martin's research studies the impact of caregiver characteristics (i.e., psychological symptoms, behaviour, attachment representations) on the development of children's negative affect regulation across contexts of varying distress.

Recent Publications:

Guérin-Marion, C., Martin, M.J., Lafontaine, M.-F., & Bureau, J.-F. (2019). Invalidating caregiving environments, specific emotion regulation deficits, and non-suicidal self-injury. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10578-019-00908-2

Badovinac, S., Martin, M. J., Guérin-Marion, C., O'Neill, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Bureau, J.-F., & Spiegel, R. (2018). Associations between mother-preschooler attachment and maternal depression symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 13(10), e0204374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204374 

Guérin-Marion, C., Martin, M. J., Deneault, A.-A., Lafontaine, M.-F., & Bureau, J.-F. (2018). The functions and addictive features of non-suicidal self-injury: A confirmatory factor analysis of the Ottawa Self-Injury Inventory in a community sample of young adults. Psychiatry Research, 264, 316-321. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.019

 

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