A few words about us

The Couples and Relationships Research Lab's program of research focuses on the couple relationship, and the individual and conjugal factors that impact both couple and psychological wellbeing in diverse life situations and adversity. Read more

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Study on Psychological and Conjugal Well-Being of Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatment

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Parents of Little Fighters: Living with Pediatric Cancer

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COuples in LOng-term relationships: Sexuality, Support, and Attachment in daily Life (CoLoSSAL)

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Other ongoing studies
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Infertility, at the heart of our research

We are particularly interested in infertility. We attempt to better understand the impacts of this experience on psychological, conjugal, and sexual well-being, as well as to develop proper interventions that aim to promote healthy adaptation in couples followed in fertility clinics.

All couples do not adapt the same way during fertility treatments.

Our research has shown the existence of several couples’ profiles; to self-blame or not for the fertility difficulty would be a key element in the psychological and conjugal adjustment in couples undergoing fertility treatments.

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Chantal Tougas

Chantal Tougas

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Chantal has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from HEC Montréal and a specialized Graduate Diploma in Translation from McGill University. She is a doctoral student in clinical psychology (D. Psy.) at the University of Montréal since 2012. Her doctoral research project aims to examine the role of conjugal support to explain the association between insecure attachment and the use of psychological aggression in couples seeking marital therapy.

 

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