Publications
Accepted or in press
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Théorêt, V., Bhuyan, L., Peterson, Z., Lapierre, A., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (accepté). Does labeling a nonconsensual sexual experience as rape facilitate recovery? A systematic review of rape acknowledgement and mental health. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
2025-2026
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Bernier, A., Fontaine, N., Béliveau, M.-J., Leclerc, G., Cyr, C., Soulez, C., & Lavoie, A. (Publié en ligne). A relational perspective on callous-unemotional-traits in early childhood: Maternal sensitivity and child attachment as developmental antecedents. Development and Psychopathology.
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Mathys, C., N'Zi, M.A., Fouquet, E. & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2025). Profils de mises au changement de personnes adolescentes placées sous garde en vertu de la justice pénale pour mineurs en Belgique francophone : vers une compréhension du désistement assisté entre 13 et 18 ans. Revue Jeunes et Société, 9 (1), 60-101.
2022-2024
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Bégin, V., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E., & Côté, S.M. (2024). Psychopathic traits in childhood and depression symptoms in adolescence: The mediating role of peer victimization. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 10 (3), 309-326.
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Bégin, V., Vergunst, F., Haeck, C., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Côté, S.M., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2024). Childhood behavior problems and adverse economic outcomes: A 30-year population-based study of intergenerational income mobility. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(12), 1554-1563.
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Cortoni, F. & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2024). Interventions with justice-involved girls and women. In G. Davies & A.R. Beech (Eds.), Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions, 4e Ed. (pp. 603-626). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
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Fontaine, N. M. G., Rozéfort, A., & Bégin, V. (2023). Associations between callous-unemotional traits and psychopathology in a sample of adolescent females. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32 (1), 14-26.
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Dollion, N., Grandgeorge, M., Saint-Amour, D., Poitras Loewen, A.H., François, N., Fontaine, N.M.G., Champagne, N., & Plusquellec, P. (2022). Emotion facial processing in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study of the impact of service dogs. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 869452.
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Bégin, V., Fontaine, N.M.G., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E., & Côté, S.M. (2022). Childhood psychopathic traits and mental health outcomes in adolescence: Compensatory and protective effects of positive relationships with parents and teachers. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Publié en ligne.
2019-2020
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Bégin, V., Fontaine, N.M.G., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E., & Côté, S.M. (2023). Perinatal and early-life factors associated with stable and unstable trajectories of psychopathic traits across childhood. Psychological Medicine, 53, 379-387.
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Deskalo, A., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2021). Examining callous-unemotional traits and anxiety in a sample of incarcerated adolescent females. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 72 (1), 73-93.
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Tremblay, M.-J., Daignault, I.V., Fontaine, N.M.G., Boisvert, I., & Tourigny, M. (2020). School-aged children with sexual behavior problems: Untangling the relationship between externalizing behavior problems and non-sexual victimization on the variety and severity of sexual behaviors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107, 104490.
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Darcy, I., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2020). The Hoosier Vocal Emotions Corpus: A validated set of North American English pseudo-words for evaluating emotion processing. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 901-917.
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Gorin, H., Kosson, D.S., Miller, S.A., Fontaine, N.M.G., Vitaro, F., Séguin, J.R., Boivin, M., Côté, S.M., & Tremblay, R.E. (2019). Psychopathic traits in middle childhood: Evidence of a hierarchical three-factor structure. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41 (3), 341-352.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R.E., & Côté, S.M. (2019). Longitudinal associations between delinquency, depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescence: Testing the moderating effect of sex and family socioeconomic status. Journal of Criminal Justice, 62, 58-65.
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Hoyniak, C.P., Bates, J.E., Petersen, I.T., Yang, C.-L., Darcy, I., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2019). Diminished neural responses to emotionally valenced facial stimuli: A potential biomarker for unemotional traits in early childhood. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 50 (1), 72-82.
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Saunders, M.C., Anckarsäter, H., Lundström, S., Hellner, C., Lichtenstein, P., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2019). The associations between callous-unemotional traits and symptoms of conduct problems, hyperactivity and emotional problems: A study of adolescent twins screened for neurodevelopmental problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 47 (3), 447-457.
2016-2018
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Cigna, M.-H., Guay, J.-P., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (Accepted). Developmental profiles of individuals with psychopathic traits: The Good, the Bad, and the Snake. In V. Ziegler-Hill & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Hanscombe, K.B., Berg, M.T., McCrory, E.J., & Viding, E. (2018). Trajectories of callous-unemotional traits in childhood predict different forms of peer victimization in adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47 (3), 458-466.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Parent, G., & Guay, J.-P. (2018). Les comportements de coercition sexuelle commis par les femmes examinés sous l'approche de la criminologie développementale. Sexologies, 27, 122-130.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Parent, G., & Guay, J.-P. (2018). Female sexual coercion examined from a developmental criminology perspective. Sexologies, 27, e45-e50.
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Hoyniak, C.P., Bates, J.E., Petersen, I.T., Yang, C.-L., Darcy, I., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (2018). Reduced neural responses to vocal fear: A potential biomarker for callous-uncaring traits in early childhood. Developmental Science, 21, e12608.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., McCrory, E.J., & Viding, E. (Accepted). Genetic contributions to the development of psychopathic traits and antisocial behavior in youths. In A. Beech, A.J. Carter, R. Mann, & P. Rotshtein (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., & Petersen, I.T. (Accepted). Developmental trajectories of psychopathology: An overview of approaches and applications. In L. Centifanti & D. Williams (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
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Cortoni, F., & Fontaine, N.M.G. (Accepted). Interventions with female offenders. In G. Davies & A.R. Beech (Eds.), Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions, 3rd Ed. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., & Tremblay, R.E. (2016). Compensatory and protective factors against violent delinquency in late adolescence: Results from the Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 45, 54-62.
2013-2014
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Lacourse, E., Vitaro, F., & Tremblay, R.E. (2014). Links between trajectories of self-reported offending and official offending during adolescence and early adulthood: Differentiating violent from nonviolent offences. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 24 (4), 277-290.
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Viding, E., Fontaine, N.M.G., & Larsson, H. (2013). Quantitative genetic studies of psychopathic traits in minors: Review and implications for the law. In K.A. Kiehl & W.P. Sinnott-Armstrong (Eds.), Handbook of Psychopathy and Law (pp. 161-179). NY: Oxford University Press.
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Coyne, C.A., Fontaine, N.M.G., Långström, N., Lichtenstein, P., & D’Onofrio, B.M. (2013). Teenage childbirth and young adult criminal convictions: A quasi-experimental study of criminal outcomes for teenage mothers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 41 (5), 318-323.
Articles publiés avant 2013
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Viding, E., Fontaine, N.M.G., & McCrory, E.J. (2012). Antisocial behaviour in children with and without callous-unemotional traits. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 105 (5), 195-200.
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Sebastian, C.L., McCrory, E.J.P., Cecil, C.A.M., Lockwood, P.L., De Brito, S.A., Fontaine, N.M.G., & Viding, E. (2012). Neural responses to affective and cognitive Theory of Mind in children with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69 (8), 814-822.
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Sebastian, C.L., Fontaine, N.M.G., Bird, G., Blakemore, S.J., De Brito, S.A., McCrory, E.J.P., & Viding, E. (2012). Neural processing associated with cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescents and adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN), 7 (1), 53-63.
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Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P., Fontaine, N.M.G., Vincent, G., Coid, J., & Ullrich, S. (2012). Childhood risk, offending trajectories, and psychopathy at age 48 years in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 18 (4), 577-598.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., McCrory, E.J.P., Boivin, M., Moffitt, T.E., & Viding, E. (2011). Predictors and outcomes of joint trajectories of callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120 (3), 730-742.
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Fontaine, N.M.G., Rijsdijk, F.V., McCrory, E.J.P., & Viding, E. (2010). Etiology of different developmental trajectories of callous-unemotional traits. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49 (7), 656-664.
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Barker, E.D., Vitaro, F., Lacourse, E., Fontaine, N.M.G., Carbonneau, R., & Tremblay, R.E. (2010). Testing the developmental distinctiveness of male proactive and reactive aggression with a nested longitudinal experimental intervention. Aggressive Behavior, 36 (2), 127-140.
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Fontaine, N., Carbonneau, R., Vitaro, F., Barker, E.D., & Tremblay, R.E. (2009). Research review: A critical review of studies on the developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior in females. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (4), 363-385.
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Barker, E.D., Larsson, H., Viding, E., Maughan, B., Rijsdijk, F., Fontaine, N., & Plomin, R. (2009). Common genetic but specific environmental influences for aggressive and deceitful behaviors in preadolescent males. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 31 (4), 299-308.
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Viding, E., Fontaine, N.M.G., Oliver, B.R., & Plomin, R. (2009). Negative parental discipline, conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: Monozygotic twin differences study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195 (5), 414-419.
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Fontaine, N., & Viding, E. (2008). Genetics of personality disorders. Psychiatry, 7 (3), 137-141.
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Fontaine, N., Barker, E.D., Salekin, R.T., & Viding, E. (2008). Dimensions of psychopathy and their relationships to cognitive functioning in children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37 (3), 690-696.
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Barker, E.D., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Fontaine, N., Arseneault, L., Vitaro, F., Bissonnette, C., & Tremblay, R.E. (2008). Predictive validity and early predictors of peer-victimization trajectories in preschool. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (10), 1185-1192.
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Barker, E.D., Arseneault, L., Brendgen, M., Fontaine, N., & Maughan, B. (2008). Joint development of bullying and victimization in adolescence: Relations to delinquency and self-harm. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47 (9), 1030-1038.
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Fontaine, N., Carbonneau, R., Barker, E.D., Vitaro, F., Hébert, M., Côté, S.M., Nagin, D.S., Zoccolillo, M., & Tremblay, R.E. (2008). Girls’ hyperactivity and physical aggression during childhood and adjustment problems in early adulthood: A 15-year longitudinal study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (3), 320-328.
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Fontaine, N., Carbonneau, R., Hébert, M., Vitaro, F., & Tremblay, R.E. (2007). Histoire des problèmes de comportement des femmes et violence physique dans leurs relations de couple. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 28 (3), 281-295.
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Fontaine, N., & Vitaro, F. (2006). L’utilisation de pairs prosociaux dans les programmes d’intervention auprès de jeunes en difficulté d’adaptation. Revue de psychoéducation, 35 (1), 11-42.