Published articles

Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C.F., Larose, S., & Boisclair Châteauvert. (2025). Testing the effects of an online parenting program based on self-determination theory. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 34, 3054-3072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03170-4

Goulet, J., Ratelle, C.F., Guay, F., Plamondon, A., Bureau, J.S., Litalien, D., & Duchesne, S. (2025). Children’s externalizing behaviors and parenting practices in school-related tasks: Parental basic psychological needs as mediators. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001372

Ratelle, C. F., Boisclair Châteauvert, G., Ahn, J., van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Plamondon, A., Bureau, J.S., & Litalien, D. (2025). Development and validation of a measure of parents’ psychological need satisfaction and frustration when involving in their child’s schooling. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251348769

Ahn, J. S., Ratelle, C. F., Duchesne, S., & Plamondon, A. (2025). Motivational resources of agency in adolescents’ career development during postsecondary transition: More than being self-efficacious. Journal of Career Development, 52(4), 449-468. https://doi.orsg/10.1177/08948453251351576

Desmeules, A., Hamel, C., & Ratelle, C.F. (2025). Supporting novice kindergarten teachers’ motivation: The role of a professional development program. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1-21. Advanced online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2025.2508964

Duchesne, S., Litalien, D., Lauzon, A., Ratelle, C.F., & Mbanga, R. (2025). From secondary school to college: Evolution of vocational indecision and contributions of motivations in vocational decision-making. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-025-09736-4

Ahn, J. S., Kil, H., Ratelle, C. F., & Mageau, G. A. (2025). Profiles of autonomy support and controlling parenting: Mixing the two predicts lower child-perceived autonomy support. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001346

Mbanga, R., Ratelle, C.F., & Duchesne, S. (2024). Analyse de la complémentarité des approches orientées vers la variable et la personne dans la compréhension de la contribution du fonctionnement motivationnel au développement vocationnel des élèves du secondaire. Nouveaux cahiers de la recherche en éducation, 27(2), 234-254. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ncre/2025-v27-n2-ncre010549/1123125ar/

Chaffee, K.E., Plante, I, Olivier, I., Ratelle, C.F., Véronneau, M.-H., Dubeau, A., Arvisais, O., & Charland, P.  (2024). Adolescents’ school and emotional adjustment in time of COVID-19: The role of parents. Educational Psychology, 44, 997-1018. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2418646

Mbanga, R., Ratelle, C.F., & Duchesne, S. (2024). Bidirectional and longitudinal associations between vocational indecision and academic motivations. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-024-10082-1

Duchesne, S. & Ratelle, C.F. (2024). Antecedents and consequences of student academic worries about the secondary school transition. Learning and Individual Differences, 113, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102485

Thibert-Dagenais, C. & Ratelle, C.F. (2024). Math mindsets in elementary school students: Testing two conceptualizations of mindsets and testing achievement and self-concept such as predictor or mediation relation. Current Psychology, 43, 23764–23778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06091-5

Mbanga, R., Ratelle, C.F., & Duchesne, S. (2024). Predicting trajectories of vocational indecision from motivational profiles in adolescence.BMC Psychology, 12(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01747-0

Ratelle, C.F., Plamondon, A., Litalien, D., & Duchesne, S. (2024). Developmental trajectories of mother-adolescent agreement on maternal autonomy support and their contributions to adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(4), 663-676. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001214

Bouchard, M., Denault, A.-S., Guay, F., Ratelle, C.F., & Poulin, F. (2023). Généralisation des expériences sociales vécues dans les activités parascolaires au contexte scolaire. Revue de psychoéducation, 52(2), 458-486. https://doi.org/10.7202/1107454

Ratelle, C.F., Boisclair Châteauvert, G., Bourret, M., & Duchesne, S. (2023). Observing parental need supporting behaviors toward adolescents: Comparing four coding strategies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(5), 1656-1670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02726-6

Ratelle, C.F., Vargas Lascano, D.I., Guay, F., & Duchesne, S. (2023). Need satisfaction during the transition to secondary school and its implications in later education: A latent transition analysis. Learning and Individual Differences, 107, 102357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102357

Bourret, M., Ratelle, C.F., Plamondon, A., & Boisclair Châteauvert, G. (2023). Dynamics of parent-adolescent interactions during a discussion on career choice: The role of parental behaviors and emotions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 41, 103837.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103837

Busque-Carrier, M., Ratelle, C.F., & Duchesne, S. (2023). Validation of the Twenty-Item Value Inventory for a French-Canadian sample. European Review or Applied Psychology, 73, 100812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2022.100812

Bureau, J. S., Guay, F., Gilbert, W., Ratelle, C. F., Plamondon, A., & Howard, J.L. (2023). Empirical testing of an alternative modeling of the self-determination continuum. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 46–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09976-9

Ahn, J., Ratelle, C.F., Plamondon, A, Duchesne, S., & Guay, F. (2022). Testing reciprocal associations between parenting and youth’s motivational resources of career decision-making agency during the postsecondary transition. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(12), 2396-2410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01672-8

Ahn, J., Plamondon, A., & Ratelle, C.F. (2022). Different ways to support and thwart autonomy: Parenting profiles and adolescent career development. Journal of Family Psychology, 7(2), 161-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000982

Busque-Carrier, M., LeCorff, Y., & Ratelle, C.F. (2022). Development and validation of the Integrative Work Values Scale. European Review of Applied Psychology, 72, 100766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2022.100766

Duchesne, S., Plamondon, A., & Ratelle, C.F. (2022). Students’ inattention symptoms and psychological need satisfaction during the secondary school transition: The protective role of teachers’ involvement. Journal of Attention Disorders, 26(14), 1846-1856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547221105061

Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C.F., & Larose, S. (2021). Bidirectional relations between autonomous motivations and approach goals and their contribution to school functioning. Educational Psychology, 42, 240-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2021.2002818

Busque-Carrier, M., Ratelle, C.F., & LeCorff, Y. (2021). Work values and job satisfaction: The mediating role of basic psychological needs at work. Journal of Career Development, 49(6), 1386-1401. https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453211043878

Busque-Carrier, M., Ratelle, C. F., & Le Corff, Y. (2021). Linking work values profiles to basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Psychological Reports, 125(6), 3183-3208. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211040439

Madjar, N., Ratelle, C. F., & Duchesne, S. (2021). A longitudinal analysis of the relationships between students’ internalized symptoms and achievement goals. Motivation Science, 7(2), 207–218. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000195

Bélanger, C., & Ratelle, C. F. (2021). Passion in university: The role of the dualistic model of passion in explaining students’ academic functioning. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22, 2031-2050. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00304-x

Ratelle, C.F., Duchesne, S., Litalien, D., & Plamondon, A. (2021). The role of mothers in supporting adaptation in school: A psychological needs perspective. Journal of Educational Psychology, 113(1), 197–212. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000455

Duchesne, S. & Ratelle, C.F. (2020) Achievement goals, motivations, and social and emotional adjustment in high school: A longitudinal mediation test. Educational Psychology, 40, 1033-1051. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1778641

Guay, F., Bureau, J. S., Litalien, D., Ratelle, C. F., & Bradet, R. (2020). A self-determination theory perspective on RIASEC occupational themes: Motivation types as predictors of self-efficacy and college program domain. Motivation Science, 6, 164-170.  https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000142

Gagnon, É., Ratelle, C.F., Guay, F., & Duchesne, S. (2019). Developmental trajectories of vocational exploration from adolescence to early adulthood: The role of parental need supporting behaviors. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103338

Litalien, D., Gillet, N., Gagné, M., Ratelle, C.F., & Morin, A.J.S. (2019). Self-determined motivation profiles among undergraduate students: A robust test of profile similarity as a function of gender and age. Learning and Individual Differences, 70, 39-52 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.01.005

Denault, A.-S., Ratelle, C.F., Duchesne, S., & Guay, F. (2019). Extracurricular activities and vocational indecision: A look at the mediating effect of vocational exploration. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110, 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.11.006

Ratelle, C.F., Duchesne, S., Guay, F., & Boisclair Châteauvert., G. (2018). Comparing the contribution of overall structure and its specific dimensions for competence-related outcomes: A bifactor model. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 54, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.05.005

Ratelle, C.F., Morin, A.J.S., Guay, F., & Duchesne, S. (2018). Sources of evaluation of parental behaviors as predictors of achievement outcomes. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 513-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9692-4

Guay, F, Ratelle, C.F., Lessard, V., Dubois, P., & Duchesne, S. (2018). Mothers’ and fathers’ autonomy-supportive and controlling behaviors: An analysis of interparental contributions. Parenting: Science and Practice, 18, 45-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2017.1337461

Maltais, C., Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C. F., & Feng, B. (2017). Learning climate, academic competence, and anxiety during the transition to middle school: Parental attachment as a protective factor. European Review of Applied Psychology, 67, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2017.01.002

Ratelle, C.F., Duchesne, S, & Guay, F. (2017). Predicting students’ adjustment from multiple perspectives on parental behaviors. Journal of Adolescence, 54, 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.11.008

Duchesne, S. & Ratelle, C.F., Feng, B. (2016). Psychological need satisfaction and achievement goals: Exploring indirect effects of academic and social adaptation following the transition to secondary school. Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616659561

Duchesne, S., & Ratelle, C. F. (2016). Patterns of anxiety symptoms during adolescence: Gender differences and sociomotivational factors. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 46, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2016.07.001

Maltais, C., Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C. F., & Feng, B. (2015). Attachment to mother and achievement goal orientations at the beginning of middle school: The mediating role of perceived academic competence and anxiety. Learning and Individual Differences, 39, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.03.006