Myriam Laventure

Full professor, département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke

Regular member

Training
  • (2006) Doctorate (Education). Université de Sherbrooke.
  • (1998) Master’s with thesis (Psychoeducation). Université de Sherbrooke.
  • (1990) Bachelor's (Psychoeducation). Université de Sherbrooke.
Bio

It took a detour in intervention for me to become interested in research, and a detour in rehabilitation to spark my interest in prevention. In fact, my research has been guided for over 15 years by questions related to professional practice and the urge to intervene in problems earlier.

It is therefore very important to me that my research be applied and that it provide concrete tools for practitioners. This is why I am interested in the implementation and evaluation of prevention programs, whether universal or targeted, specifically those aimed at youth (10-17 years) and young adults (18-24 years). Also of interest to me are programs dedicated to families of children aged 6 to 12 whose parents are dependent on alcohol or drugs, as these young people are particularly at risk of developing substance abuse problems. Last, I study programs that need to be adapted for Indigenous youth, because all youth should have the right to receive preventive interventions. In this sense, my work mainly falls within the scope of Axes 2 and 3 of GRISE.

Essentially, my research is all about best practices, applied in real life!

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Research

Myriam Laventure (principal investigator), Marie-Josée Letarte, Chantal Plourde (co-applicant). (2018-2023). Implementation evaluation of the Cap sur la famille [Heading for the future] program for 6-12-year-old children of parents with an addiction. Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec.

Myriam Laventure (principal investigator), Marie-Josée Letarte, Chantal Plourde (co-applicants). (2020-2021). Group intervention with parents with addictions: An evaluation of the implementation of the Focus on the Family Virtual Program in a pandemic context. Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD).

Myriam Laventure (principal investigator), Chantal Plourde, Joël Tremblay (co-applicants). (2016-2018). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of three behavioral tests for Indigenous youth in Quebec. Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH).

Publications

Garneau M, Laventure M, Temcheff, CE. (2023). Validation du Dominique Interactif auprès d’élèves Innus : utilité clinique et limites psychométriques. Revue de psychoéducation. 52(1), 267–298.

*Bédard S, Letarte M-J, Lemelin J-P, Laventure M. (2021). Parent Training Program to Increase School Readiness: What Characteristics of Parents, Family and Children Predict Engagement?. Revue de psychoéducation, 50(1), 1-21.

Côté-Dion C-M, Garneau M, Gougeon M, Letarte M-J, Laventure M. (2021). Associations between self-efficacy, psychological distress and parenting in adults with problematic substance use. Drogues, santé et société, 19(1-2). 283-307.

Poulin MH, Laventure M, Tremblay K, Beuchot A. (2020). Substance use in adolescents and young adults with autism. Revue Drogues Santé et Société. 18(2): 120-142.

*Garneau M, Laventure M, Temcheff CE. (2020). Internal structure and measurement invariance of the Dominic Interactive among Quebec Indigenous children. Psychological Assessment.

Martin-Storey A, Temcheff CE, Laventure M, *Levesque G. (2019). Differences in mental health across sexual minority status. Santé mentale au Québec. 44(1): 47-66.

Couture S, Laventure M, Fafard F, Pentecote C. (2018). Clinical reasoning and intervention strategies: simulated interviews with psychoactive substance-using mothers who monitored by youth protection services. Revue de psychoéducation. 47(2): 213-230.

Laventure M, Ferland F, Blanchette-Martin N, Génois R, Garceau P, Turcotte S. (2018). Parenting training program for parents with an addiction and their children aged 6 to 12: Characteristics of families reached by the program. Revue de Psychoéducation. 47(2): 312-332.

Cotton JC, Laventure M, Joly J. (2017). Factors facilitating and impending implementation of a prevention program in an elementary school in Quebec. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 37(1): 29-47.

*Cotton J-C, Laventure M, Joly J. (2016). Cultural adaptation of a universal addiction prevention program for aboriginal innus children. Drogue, Santé et Société. 15(2): 77-99.

Temcheff CE, Déry M, *St-Pierre RA, Laventure M, Lemelin J-P. (2016). Precocious Initiation into Smoking, Alcohol Use and Gambling among Children with Conduct Problems. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 61(1): 50-58.