My current research focuses on the definition, the determinants and the outcomes of autonomy support (Grolnick & Ryan, 1989; Mageau & Vallerand, 2003) in hierarchical relationships in general, and in parent-child interactions in particular.

• To be autonomy supportive is to consider another (e.g., a child) as a separate individual who has unique needs and feelings and who deserves respect and self-determination (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000). 
• Autonomy support has often been operationalized using the following behaviors: (1) to acknowledge the other’s feelings, (2) to give a rational for rules and demands, and (3) to provide choice and opportunities for initiative taking (Grolnick, Frodi, & Bridges, 1984; Koestner, Ryan, Bernieri, & Holt, 1984).

I am also interested in looking at the other key interpersonal dimensions (i.e., involvement and structure) and how they combine with autonomy support to foster optimal functionning.

Finally, I am co-leader of the How to Project, whose goal is to evaluate the effects of the parenting program called "How to talk so kids will listen & how to listen so kids will talk". This program teaches parents how to offer a clear and consistent structure to their children, while supporting their autonomy and maintaining a warm interpersonal relationship.

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Articles choisis revisés par les paires

• Robichaud, J.-M., Normandin, A.-L., & Mageau, G. A. (sous presse). The socializing role of the problem-constraint link: A multimethod investigation. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
• Tessier, J., Joussemet, M., Kurdi, V., & Mageau, G. A. (sous presse). Adolescents “walking the talk”: How value importance and enactment relate to well-being and risk-taking. Motivation and Emotion.
• Andreadakis, E., Laurin, J. C., Joussemet, M., & Mageau, G. A. (2020). Toddlers’ temperament and autonomy-supportive socialization practices: The mediating role of parental stress. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 3029-3043.
• Cimon-Paquet, C., Bernier, A., Matte-Gagné, C., & Mageau, G. A., (2020). Early maternal autonomy support and mathematical achievement trajectories during elementary school. Learning and Individual Differences, 79, 101855.
• Robichaud, J.-M., Bureau, F., Ranger, F., & Mageau, G. A. (2020). The Impact of Environmental Threats on Controlling Parenting and Children's Motivation. Journal of Family Psychology.
• Robichaud, J.-M., Mageau, G. A., Soenens, B. (2020). The role of logical consequences in adolescents’ cognitive precursors of compliance and internalization. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 192, 104777.
• Robichaud, J.-M., & Mageau, G. A. (2020). The socializing role of logical consequences, mild punishments and reasoning in rule-breaking contexts involving multifaceted issues. Social Development, 29, 356-372.
• Robichaud, J.-M., Lessard, J., Labelle, L., & Mageau, G. A. (2019). Anger and empathy as pathways to internalization: The role of logical consequences and autonomy support. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
• Andreadakis, E., Joussemet, M. & Mageau, G. A. (2019). How to support toddlers’ autonomy: Socialization practices reported by parents. Early Education and Development, 30, 297-314.
• Cárdenas, D., de la Sablonnière, R., Gorborukova, G., Mageau, G. A., Amiot, C., & Sadykova, N. (2019). Participation in a new cultural group and patterns of identification in a globalized world: The moderating role of similarity. Self and Identity, 18, 709-738.
• Robichaud, J.-M., Bureau, F., Ranger, F., & Mageau, G. A. (2018). The relation between children’s task-specific competence and mothers’ controlling practices. Social Development, 28, 120-135.
• Joussemet, M., Mageau, G. A., Larose, M.-P., Briand, M., & Vitaro, F. (2018). How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of the French How-to Parenting Program on children's mental health compared to a wait-list control group. BMC Pediatrics, 18, 257.
• Bureau, J. S., Mageau, G. A., Morin, A. J., Gagné, M., Forest, J., Papachristopoulos, K., Lucas, A., Thibault-Landry, A., Parenteau, C. (2018). Promoting identified motivation to reduce employee deviance: The importance of autonomy. International Journal of Business and Management, 13, 61-71.
•  Mageau¹, G. A., Lessard¹, J., Carpentier, J., Robichaud, J.-M., Joussemet, M., & Koestner, R. (2018). Effectiveness and acceptability beliefs regarding logical consequences and mild punishments. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 54, 12-22. ¹Contributions égales.
• Bureau, J. S., Gagné, M., Morin, A. J. S., & Mageau, G. A. (2017). Transformational leadership and incivility: A multilevel and longitudinal test. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Mageau, G. A., Sherman, A., Grusec, J. E., Koestner, R., & Bureau, J. S. (2017). Different ways of knowing a child and their relations to mother-reported autonomy support. Social Development, 26, 630-644.
• Mageau, G. A., Bureau, J. S., Ranger, F., Allen, M.-P., &  Soenens, B. (2016). Parental achievement goals as determinants of autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 1702-1711.
• Carpentier, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2016). Predicting sport experience during training: The role of change-oriented feedback in athletes’ motivation, self-confidence and needs satisfaction fluctuations. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 38, 45-58.
• Jungert, T., Landry, R., Joussemet, M., Mageau, G. A., Gingras, I., & Koestner, R. (2015). Autonomous and controlled motivation for parenting: Associations with parent and child outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1932-1942.
• Mageau, G. A., Ranger, F., Joussemet, M., Koestner, R., Moreau, E., & Forest, J. (2015). Validation of the Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale (P-PASS). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 47, 251-262.
• Soenens, B., Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., & Mageau, G. A., & Brenning, K. (2015). Raising trophy kids: The role of mothers’ contingent self-esteem in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals. Journal of Adolescence, 42, 40-49.
• Bureau, J. & Mageau, G. A. (2014). Parental autonomy support and honesty: The mediating role of identification with the honesty value and perceived costs and benefits of honesty. Journal of Adolescence, 37, 225-236.
• Carpentier, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2014). The role of coaches’ passion and athletes’ motivation in the prediction of change-oriented feedback quality and quantity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 326-335.
• Joussemet, M., Mageau, G. A., & Koestner, R. (2014). Promoting optimal parenting and children's mental health: A preliminary evaluation of the How-to Parenting Program. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23, 949-964.
• Taylor, G., Jungert, T., Mageau, G. A., Schattke, K., Dedic, H., Rosenfield, S., & Koestner, R. (2014). A self-determination theory approach to predicting school achievement over time: The unique role of intrinsic motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 39, 342-358.
• Carpentier, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2013). When change-oriented feedback enhances motivation, well-being and performance : A look at autonomy-supportive feedback in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 423-435.
• Moreau, E., & Mageau, G. A. (2013). Conséquences et corrélats associés au soutien à l'autonomie dans divers domaines de vie. Psychologie française, 58, 195-227.
• Savard, A., Joussemet, M., Pelletier, J. E., & Mageau, G. A. (2013). The benefits of autonomy support for adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 688-700.
• Brien, M., Forest, J., Mageau, G. A., Boudrias, J.-S., Desrumeaux, P., Brunet, L., & Morin, E. M. (2012).  The Basic Needs at Work Scale: Measurement invariance between Canada and France. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 4, 167-187.
• Bureau, J., Mageau, G. A., Vallerand, R. J., Rousseau, F. L., & Otis, J. (2012). Self-determination: A buffer against suicidal ideation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 42, 377-393.
• Carpentier, J., Mageau, G. A., & Vallerand, R. J. (2012). Ruminations and flow: Why do people with a more harmonious passion experience higher well-being? Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 501-518.
• Forest, J., Mageau, G. A., Crevier-Braud, L., Dubreuil, P., Bergeron, E., & Lavigne, G. L. (2012). Harmonious passion as an explanation of the relation between signature strengths’ use and well-being at work: Test of an intervention program. Human Relations, 65, 1233-1252.
• Moreau, E., & Mageau, G. A. (2012). The importance of perceived autonomy support for the psychological health and work satisfaction of health professionals: Not only supervisors count, colleagues too! Motivation and Emotion, 36, 268-286.
• Mageau, G. A., Carpentier, J., & Vallerand, R. J. (2011). The role of self-esteem contingencies in the distinction between obsessive and harmonious passion. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 720-729.
• Whipple, N., Bernier A., & Mageau, G. A. (2011). A dimensional approach to maternal attachment state of mind: Relations to maternal sensitivity and maternal autonomy-support. Developmental Psychology, 47, 396-403.
• Forest, J., Mageau, G. A., Sarrazin, C., & Morin, E. M. (2011). "Work is my passion”: The different affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences of harmonious and obsessive passion towards work. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 28, 17-30.
• Whipple, N., Bernier A., & Mageau, G. A. (2011). Broadening the study of infant security of attachment: Maternal autonomy-support in the context of infant exploration. Social Development, 20, 17-32.
• Mageau, G. A., Vallerand, R. J., Charest, J., Salvy, S.-J., Lacaille, N., Bouffard, T. & Koestner, R., (2009).  On the development of harmonious and obsessive passion: The role of autonomy support, activity valuation, and identity processes. Journal of Personality, 77, 601-645.
• Milyavskaya, M., Gingras, I., Mageau, G. A., Koestner, R., Gagnon, H., Fang, J., & Boiché, J. (2009).  Balance across contexts: Importance of balanced need satisfaction across various life domains. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1031-1045.
• Whipple, N., Bernier A., & Mageau, G. A. (2009). Attending to the exploration side of infant attachment: Contributions from self-determination theory. Canadian Psychology, 50, 219-229.
• Downie, M., Mageau, G. A., & Koestner, R. (2008). What makes for a pleasant social interaction?  The motivational dynamics of interpersonal relations. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 523-534.
• Landry, R., Whipple, N., Mageau, G. A., Joussemet, M., Koestner, R., Didio, L., Gingras, I., Bernier, A., & Haga, S. M. (2008). Trust in organismic development, autonomy support, and adaptation among mothers and their children:  A self-determination theory approach to parenting. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 173-188.
• Vallerand, R. J., Mageau, G. A., Elliot, A. J., Dumais, A., Demers, M.-A., & Rousseau, F. (2008). Passion and performance attainment in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9, 373-392.
• Mageau, G. A., & Vallerand, R. J. (2007). The moderating effect of obsessive passion on the relationship between activity engagement and positive affect. Motivation and Emotion, 31, 312-321.
• Vallerand, R. J., Salvy, S.-J., Mageau, G. A., Elliot, A. J., Denis, P., Blanchard, C., & Grouzet, F. (2007).  On the role of passion in performance. Journal of Personality, 75, 505-534.
• Downie, M., Mageau, G. A., Koestner, R. & Liodden, T. (2006).  On the risk of being a cultural chameleon:  Variations in collective self-esteem across social interactions.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 541-557.
• Mageau, G. A., Vallerand, R. J., Rousseau, F. L., Ratelle, C. F., & Provencher, P. J. (2005).  Passion and gambling: Investigating the divergent affective and cognitive consequences of gambling.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 100-118.
• Guay, F., Mageau, G. A., & Vallerand, R. J. (2003).  On the hierarchical structure of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational processes: A test of top-down and bottom-up effects.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 992-1004.
• Mageau, G. A., & Vallerand, R. J. (2003).  The coach-athlete relationship: A motivational model.  Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 881-954.
• Vallerand, R. J., Blanchard, C., Mageau, G. A., Koestner, R., Ratelle, C. F., Léonard, M., Gagné, M., & Marsolais, J. (2003).  Les passions de l'âme: On obsessive and harmonious passion.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 756-767.

Chapitres de livre ou articles dans des revues professionnelles

• Kurdi, V., Joussemet, M., & Mageau, G. A. (accepté). A Self-Determination Theory perspective on social and emotional learning. In N. Yoder & A. Skoog-Hoffman (Eds.), Motivating the SEL field forward through equity (pp. xx-xx). Emerald. 
• Mageau, G. A., & Joussemet, M. (accepté). Autonomy-supportive behaviors: Common features and variability across socialization domains. In R. Ryan (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Self-Determination Theory (pp. xx-xx). Oxford University Press.
• Joussemet, M., & Mageau, G. A. (accepté). Supporting children’s autonomy early on: A review of studies examining parental autonomy support toward infants, toddlers and preschoolers. In R. Ryan (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Self-Determination Theory (pp. xx-xx). Oxford University Press.
• Carpentier, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2019). The role of autonomy support in the development of passion. In R. J. Vallerand & N. Houlfort (Eds.), Passion at work (pp. 199-224). New York: Oxford Press.
• Joussemet, M., Mageau, G. A., & Pelletier, J. E. (2013). Mieux comprendre le style parental optimal : la contribution de la théorie de l’autodétermination. Psychologie Québec, 30, 35-39.
• Forest, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2008). La motivation au travail selon la théorie de l'autodétermination. Psychologie Québec, 25, 33-36.
• Koestner, R., & Mageau, G. A. (2005). Assessing implicit and explicit self-esteem: Lessons from 50 years of motive research. In M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem: Issues and answers (pp. 103-108). New York: Psychology Press.