Mes travaux portent sur le développement des comportements agressifs et des compétences sociales chez les enfants 0-5 ans du point de vue de la psychologie développementale évolutionniste. Je m’intéresse donc aussi au comportement parental, tout particulièrement du père, et aux relations d’attachement et d’activation parent-enfant. En tant qu’éthologue, j’accorde sur le plan méthodologique une priorité à l’observation directe du comportement.

• Paquette, D., Gagnon, C., & de Medeiros, J.M. (in press). Fathers and the activation relationship. In H.E. Fitzgerald, K. von Klitzing, N. Cabrera, T. Skjothaug, & J.S. de Mendonça. Handbook of Fathers and Child Development: Prenatal to Preschool. Springer Press.
• Aimé, C., Paquette, D., Déry, M., & Verlaan, P. (2018). Predictors of childhood trajectories of overt and indirect aggression: An interdisciplinary approach. Aggressive Behavior, 44(4), 382-393.
• Plusquellec, P., & Paquette, D. (2016). Les troubles PSY expliqués par la théorie de l’évolution. Dans M. Raymond & F. Thomas, Collection Santé, médecine et sciences de l’évolution. Bruxelles : Éditions De Boeck.
• Gaumon, S., Paquette, D., Cyr, C., St-André, M. & Emond-Nakamura, M. (2016). Anxiety and attachment to the mother in children receiving psychiatric care: The father-child activation relationship as a protective factor. Infant Mental Health Journal, 37(4), 372-387.
• Paquette, D. (2015). An evolutionary perspective on antisocial behavior: Evolution as a foundation for criminological theories. In J. Morizot & L. Kazemian, The development of criminal and antisocial behavior: Theory, research and practical applications (chapter 20; pp. 315-330). NewYork, NY: Springer.
• Dumont, C. & Paquette, D. (2013). What about the child’s tie to the father? A new insight into fathering, father–child attachment, children’s socio-emotional development and the activation relationship theory. Early Child Development and Care, 183(3-4), 430-446.
• Gaumon, S. & Paquette, D. (2013). The father–child activation relationship and internalising disorders at preschool age. Early Child Development and Care, 183(3-4), 447-463.
• Paquette, D. & Dumont, C. (2013). Is father-child rough-and-tumble play associated with attachment or activation relationships? Early Child Development and Care, 183(6), 760-773.
• Flanders, J.L., Simard, M., Paquette, D., Parent, S., Vitaro, F., Pihl, R.O., & Seguin, J.R. (2010). Rough-and-tumble play and the development of physical aggression and emotion regulation: A five-year follow-up study. Journal of Family Violence, 25, 357-367.
• Paquette, D., & Bigras, M. (2010). The Risky Situation: A procedure for assessing the father-child activation relationship. Early Child Development and Care, 180(1-2), 33-50.
• Flanders, J., Vanessa, L., Paquette, D., Pihl, R.O., & Séguin, J.R. (2009). Rough-and-tumble play and the regulation of aggression : An observational study of father-child play dyads. Aggressive Behavior, 35, 285-295.
• Paquette, D. (2004). Theorizing the father-child relationship: mechanisms and developmental outcomes. Human Development, 47(4), 193-219.