Articles de journal

Kenny, S., Robillard, R., Saad, M., Kendzerska, T., Quilty, L., Solomonova, E., Lee, E. Daros, A., Godbout, R., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2025). The Association between sleep and eating disorders in Canada before and during the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 19, 100860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100860

Butler, B. P., Burdayron,R., Mazor Goder, G., Lewis, C., Vendette, M., Khoury, B., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2024). The association between infant sleep, cognitive, and psychomotor development: A systematic review. Sleep, 47(11), zsae174. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae174

Hershon, M., Kiafar, A., Laganière, C., Pokhvisneva, I., Gaudreau, H., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2024). To sleep or to breastfeed: Associations between feeding method and sleep in infants and children. Acta Paediatrica, 113(7), 1540-1545. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.17237

Touchette, E. Fréchette-Boilard, G., Geoffroy, M.-C., Côté, S., Petit, D., Pennestri, M.-H., Tremblay, R., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. (2024). Longitudinal study of childhood sleep trajectories and adolescent mental health problems. SLEEP Advances, 5(1), zpae013. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae013

Langevin, R., Kay, S., Pirro, T., Hershon, M., Pennestri, M.-H., & Hébert, M. (2024). The investigation of sleep patterns in relation to interpersonal violence victimization and mental health in adolescent girls. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Publication en ligne avancée. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001701

Pennestri, M.-H., Denault, V., Béliveau, M.-J., Tong, D. & Talwar, V. (2023). Aspects psychologiques et légaux liés à la garde d’enfants en bas âge. Revue du Barreau du Québec, 80, 145-176.

Langevin, R., Pennestri, M.-H., Hershon, M., Pirro, T., & Hébert, M. (2023). The association between childhood sexual abuse and sleep in adolescent girls. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 19(11), 1933-1939. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10736

Maldonado-Lannes, É. E., Kenny, S., Hershon, M., Talwar, V., Kiafar, A., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2023). Associations between parental relationship dissolution and child sleep: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 70, 101804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101804

Petit, D., Touchette, E., Pennestri, M.-H., Paquet, J., Côté, S. Tremblay, R., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. (2023). Nocturnal sleep duration trajectories in early childhood and school performance at age 10. Journal of Sleep Research, e13893. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13893

Touchette, E., Servot, S., Davidson-Urbain, W., Pennestri, M-H., Godbout, R., & Montplaisir, J. (2023). Évaluer la somnolence diurne auprès des adolescents : un incontournable pour mieux intervenir en santé mentale/Assessments of sleepiness in adolescents: A key tool to better intervene in mental health. Santé Mentale au Québec, 48(1), 95-120. https://doi.org/10.7202/1106397ar

Gordon Green, C., Szekely, E., Babineau, V., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Bouvette-Turcot A. A., Minde, M., Sassi, R., Atkinson, L., Kennedy J. L., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Gaudreau, H., Burack, J., Herba, C., Pennestri, M.-H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M., & Wazana, A. (2023). Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2), 604-618. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001747

Chénier-Leduc, G., Béliveau, M. J., Dubois-Comtois, K., Kenny, S., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2022). Parental depressive symptoms and infant sleep arrangements: The contributing role of parental expectations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02511-x

Kalogeropoulos, C., Burdayron, R., Laganière, C., Dubois-Comtois, K., Béliveau, M. J., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2022). Sleep patterns and intraindividual sleep variability in mothers and fathers at 6 months postpartum: A population-based, cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12(8), 060558. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060558

Watkins-Martin, K., Bolanis, D., Richard-Devantoy, S., Pennestri, M.-H., Malboeuf-Hurtubise, C., Philippe, F., Guindon, J., Gouin, J. P., Ouellet-Morin, I., & Geoffroy, M. C. (2022). The effects of walking in nature on negative and positive affect in adult psychiatric outpatients with major depressive disorder: A randomized-controlled study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 318, 291-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.121

Laganière, C., Gaudreau, H., Pokhvisneva, I., Kenny, S., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Meaney, M., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2022). Sleep terrors in early childhood and associated emotional-behavioral problems. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 18(9), 2253-2260. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10080

Langevin, R., Kenny, S., Kern, A., Kingsland, E., & Pennestri, M.-H. Sexual abuse and sleep patterns in children and adolescents: A systematic review. (2022). Sleep Medicine Reviews, 64, 101628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101628

Solomonova, E., Picard-Deland, C., Rapoport, I., Pennestri, M.-H., Saad, M., Kendzerska, T., Veissiere, S., Godbout, R., Edwards, J. Quilty, L., & Robillard, R. (2021). Stuck in a lockdown: Dreams, bad dreams, nightmares, and their relationship to stress, depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 16(11), e0259040, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259040

Watkins-Martin, K., Orri, M., Pennestri, M.-H., Castellanos-Ryan, N., Larose, S., Gouin, J. P., Ouellet-Morin, I., Philippe, F., Boivin, M., Tremblay, R. E., Côté, S. & Geoffroy, M. C. (2021). Depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort. Annals of General Psychiatry, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-021-00362-2

Kalogeropoulos, C., Burdayron, R., Laganière, C., Béliveau, M. J., Dubois-Comtois, K., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2021). Investigating the link between sleep and postpartum depression in fathers utilizing subjective and objective sleep measures. Sleep Medicine: X, 3, 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleepx.2021.100036

Burdayron, R., Butler, B. P., Béliveau, M. J., Dubois-Comtois, K., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2021) Perception of infant sleep problems: The role of negative affectivity and maternal depression. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17(6), 1279–1285. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.9188

Robillard, R., Dion, K., Pennestri, M.-H., Solomonova, E., Lee, E., Saad, M., Murkar, A., Godbout, R., Edwards, J., Quilty, L., Daros, A., Bhatla, R., & Kendzerska, T. (2021). Profiles of sleep changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic, behavioral and psychological factors. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(1), e13231. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13231

Robillard, R., Daros, A. R., Phillips, J. L., Porteous, M., Saad, M., Pennestri, M.-H., Kendzerska, T., Edward, J. D., Solomonova, E., Bhatla, R. Godbout, R., Kaminsky, Z., Boafo, A. & Quilty, L. (2021). Emerging new psychiatric symptoms and the worsening of pre-existing mental disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian multisite study: Nouveaux symptômes psychiatriques émergents et détérioration des troubles mentaux préexistants pendant la pandémie de la COVID-19: Une étude canadienne multisite. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie,66(9), 815-826. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743720986786

Kenny, S., Burdayron, R., M. Lannes, É. E., Dubois-Comtois, K., Béliveau, M. J., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2021). Mothers’ and fathers’ sleep: Is there a difference between first-time and experienced parents of 6-month-olds? Journal of Sleep Research, 30(4), e13238. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13238

Pennestri, M.-H., Burdayron, R., Kenny, S., Béliveau, M. J., & Dubois-Comtois, K. (2020). Sleeping through the night or through the nights? Sleep Medicine, 76, 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.005

Pennestri, M.-H., Petit, D., Paquet, J., Desautels, A., Touchette, E., Côté, S., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. (2021). Childhood restless legs syndrome: A longitudinal study of prevalence and familial aggregation. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), e13161. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13161

Laganière, C., Pennestri, M.-H., Rassu, A. L., Barateau, L., Chenini, S., Evangelista, E., Dauvilliers, Y., & Lopez, R. (2020). Disturbed nighttime sleep in children and adults with rhythmic movement disorder. Sleep, 43(12), zsaa105. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa105

Burdayron, R., Kenny, S., Dubois‐Comtois, K., Béliveau, M. J., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2020). Infant sleep consolidation: A preliminary investigation of parental expectations. Acta Paediatrica, 109(6), 1276-1277. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15151

Robillard, R., Saad, M., Edwards, J., Solomonova, E., Pennestri, M.-H., Daros, A., Veissière, S., Quilty, L., Dion, K., Nixon, A., Phillips, J., Bhatla, R., Spilg, E., Godbout, R., Yazji, B., Rushton, C., Gifford, W., Gautam, M., Boafo, A., Swartz, R. & Kendzerska, T. (2020). Social, financial and psychological stress during an emerging pandemic: Observations from a population survey in the acute phase of COVID-19. BMJ Open, 10(12),e043805. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043805

Chénier-Leduc, G., Béliveau, M. J., Dubois-Comtois, K., Butler, B. P., Berthiaume, C., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2019). Sleep difficulties in preschoolers with psychiatric diagnoses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), 4485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224485

Dubois-Comtois, K., Pennestri, M.-H., Bernier, A., Cyr, C., & Godbout, R. (2019). Family environment and preschoolers’ sleep: The complementary role of both parents. Sleep Medicine, 58, 114-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.002

Laganière, C., Gaudreau, H., Pokhvisneva, I., Atkinson, L., Meaney, M., & Pennestri, M.-H. (2019). Maternal characteristics and behavioural/emotional problems in preschoolers: How they relate to sleep rhythmic movements at sleep onset. Journal of Sleep Research, 28(3), 12707. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12707

Pennestri, M.-H., Laganière, C., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Pokhvisneva, I., Steiner, M., Meaney, M., & Gaudreau, H. (2018). Uninterrupted infant sleep, development, and maternal mood. Pediatrics, 142(6), e20174330. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-4330

Tessier, M. P., Pennestri, M.-H., & Godbout, R. (2018). Heart rate variability of typically developing and autistic children and adults before, during and after sleep. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 134, 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.10.004

Dubois-Comtois, K., Cyr, C., Pennestri, M.-H., & Godbout, R. (2016). Poor quality of sleep in foster children relates to maltreatment and placement conditions. SAGE Open, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016669551

Pennestri, M.-H., Gaudreau, H., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Moss, E., Lecompte, V., Atkinson, L., Lydon, J., Steiner, M., Meaney, M., & MAVAN Research Team (2015). Attachment disorganization among children in neonatal intensive care unit: Preliminary results. Early Human Development, 91(10), 601-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.07.005

Pennestri, M.-H., Moss, E., O’Donnell, K., Lecompte, V., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Atkinson, L., Minde, K., Gruber, R., Fleming, A.S., Meaney, M., Gaudreau, H., & MAVAN Research Team (2015). Establishment and consolidation of the sleep-wake cycle as a function of attachment pattern. Attachment & Human Development, 17(1), 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2014.953963

Petit, D., Pennestri, M.-H., Paquet, J., Desautels, A., Zadra, A., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. (2015). Childhood sleepwalking and sleep terrors: A longitudinal study of prevalence and familial aggregation. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(7), 653-658. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.127

Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Pluess, M., Bernier, A., Pennestri, M.-H., Levitan, R., Sokolowski, M. B., Kennedy, J. L., Minde, K., Steiner, M., Pokhvisneva, I., Meaney, M., Gaudreau, H., & MAVAN research team (2015). Effects of genotype and sleep on temperament. Pediatrics, 136(4), e914-921. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-0080