Nadine Lanctôt

Chair Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation of Vulnerable Adolescent Girls and Full professor, département de psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke

Regular members

Training
  • (2001) Postdoctorate (Child and youth care). University of Victoria
  • (1999) Doctorate (Criminologie). Université de Montréal.
  • (1995) Master’s with thesis (Criminologie). Université de Montréal.
  • (1994) Bachelor's (Criminologie). Université de Montréal.
Bio

I have been attracted to research since my undergraduate studies in criminology. But at that time, I didn’t dare to assert my interest in “research,” believing that this profile, unlike the “intervention” profile, was only for “nerds”—which I absolutely did not want to become! I nevertheless accepted a job as a research assistant with a professor who constantly challenged me. I knew then that I felt good in this world and that I could fully explore my passion for research!

For me, being a researcher allows me to get to the bottom of things, be creative, challenge preconceived ideas, propose new ways of understanding complex phenomena, open my horizons and have the freedom to work on subjects that really challenge me. It’s like having carte blanche to innovate day after day!

Over the years, my research interests have focused on a specific population: vulnerable adolescent girls and young women. I am especially interested in the consequences of difficult experiences and their strategies for regaining their footing. I believe that it is important to bring together different theoretical perspectives, not only from psychoeducation, but also from psychology, criminology and sociology. I analyze longitudinal quantitative data, and appreciate the level of precision and rigour that these analyses provide. But I also want to humanize my research results with qualitative data. In essence, I want to work with my collaborators in the field to contribute to the development of practices that are as adapted as possible to the life paths and needs of these vulnerable adolescents and young women (Axis 3).

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Research

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator), Delphine Collin-Vézina, Sophie Couture, Catherine Laurier, Geneviève Parent, Katherine Pascuzzo, Miguel Terradas, Mathilde Turcotte, Marie-Pierre Villeneuve (co-applicants). (2022-2026). Rehabilitation Approaches for Youth with Adjustment Problems (RAYAP). Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) - Soutien aux équipes de recherche

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator). (2017-2024). Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation of Vulnerable Adolescent Girls. Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH).

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator), Delphine Collin-Vézina, Sophie Couture, Amélie Couvrette, Catherine Laurier, Geneviève Paquette, Geneviève Parent, Katherine Pascuzzo, Mathilde Turcotte, Marie-Pierre Villeneuve (co-applicants). (2018-2022). Research Team on the Rehabilitation of Vulnerable Girls and Women. Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) - Soutien aux équipes de recherche.

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator), Delphine Collin-Vézina (co-applicants). (2018-2020). The “My game plan” rehabilitation instrument : What young women and practitioners think. Institut universitaire jeunes en difficulté du CIUSSS Centre-sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator), Mathilde Turcotte (co-applicant). (2019-2021). Perspectives on family reunification. Ministère des relations internationales et Francophonie / Coopération Québec - Catologne Coopération Québec - Catologne.

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator). (2016-2021). The “My game plan” rehabilitation instrument : What young women and practitioners think. Emploi et Développement Social Canada.

Nadine Lanctôt (principal investigator), Sophie Couture, Amélie Couvrette, Catherine Laurier, Geneviève Paquette, Geneviève Parent, Mathilde Turcotte (co-applicants). (2015-2018). The hidden side of prostitution: A study of the impact of prostitution on the development and well-being of girls and women. Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) - Actions concertées.

Publications

Ducharme A-M, Lanctôt N, Laurier C, Lemieux A. (2023). Traumatic sequelae of exposure to street gangs in young women placed in residential care during adolescence: Examining the dose-response relationship. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.

Turcotte M, Lanctôt N. (2023). The many faces of the "foster care youth" label: How young women manage the stigma of out-of-care placement. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies. 14(1), 84-109.

Rollin M, Pascuzzo K, Lanctôt N. (2023). Do adolescent girls’ relationships with their parents influence their perceptions of the therapeutic alliance and group climate in residential care?. Children and Youth Services Review. 29(1), 205-216.

Dumont A, Lanctôt N, Paquette G. (2022). “I had a shitty past; I want a great future.” Hopes and fears of vulnerable adolescent girls aging out of care. Children and Youth Services Review, 106374.

Lanctôt N, Turcotte M, Pascuzzo K, Collin-Vezina D, Laurier C. (2021). Commercial sexual exploitation, stigma, and trauma: A detrimental trio for an altered sense of self. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 30(6), 703-721.

*Prévost-Lemire M, Paquette G, Lanctôt N. (2021). Trauma symptoms as factors associated with early motherhood among young women who had contact with child protective services. Children and Youth Services Review, 126.

Turcotte M, Lanctôt N. (2021). Managing the toll of sex work with bounded agency: Perspectives of ex-sex workers. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. 30(3), 296-305.

Couture S, Lanctôt N, Parent G, Lemieux S, Lemieux A. (2020). Consequences associated with the use of psychoactive substances among female adolescents placed in residential care: the role of sexual exploitation. Women and Health. 60(9): 1052-1062.

Lanctôt N. (2020). Child maltreatment, maladaptive cognitive schemas, and perceptions of social support among young women care leavers. Child & Family Social Work, 25, 619-627.

Lanctôt N, Reid J, Laurier C. (2020). Nightmares and flashbacks: The impact of commercial sexual exploitation of children among female adolescents placed in residential care. Child Abuse & Neglect. 100: 104-195.

Pellerin M, Parent G, Lanctôt N. (2020). Perception of social climate by welfare/justice-involved girls in out-of-home placement centers. Children and Youth Services Review. 108.

Tremblay LM, Lanctôt N, Couvrette A. (2020). The hopelessness effect: Counselors’ perceptions of their female clients involved in sex work in Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community. 00: 1-8.

*Scheffers F, *van Vugt E, Lanctôt N, Lemieux A. (2019). Experiences of (young) women after out of home placement: An examination of personality disorder symptoms through the lens of child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect. 92: 116-125.

Lanctôt N. (2018). Gender-responsive programs and services for girls in residential centers: Meeting different profiles of rehabilitation needs. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 45(1): 101-120.

*Ayotte M-H, Lanctôt N, Tourigny M. (2017). The Association Between the Working Alliance with Adolescent Girls in Residential Care and Their Trauma-Related Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood. Child & Youth Care Forum. 46(4): 601-620.

Couvrette A, Lanctôt N. (2017). Between parental efficacy and parental distress: How early maladaptive schemas contribute to the motherhood experience of young mothers who have aged out of care. Adoption & Fostering. 41(2): 170-187.

Lanctôt N, Turcotte M. (2017). The 'good mother' struggles: Obstacles to the attainment of motherhood ideals among adult women formerly placed in residential care. Child and Family Social Work. 23(1): 80-87.

van Vugt E, Lanctôt N, Paquette G, Lemieux A. (2017). How do female adolescents transition out of residential care: The impact of sexual abuse on trauma related symptoms in emerging adulthood. Revue Criminologie. 50(1): 127-155.

van Vugt E, Lanctôt N, Paquette G, Lemieux A. (2017). How do female adolescents transition out of residential care ? Towards a comprehensive understanding of child sexual abuse in relation to trauma-related symptoms. Criminologie. 50(1): 127-155.

*Ayotte M-H, Lanctôt, N, Tourigny M. (2016). How the working alliance with adolescent girls in residential care predicts the trajectories of their behavior problems. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. 33(2): 135-154.

*Boisvert I, Tourigny M, Lanctôt N, *Lemieux S. (2016). Sexual behavior problems in children: A systematic review of associated factors. Revue de psychoéducation. 45(1): 175-209.

*Hébert ST, Lanctôt N, Turcotte M. (2016). "I didn’t want to be moved there": Young women remembering their perceived sense of agency in the context of placement instability. Children and Youth Services Review.70: 229-237.

*Hébert ST, Lanctôt N. (2016). Association Between Unstable Placement Patterns and Problem Behaviors in Adolescent Girls. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. 33(3-4): 286-305.

*Hébert ST, Lanctôt N. (2016). Adolescent girls placed in residential care : studying instability throught placement trajectories. Revue de Psychoéducation. 45(1): 63-85.

Lanctôt N, Lemieux, A, *Mathys C. (2016). The Value of a Safe, Connected Social Climate for Adolescent Girls in Residential Care. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. 33(3-4): 247-269.

van Vugt E, Lanctôt N, Lemieux A. (2016). Can institutionalized adolescent females with a substantiated history of sexual abuse benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) targeting disruptive and delinquent behaviors?. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 43(7): 937-950.

*Ayotte M-H, Lanctôt N, Tourigny M. (2015). Pre-treatment profiles of adolescent girls as predictors of the strength of their working alliances with practitioners in residential care settings. Children and Youth Services Review. 53: 61-69.

*Boisvert I, Tourigny M, Lanctôt N. (2015). Psychosocial Profiles of Children Referred for Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems or for Having Been Sexually Abused. Journal Sex Offender Treatment. 10(2): 1-19.

van der Put C, Lanctôt N, De Ruiter C, *van Vugt E. (2015). Child maltreatment among boy and girl probationers: does the type of maltreatment make a difference in offending behavior and psychosocial problems?. Child Abuse & Neglect. 46: 142-151.