Publications by authors named "Genevieve Lepage"
This research sought to assess the psychometric properties of the French versions of the Body Checking Questionnaire and the Body Checking Cognitions Scale among community samples. A total sample of 922 adolescents and adults was involved in a series of two studies. The results from the first study supported factor validity and reliability of responses obtained on these two measures, and showed that both measures were best represented by a bifactor-exploratory structural equation modeling representation of the data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Youths with Down syndrome are characterized by deficits in balance/postural stability. One way to palliate balance deficits among this population is through exercise interventions. However, to the authors' knowledge, the effects of exercise interventions designed to improve the balance of youths with Down syndrome have never been systematically reviewed.
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- A systematic review was conducted to summarize over 40 years of research on the self-concept of youth with intellectual disabilities, revealing a significant gap in existing studies.
- The review analyzed 21 studies published between 1979 and 2017 and found that youth with intellectual disabilities generally had a lower self-concept compared to their typically developing peers, especially in cognitive and academic areas.
- The conclusion suggests that more robust research is needed to address weaknesses in existing studies on the self-concept of school-aged youth with intellectual disabilities, beyond age, intellectual functioning, and school placement.
Aim: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of exercise interventions designed to improve balance in young people with intellectual disabilities.
Method: A systematic literature search was performed on 10 databases. Studies in press or published in English in a peer-reviewed journal were included if: (1) participants were young people with intellectual disabilities; (2) exercise interventions were designed to improve balance; and (3) they used quasi-experimental or experimental designs.
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- This meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities, analyzing 21 studies published between 1975 and 2015.
- Across the samples studied, the pooled prevalence rates were found to be 5.4% for anxiety disorders and 2.8% for depressive disorders overall, with variations noted between children and adolescents.
- The study highlights the need for cautious interpretation of results due to limitations in population characteristics and diagnostic methods, while also offering recommendations to improve support and diagnostic practices for youth with intellectual disabilities.
Background: Youth with Down syndrome are characterized by motor delays when compared to typically developing (TD) youth, which may be explained by a lower postural control or reduced postural tone.
Objective: In the present article, we summarize research comparing the static postural control, assessed by posturography, between youth with Down syndrome and TD youth.
Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in 10 databases and seven studies, published between 2001 and 2017, met our inclusion criteria.
Purpose: The Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ) was recently developed to assess the internalization of weight stigma among English-speaking overweight and obese adults. The objective of the present study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of a French version of the WSSQ, as well as its applicability to adolescents.
Methods: The sample comprised 156 overweight and obese adolescents (81 boys, 75 girls, M = 16.