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George Tarabulsy

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George Tarabulsy

Professor

Sciences sociales

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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60 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 SSHRC, 1 FRQSC), most recently in 2013.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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208

Publications

4,745

Citations

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Research

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Latest papers

Correlates of disrupted behaviors in high‐risk and maltreating parents: A comparison of the AMBIANCE‐Brief and full versions
Infant Mental Health Journal · 2026
The role of parent-child attachment in toddlers' executive functions: a longitudinal two-parent study.
Attachment & human development · 2026
Maternal and Paternal Parenting Stress in Infancy: A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Approach
Parenting · 2026

All 208 publications

Latest funding

Le tempérament des enfants francophones du Canada : description et développement de normes populationnelles
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$57,186
Lived Experiences of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: The Interplay of Migration Processes and Policy Environments
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$31,578
Examen des caractéristiques socio-émotionnelles précoces de la douance et de leur interaction avec les comportements parentaux
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$35,568

All 41 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 208 publications.

Correlates of disrupted behaviors in high‐risk and maltreating parents: A comparison of the AMBIANCE‐Brief and full versions

Solène Cognard-Bessette, Gabrielle Myre, Karine Dubois‐Comtois, Diane St‐Laurent, George M. Tarabulsy, Annie Bernier, Chantal P. Cyr

Infant Mental Health Journal20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70083 PMID: 41972315

The role of parent-child attachment in toddlers' executive functions: a longitudinal two-parent study.

Matte-Gagné C, Aubuchon O, Thériault-Couture F, Bernier A, Tarabulsy GM, Cyr C

Attachment & human development20261 citations

DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2026.2616503 PMID: 41603040

Maternal and Paternal Parenting Stress in Infancy: A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Approach

Annie Bernier, George M. Tarabulsy, George M. Tarabulsy, Célia Matte‐Gagné, Annie Bernier

Parenting2026

DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2026.2715387

My baby in mind! Preliminary findings on mind-mindedness and sensitivity as mediators of child attachment security following an attachment video-feedback intervention in child protection settings.

Gagné K, Tarabulsy GM, Pearson J, Baudry C, Lemelin JP

Attachment & human development2026

DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2026.2719581 PMID: 42613957

Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children and Parent–Child Relationships: A Cycle of Mutual Influences?

Annie Bernier, Catherine Cimon‐Paquet, Carole-Anne Leblanc, Nathalie Fontaine, Marie‐Julie Béliveau, George M. Tarabulsy, Arianne Lavoie, Rose L. Thériault

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology2026

DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2026.2724271 PMID: 42752277

How infant temperament moderates the association between parental reflective functioning and emotion regulation

Karine Gagné, Maria-Alexandra Craciun, Jessica Pearson, George M. Tarabulsy, Annie Bérubé

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3389/fdpys.2026.1830812

Disrupted parental behaviors in maltreating and high-risk families: The roles of maternal childhood maltreatment, psychological distress, and child gender

Solène Cognard-Bessette, Gabrielle Myre, George M. Tarabulsy, Annie Bernier, Diane St‐Laurent, Karine Dubois‐Comtois, Chantal P. Cyr

Child Abuse & Neglect2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108168 PMID: 42296589

Interacting with your child is one of the only ways to learn”: Parents’ experiences of the Attachment Intervention for Parental Visitation

Iris Knüppel, Juliette Raskinet, Gilles Fossion, Manon Delhalle, George M. Tarabulsy, Adélaïde Blavier

SSRN Electronic Journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7459722

Are differences in early aggressive behavior mediated by attachment processes? The case of adolescent mother-infant dyads.

Tarabulsy GM, Leblanc CA, Matte-Gagné C, Munoz-Specht P, Frechette-Boilard G, Glowacz F, Bernier A

Attachment & human development2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2026.2703615 PMID: 42473919

The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis

Katz C, Cohen N, Attrash-Najjar A, Glucklich T, Jacobson M, Varela N, Priolo-Filho SR, Chang OD, Haffejee S, Kaawa-Mafigiri D

Child Abuse and Neglect20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106759

Le tempérament des enfants francophones du Canada : description et développement de normes populationnelles

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Pearson, Jessica

$57,186

Lived Experiences of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: The Interplay of Migration Processes and Policy Environments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhou, Min

Keywords: Migration; Population Studies; Social Determinants of Health; Housing Studies; Social Policy; Mixed Research Methods; Social Network Analysis; China and Chinese Society

$31,578

Examen des caractéristiques socio-émotionnelles précoces de la douance et de leur interaction avec les comportements parentaux

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pearson, Jessica

Keywords: Douance; Tempérament; Sensibilité sensorielle; Comportements parentaux; Enfance

$35,568

Fugitive Pasts: The Black Londoners Digital Archive

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Green-Barteet, Miranda

Keywords: Black Canadian History; Black Canadian Biography; Fugitive Slaves; Canada; Black Canadian Literature; Digital Humanities

$60,803

A mentoring initiative to support the transition to adulthood of young people who have received socio-judicial services: Examination of the factors associated with mentoring relationship quality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Fontaine, Nathalie

Keywords: Young people; Social-judicial services; Transition to adulthood; Adjustment; Mentoring

$35,554

Postulants comme familles d'accueil : recherche partenariale visant l'implantation d'un premier protocole d'évaluation québécois

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Poitras, Karine

Keywords: Familles d'accueil;Évaluation psychosociale;Protocole;Services de protection de la jeunesse

$64,233

Mentalisation parentale non verbale sous la loupe : Valeur ajoutée à la relation parent-enfant et complémentarité avec la mentalisation parentale verbale

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gagné, Karine

Keywords: Mentalisation parentale non verbale; Mentalisation parentale verbale; Relation parent-enfant; Sensibilité, synchronie et réciprocité; Trauma dans l'enfance du parent; Reconnaissance des émotions; Réponse émotionnelle; Qualité des interactions parent-enfant

$73,000

Contacts entre l'enfant placé et son parent d'origine: quelles conséquences pour le développement socioaffectif de l'enfant?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poitras, Karine

Keywords: contacts parent-enfant; attachement; troubles de comportement; parentalité; famille d'accueil; protection de la jeunesse

$88,355

Cross-Cultural Research between Mongolia, Japan, and Canada on Perception and Cognition: Comparing Historically Nomadic-Pastoral vs Sedentary Societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Masuda, Takahiko

Keywords: culture; cognition; attention; Japanese; Canadians of European descent; Mongolians; nomadic pastoral lifestyle; sedentary lifestye

$78,805

Are these feelings even real?: A program of research addressing teacher emotions and attrition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Wells, Kendra

Keywords: teacher education; teacher emotions; teacher attrition; teacher retention; emotional labour; emotional labor; emotions; motivation; control-value theory; longitudinal research; pre-service teachers; multi methods research; fit-choice; career fit; teacher

$60,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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George Tarabulsy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Correlates of disrupted behaviors in high‐risk and maltreating parents: A comparison of the AMBIANCE‐Brief and full versions

The role of parent-child attachment in toddlers' executive functions: a longitudinal two-parent study.

Maternal and Paternal Parenting Stress in Infancy: A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Approach

My baby in mind! Preliminary findings on mind-mindedness and sensitivity as mediators of child attachment security following an attachment video-feedback intervention in child protection settings.

Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children and Parent–Child Relationships: A Cycle of Mutual Influences?

How infant temperament moderates the association between parental reflective functioning and emotion regulation

Disrupted parental behaviors in maltreating and high-risk families: The roles of maternal childhood maltreatment, psychological distress, and child gender

Interacting with your child is one of the only ways to learn”: Parents’ experiences of the Attachment Intervention for Parental Visitation

Are differences in early aggressive behavior mediated by attachment processes? The case of adolescent mother-infant dyads.

The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis

Le tempérament des enfants francophones du Canada : description et développement de normes populationnelles

Lived Experiences of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: The Interplay of Migration Processes and Policy Environments

Examen des caractéristiques socio-émotionnelles précoces de la douance et de leur interaction avec les comportements parentaux

Fugitive Pasts: The Black Londoners Digital Archive

A mentoring initiative to support the transition to adulthood of young people who have received socio-judicial services: Examination of the factors associated with mentoring relationship quality

Postulants comme familles d'accueil : recherche partenariale visant l'implantation d'un premier protocole d'évaluation québécois

Mentalisation parentale non verbale sous la loupe : Valeur ajoutée à la relation parent-enfant et complémentarité avec la mentalisation parentale verbale

Contacts entre l'enfant placé et son parent d'origine: quelles conséquences pour le développement socioaffectif de l'enfant?

Cross-Cultural Research between Mongolia, Japan, and Canada on Perception and Cognition: Comparing Historically Nomadic-Pastoral vs Sedentary Societies

Are these feelings even real?: A program of research addressing teacher emotions and attrition

Frequent collaborators

Annie Bernier

Jean-Pascal Lemelin

Chantal Cyr

Simon Larose

Karine Dubois-Comtois

Jessica Pearson

Claire Baudry

Julie Poissant

Karine Poitras

Sheri Madigan

Réjean Tessier

André Plamondon

Delphine Collin-Vézina

Célia Matte-Gagné

Sylvie Drapeau

Karine Gagné

Annie Bérubé

Jean-Claude Forest

Yves Giguère

Christine Wekerle

Caroline Mercier

Claude Mercier

Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel