Publications by authors named "E St-Pierre"

Past studies have highlighted the lack of independent formal complaint mechanisms as one of the most significant barriers to reporting interpersonal violence (IV) in sport. Some countries have since implemented complaint mechanisms specific to sport settings. Evaluations of similar mechanisms in other sectors could inform the development and implementation of complaint mechanisms for IV in sport.

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Parents with a history of childhood maltreatment may be more likely to respond inadequately to their child's emotional cues, such as crying or screaming, due to previous exposure to prolonged stress. While studies have investigated parents' physiological reactions to their children's vocal expressions of emotions, less attention has been given to their responses when perceiving children's facial expressions of emotions. The present study aimed to determine if viewing facial expressions of emotions in children induces cardiovascular changes in mothers (hypo- or hyper-arousal) and whether these differ as a function of childhood maltreatment.

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Article Synopsis
  • Research indicates that beliefs about the effectiveness of violence in sports can lead to increased risk factors for interpersonal violence, particularly influenced by coaches' desires to enhance performance and control.
  • The study aims to create and validate the Perceived Instrumental Effects of Violence in Sport (PIEVS) Scale, which involved multiple phases including expert input and testing among 690 coaches.
  • Results showed that the PIEVS is a reliable one-factor scale, with correlations confirming its validity related to different motivational climates in sports.*
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Concerns regarding the environmental impact of increasing levels of anthropogenic carbon dioxide have led to a variety of studies examining solid surfaces for their ability to trap this greenhouse gas (GHG). Atmospheric or post-combustion carbon capture requires an efficient separation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas. We used the molecular mechanics MM3 parameter set (previously shown to provide good estimates of molecule-surface binding energies) to calculate theoretical surface binding energies for carbon dioxide ∆E(CO) and nitrogen ∆E(N).

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Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants escape vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies and cause nearly all current COVID-19 cases. Here, we compared the efficacy of three booster vaccines against Omicron BA.5 challenge in rhesus macaques: mRNA-1273, the Novavax ancestral spike protein vaccine (NVX-CoV2373), or Omicron BA.

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