Christian Joyal (UQTR)

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Département de psychologie
C.P. 500
Trois-Rivières (Qc.)
G9A 5H7

Téléphone : (819) 376 5011, poste 3559
Télécopieur : (819) 376 5195

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Publications

Morais, H., & Joyal, C. C. (2020). Neuroscience of Adolescents with Sexual Offence Convictions. Dans Fabian, J. (ed.), Violence Risk in Criminal Offender Populations: A Forensic Psychological and Neuropsychological Perspective. Wiley.
Joyal, C. C. (2020). Problems and controversies with psychiatric diagnoses of paraphilia. Dans Craig, L. A., & Bartels, R. (eds.), Sexual Deviance: Understanding and Managing Deviant Sexual Interests and Paraphilic Disorders. Wiley.
Joyal, C. C. & Morais H. B.(2018). Neuropsychological and neurological assessments of sexual homicide offenders: their current and potential functions in the prosecution, detention, therapeutic progression, and release of individual cases. Dans Proulx, J., Carter, A., Mokros, A., Beauregard, E., Darjee, R. & James, J. (Éds.), Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies. Routledge.
Joyal, C. C. (2017). Sexual Fantasy. Dans Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
Joyal, C. C. & Ankfold, J. (2017). Defining paraphilia and paraphilic disorders from an evolution perspective. Dans Shackelford, T. K., & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
Joyal, C. C. & Spearson-Goulet, J-A. (2017). La neuropsychologie des auteurs d’agressions sexuelles. Dans Cortoni, F. & Pham, T. (eds.), Traité de l'agression sexuelle. Théories explicatives, évaluation et traitements des agresseurs sexuels. Éditions Mardaga.
Joyal, C. C., L’Espérance, F. & al. (2016). Troubles du contrôle des impulsions. Dans Lalonde, P., & Pinard, G. (Eds), Psychiatrie clinique : une approche bio-psycho-sociale. Chenelière Éducation.
Renaud, P., Trottier, D., Rouleau, J.-L., Goyette, M., Proulx, J., Bouchard, S., & Joyal, C. C. (2015). Deviant sexual presence and intentional dynamics : The use of immersive virtual reality to probe into the mind of sex offenders. Dans Bouchard, S. & Rizzo, S. (Eds.), Virtual Reality Technologies for Health and Clinical Applications: Psychological and Neurocognitive Interventions. Springer-Verlag.
Joyal, C. C., de Chanterac, A., & Tardif, M. (2015). Fonctions exécutives et cognition sociale : un modèle neuropsychologique. Dans Tardif, M. (ed.), La délinquance sexuelle des mineurs : Théories et recherches. Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.
Ducros, C, Pham, T. & Joyal, C. C. (2006). Aspects neuropsychologiques des agresseurs sexuels. Dans Pham, T. (Ed.) L'évaluation diagnostique des agresseurs sexuels. Mardaga.
Joyal, C. C., & Théoret, H. (2005). Neuroimagerie fonctionnelle en neuropsychologie et neuropsychiatrie. Dans Botez-Marquard, T. (Ed.), Neuropsychologie clinique et neurologie du comportement. Presses de l'Université de Montréal.

Miele, C., Maquigneau, A., Joyal, C. C., Bertsch, I., Gangi, O., Gonthier, H., ... & Lacambre, M. (2023). International guidelines for the prevention of sexual violence: a systematic review and perspective of WHO, UN Women, UNESCO, and UNICEF's publications. Child Abuse & Neglect, 146, 106497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106497
Joyal, C. C. (2023). The neuroanatomical bases of pedophilia and the importance of distinguishing genuine vs. acquired types: A systematic review. Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention, 18, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.5964/sotrap.6989
Vicenzutto, A., Joyal, C. C., Telle, É., & Pham, T. H. (2022). Risk factors for sexual offenses committed by men with or without a low IQ: an exploratory study. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 820249. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.820249
Brassard, M-L, & Joyal, C. (2022). Predicting forensic inpatient violence with odor identification and neuropsychological measures of impulsivity: A preliminary study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 147, 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires
Joyal, C. & Carpentier, J. (2021). Concordance and Discordance between Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors: A Follow-Up Study, The Journal of Sex, 59(3), 385-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1986801
Joyal, C.C., Carpentier, J. McKinnon, S., Normand, C. & Poulin, M.H. (2021). Sexual knowledge, desires and experience of adolescents and young adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: An exploratory study. Frontiers in Psychiatry-Autism, 12:685256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.685256
Mailhot Amborski A, Bussières E-L, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Joyal C. C. (2022). Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 23(4), 1330-1343. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838021995975
Labrecque, F., Potz, A., Larouche, É., & Joyal, C. C. (2020). What Is So Appealing About Being Spanked, Flogged, Dominated, or Restrained? Answers from Practitioners of Sexual Masochism/Submission, The Journal of Sex Research, 58(4), 409-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1767025
Joyal, C., Tardif, M. & Spearson-Goulet, J.-A. (2020). Executive Functions and Social Cognition in Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 32(2), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063218807487
Renaud, P., Neveu, S.-M., Rouleau, J.-L. & Joyal, C. (2019). Sexual Presence: A qEEG Analysis of Sexual Arousal to Synthetic Pornography. International Journal of Telepresence, 1, 1-12.
Joyal, C. C., Kärgel, C., Kneer, J., Amelung, T., Mohnke, S., Tenbergen, G., ... & Kruger, T. H. (2019). The neurobiological origins of pedophilia: Not that simple. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(1), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.10.015
Joyal, C. C. (2018). Controversies in the Definition of Paraphilia. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 15(10), 1378-1380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.08.005
Joyal, C. C., Neveu, S. M., Boukhalfi, T., Jackson, P. L., & Renaud, P. (2018). Suppression of sensorimotor alpha power associated with pain expressed by an avatar: A preliminary EEG study. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 273. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00273
Léveillée, S., Leclerc, J., & Joyal, C. (2018). Les fantasmes sexuels d’auteurs d’agressions sexuelles et d’hommes de la population générale: une étude préliminaire des différences et des similitudes. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 39(3), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.7202/1058187ar
Frigon, I., Joyal, C. C., & Nolin, P. (2018). Neuropsychological Profiles of Neglected Children. J. Neuroscience and Neuropsychology 2, 105.
Joyal, C. C. (2017). Linking crime to paraphilia: be careful with label. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(4), 865-866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0903-3
Joyal, C. C., & Carpentier, J. (2017). The prevalence of paraphilic interests and behaviors in the general population: A provincial survey. The journal of sex research, 54(2), 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1139034
Jones, S., Joyal, C. C., Cisler, J. M., & Bai, S. (2017). Exploring emotion regulation in juveniles who have sexually offended: An fMRI study. Journal of child sexual abuse, 26(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2016.1259280
Tikàsz, A., Potvin, S., Lungu, O., Joyal, C. C., Hodgins, S., Mendrek, A., & Dumais, A. (2016). Anterior cingulate hyperactivations during negative emotion processing among men with schizophrenia and a history of violent behavior. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 1397-1410. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107545
Joyal, C. C., Carpentier, J., & Martin, C. (2016). Discriminant factors for adolescent sexual offending: On the usefulness of considering both victim age and sibling incest. Child Abuse & Neglect, 54, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.01.006
Joyal, C. C. (2015). Defining “normophilic” and “paraphilic” sexual fantasies in a population-based sample: On the importance of considering subgroups. Sexual medicine, 3(4), 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1002/sm2.96
Boukhalfi, T., Joyal, C., Bouchard, S., Neveu, S. M., & Renaud, P. (2015). Tools and techniques for real-time data acquisition and analysis in brain computer interface studies using qEEG and eye tracking in virtual reality environment. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 48(3), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.056
Henry, M., Jacob, L., & Joyal, C. C. (2015). Évaluation clinique de l’impulsivité. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 36(2), 7-30.
Joyal, C. C., Cossette, A., & Lapierre, V. (2015). What exactly is an unusual sexual fantasy?. The journal of sexual medicine, 12(2), 328-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12734
Morais, H. B., Joyal, C. C., Alexander, A. A., Fix, R. L., & Burkhart, B. R. (2016). The neuropsychology of adolescent sexual offending: Testing an executive dysfunction hypothesis. Sexual Abuse, 28(8), 741-754. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063215569545
Joyal, C. C., Jacob, L., Cigna, M. H., Guay, J. P., & Renaud, P. (2014). Virtual faces expressing emotions: an initial concomitant and construct validity study. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 8, 787. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00787
Joyal, C. C. (2014). How anomalous are paraphilic interests?. Archives of sexual behavior, 43, 1241-1243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0325-z
Joyal, C. C., Beaulieu-Plante, J., & de Chantérac, A. (2014). The neuropsychology of sex offenders: A meta-analysis. Sexual Abuse, 26(2), 149-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063213482842
Giguère, J. F., Joyal, C., & Lemelin, S. (2013). Évaluation de la cognition sociale chez les personnes présentant un trouble de la personnalité limite. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 34(3), 189-210.
Polisois-Keating, A., & Joyal, C. C. (2013). Functional neuroimaging of sexual arousal: a preliminary meta-analysis comparing pedophilic to non-pedophilic men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 1111-1113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0198-6
Joyal, C. C., & Henry, M. (2013). Long-wave infrared functional brain imaging in human: a pilot study. The open neuroimaging journal, 7, 1. https://doi.org/10.2174%2F1874440001307010001
Dumais, A., De Benedictis, L., Joyal, C., Allaire, J. F., Lesage, A., & Côté, G. (2013). Profiles and mental health correlates of alcohol and illicit drug use in the Canadian population: an exploration of the J-curve hypothesis. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 58(6), 344-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674371305800606
Joyal, C. C., & Dumais, A. (2013). Impulsivité et psychiatrie: de nouveaux outils pour mieux la définir, l’évaluer, la prévenir et la traiter. Psychiatrie et violence, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.7202/1025226ar
Henry, M., Joyal, C. C., & Nolin, P. (2012). Development and initial assessment of a new paradigm for assessing cognitive and motor inhibition: the bimodal virtual-reality Stroop. Journal of neuroscience methods, 210(2), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.07.025
Nolin, P., Stipanicic, A., Henry, M., Joyal, C. C., & Allain, P. (2012). Virtual reality as a screening tool for sports concussion in adolescents. Brain injury, 26(13-14), 1564-1573. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2012.698359
Stoléru, S., Fonteille, V., Cornélis, C., Joyal, C., & Moulier, V. (2012). Functional neuroimaging studies of sexual arousal and orgasm in healthy men and women: a review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(6), 1481-1509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.03.006
Renaud, P., Joyal, C., Stoleru, S., Goyette, M., Weiskopf, N., & Birbaumer, N. (2011). Real-time functional magnetic imaging—brain–computer interface and virtual reality: promising tools for the treatment of pedophilia. Progress in brain research, 192, 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53355-5.00014-2
Dumais, A., Potvin, S., Joyal, C., Allaire, J. F., Stip, E., Lesage, A., ... & Côté, G. (2011). Schizophrenia and serious violence: a clinical-profile analysis incorporating impulsivity and substance-use disorders. Schizophrenia Research, 130(1-3), 234-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.02.024
Joyal, C. C., Côté, G., Meloche, J., & Hodgins, S. (2011). Severe mental illness and aggressive behavior: On the importance of considering subgroups. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 10(2), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2011.577136
Cinq-Mars, U, Royer, N & Joyal, C. C. (2010). À propos des facteurs neurobiologiques et interpersonnels associés à l'anxiété sociale. Prisme, 12, 25-28.
Bédard, M. J., Joyal, C. C., Godbout, L., & Chantal, S. (2009). Executive functions and the obsessive-compulsive disorder: on the importance of subclinical symptoms and other concomitant factors. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24(6), 585-598. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acp052
Emond, V., Joyal, C., & Poissant, H. (2009). Neuroanatomie structurelle et fonctionnelle du trouble déficitaire d’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDAH). L'Encéphale, 35(2), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2008.01.005
Joyal, C. C., Gendron, C., & Côté, G. (2008). Nature and frequency of aggressive behaviours among long-term inpatients with schizophrenia: a 6-month report using the modified overt aggression scale. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53(7), 478-481. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674370805300713
Potvin, S., Joyal, C. C., Pelletier, J., & Stip, E. (2008). Contradictory cognitive capacities among substance-abusing patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Schizophrenia research, 100(1-3), 242-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2007.04.022
Gendron, C., Brussiere, S., & Joyal, C. C. (2008). NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET SCHIZOPHÉNIE: UNE MISE à JOUR DES CONNAISSANCES. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 29(1), 37-49.
Joyal, C. C., Black, D. N., & Dassylva, B. (2007). The neuropsychology and neurology of sexual deviance: A review and pilot study. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19, 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11194-007-9045-4
Joyal, C. C., Putkonen, A., Mancini-Marïe, A., Hodgins, S., Kononen, M., Boulay, L., ... & Aronen, H. J. (2007). Violent persons with schizophrenia and comorbid disorders: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Schizophrenia Research, 91(1-3), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2006.12.014
Légaré, N., Brosseau, E., & Joyal, C. C. (2007). Omega-3 and violence in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia research, 96(1-3), 269-269.
Joyal, C. C., Dubreucq, J. L., Gendron, C., & Millaud, F. (2007). Major mental disorders and violence: a critical update. Current psychiatry reviews, 3(1), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.2174/157340007779815628

Guay, J.P., Morselli, C., Renaud, P., Joyal, C., Laurier, C. & Lafortune, D. (2014, novembre). Facteurs spécifiques et facteurs génériques : L'évaluation du risque et la prédiction de la récidive chez les délinquants associés aux gangs de rue. Fond de recherche du Québec, Société et Culture.