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Natacha Godbout

ResearcherSexologieUniversité du Québec à Montréal

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Natacha Godbout

Researcher

Sexologie

Health Sciences

Université du Québec à Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 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 9 research grants (5 SSHRC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

Childhood Interpersonal Trauma Mental Health Co-Parenting Couple Relationships Dyadic Analyses Parents Systemic Perspective School Aged Children

Latest papers

The Impact of Immigration Status on the Experience of Obstetric Care in Quebec.
Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026 · senior author
What Do I Bring to the Team? Self-Capacities Mediate the Association Between Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Parenting Alliance in Couples.
Family process · 2026 · senior author
Recent obstetrical and gynaecological care experiences and their sociodemographic and mental health correlates: A latent class analysis.
Women's health (London, England) · 2026 · senior author

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Sexual Aversion Disorder: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$325,124
Trauma, needs and well-being in LGBTQ+ parents
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,983
Cortisol as a biological correlate of vulnerability to psychopathology in daughters and sons of trauma-exposed mothers
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$577,574

All 25 grants and awards

33 publications.

The Impact of Immigration Status on the Experience of Obstetric Care in Quebec.

Ammar R, Lévesque S, Boucoiran I, Medvetskaya A, Jean-Thorn A, Godbout N

Journal of immigrant and minority health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-025-01809-4 PMID: 41236676

What Do I Bring to the Team? Self-Capacities Mediate the Association Between Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Parenting Alliance in Couples.

Rassart CA, Paradis A, Hébert M, Godbout N

Family process2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/famp.70124 PMID: 41668305

Recent obstetrical and gynaecological care experiences and their sociodemographic and mental health correlates: A latent class analysis.

Séguin LJ, Lévesque S, Jean Thorn A, Boucoiran I, Landry S, Godbout N

Women's health (London, England)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/17455057261455494 PMID: 42341210

Social Maltreatment and Symptomatology: Validating the Social Discrimination and Maltreatment Scale-Short Form in a Diverse Online Sample.

Briere J, Runtz M, Villenueve E, Godbout N

Journal of interpersonal violence2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08862605241301791 PMID: 39692089

Validation of a short form of the perceptions of interparental conflict in childhood.

Lassance L, Paradis A, Godbout N

Frontiers in psychology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1518064 PMID: 40861363

A Safe Haven Through Attachment: A Dyadic Perspective on the Association Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction.

Baumann M, Daspe MÈ, Bélanger C, Godbout N

Journal of interpersonal violence2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08862605241270013 PMID: 39135468

Dyadic Analysis of Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Parental Alliance.

Baumann M, Villeneuve É, Bélanger C, Paradis A, Herba CM, Godbout N

Journal of marital and family therapy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70002 PMID: 39902820

Can Masturbation Regulate PTSD Symptoms? Exploring the Mediating Role of PTSD in Childhood Sexual Abuse and Masturbation Motives.

Gewirtz-Meydan A, Vaillancourt-Morel MP, Godbout N

Journal of sex & marital therapy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0092623x.2025.2492097 PMID: 40264300

A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Fantasies Among Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors and Non-Victims.

Canivet C, Lafortune D, Bolduc R, Godbout N

Journal of child sexual abuse2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2024.2415553 PMID: 39422355

Using the DRS-8 to measure unresolved/disorganized attachment: Associations with states of mind on the adult attachment interview, psychopathology, and offspring social-emotional development.

Mayrand K, Milot T, Briere J, Godbout N, Oliva-Veilleux S, Berthelot N

Child abuse & neglect2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107017 PMID: 39241308

Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Sexual Aversion Disorder: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lafortune, David; Brotto, Lori Anne

Keywords: Exposure Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Sex Therapy; Sexual Aversion Disorder; Sexual Dysfunctions; Treatment Effectiveness; Virtual Reality

$325,124

Trauma, needs and well-being in LGBTQ+ parents

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Godbout, Natacha

Keywords: Parents; LGBTQ+; Trauma; Relationships; Childhood interpersonal trauma; Parental couple; Intersectionality

$37,983

Cortisol as a biological correlate of vulnerability to psychopathology in daughters and sons of trauma-exposed mothers

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Marin, Marie-France

Keywords: Cortisol; Externalizing Symptoms; Intergenerational Transmission Of Vulnerability; Internalizing Symptoms; Mother-Child Dyads; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Psychological Gender Roles; Pubertal Effects; Sex Differences; Trauma

$577,574

Linking parental history of childhood interpersonal trauma to parents' mental health and child's adjustment over time: The role of co-parenting relationship factors

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Godbout, Natacha; Paradis, Alison

Keywords: Childhood Interpersonal Trauma; Co-Parenting; Couple Relationships; Dyadic Analyses; Mental Health; Parents; School Aged Children; Systemic Perspective

$978,435

Acceptabilité d'une application visant le bien-être psychologique et relationnel des parents d'un nouvel enfant

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Brassard, Audrey

Keywords: nouveaux parents; bien-être; application mobile

$24,671

A partnership study on sexo-relational well-being in adults seeking help: The role of childhood interpersonal trauma

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Godbout, Natacha

Keywords: Sexual well-being; Relational well-being; mental health; childhood interpersonal trauma; adults seeking help

$83,270

A collaborative study on perpetrators of intimate partner violence seeking help in Québec: Risk factors and evolution within services

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Brassard, Audrey

Keywords: intimate partner violence; perpetration; psychological wellbeing; evolution of violence; diversity; indicators of change

$121,315

A collaborative study on perpetrators of intimate partner violence seeking help in Québec: Risk factors and evolution within services

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Brassard, Audrey

Keywords: intimate partner violence; perpetration; psychological wellbeing; evolution of violence; diversity; indicators of change

$81,626

Are we doing more harm? A mixed-method study of responses to couple sex therapy interventions in adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse and their partners

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier; Daspe, Marie-Eve

Keywords: Childhood Maltreatment; Childhood Sexual Abuse; Couple; Emotional Responses; Gender Identities And Expressions; In-Lab Task; Intersectional Discrimination; Mixed-Method Design; Sex Therapy; Sexual Health

$581,400

Stress parental et satisfaction sexuelle et relationnelle chez les parents d'enfants d'âge scolaire : le rôle modérateur de la coparentalité

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gurreri, Stella

Keywords: Stress parental; coparentalité; Satisfaction sexuelle; Satisfaction relationnelle; Genre; Méthodologie quantitative

$20,995

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Natacha Godbout

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Impact of Immigration Status on the Experience of Obstetric Care in Quebec.

What Do I Bring to the Team? Self-Capacities Mediate the Association Between Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Parenting Alliance in Couples.

Recent obstetrical and gynaecological care experiences and their sociodemographic and mental health correlates: A latent class analysis.

Social Maltreatment and Symptomatology: Validating the Social Discrimination and Maltreatment Scale-Short Form in a Diverse Online Sample.

Validation of a short form of the perceptions of interparental conflict in childhood.

A Safe Haven Through Attachment: A Dyadic Perspective on the Association Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction.

Dyadic Analysis of Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Parental Alliance.

Can Masturbation Regulate PTSD Symptoms? Exploring the Mediating Role of PTSD in Childhood Sexual Abuse and Masturbation Motives.

A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Fantasies Among Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors and Non-Victims.

Using the DRS-8 to measure unresolved/disorganized attachment: Associations with states of mind on the adult attachment interview, psychopathology, and offspring social-emotional development.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Sexual Aversion Disorder: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial

Trauma, needs and well-being in LGBTQ+ parents

Cortisol as a biological correlate of vulnerability to psychopathology in daughters and sons of trauma-exposed mothers

Linking parental history of childhood interpersonal trauma to parents' mental health and child's adjustment over time: The role of co-parenting relationship factors

Acceptabilité d'une application visant le bien-être psychologique et relationnel des parents d'un nouvel enfant

A partnership study on sexo-relational well-being in adults seeking help: The role of childhood interpersonal trauma

A collaborative study on perpetrators of intimate partner violence seeking help in Québec: Risk factors and evolution within services

A collaborative study on perpetrators of intimate partner violence seeking help in Québec: Risk factors and evolution within services

Are we doing more harm? A mixed-method study of responses to couple sex therapy interventions in adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse and their partners

Stress parental et satisfaction sexuelle et relationnelle chez les parents d'enfants d'âge scolaire : le rôle modérateur de la coparentalité

Frequent collaborators

Alison Paradis

David Lafortune

Isabelle Boucoiran

Martin Blais

Ghassan El-Baalbaki

Sarah Fraser

Jacinthe Dion

Alexa Martin-Storey

Jacinthe Dion

Christopher Fletcher

Michel Perreault

Sarah Fraser

Sophie Bergeron

Gina Muckle