Dr. Catherine Juneau is a FRQSC-funded postdoctoral fellow at McGill University. She has completed her PhD in France at Clermont-Auvergne University. She is interested in the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of positive psychology exercises that aim to improve the regulation of emotions and thus act on the motivation to adopt health behaviors. She studies equanimity as a quality of emotion regulation. Her early studies operationalized existing definitions by creating a psychometric scale to assess equanimity and demonstrated the existence of a link between this quality and the practice of mindfulness meditation. Given the potential mental health benefits of equanimity, the aim of her postdoctoral work is to understand the cognitive mechanisms at work in equanimous reactions and to identify short and accessible exercises that increase equanimity in the general population.
Dr. Juneau has also taught several courses in cognitive and social psychology and research methodology and organized several workshops and conferences. Mother of two young children, Dr. Juneau is also involved in the prevention of parental burnout within the Plateau Mont-Royal (Montreal) community.
Dr. Catherine Juneau
Post Doctoral Fellow
catherine.juneau2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Education
2021-Present | Postdoc, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
2020-2021 | Postdoc, University Grenoble Alpes, France.
2017-2020 | Doctor of Social and Cognitive Psychology, University Clermont Auvergne, France.
2015-2016 | Master of Psychology, University Clermont Auvergne, France.
2013-2015 | Bachelor in Psychology, University Clermont Auvergne, France.
Publications
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., Knäuper, B., & Dambrun, M. (2021). Mindfulness and equanimity moderate approach/avoidance motor responses. Cognition & Emotion, 35(6), 1085-1098. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2021.1927674
Juneau, C., Pellerin, N., Trives, E., Ricard, M., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2020). Reliability and validity of an equanimity questionnaire: The Two-Factor Equanimity Scale (EQUA-S). PeerJ, 8, e9405. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9405
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2020). Trait and state equanimity: The effect of mindfulness practice. Mindfulness, 11, 1802–1812. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01397-4
Turgon, R., Tuffault, A., Shankland, R., Juneau, C. & Blatier, C. (2019). Eating disorder treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of mindfulness-based programs. Mindfulness, 10, 2225-2244. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01216-5
Selimegovic, L., Juneau, C., Ferrand, L., Spatola, N., & Augustinova, M. (2019). The impact of exposure to unrealistically high beauty standards on inhibitory control. L’Année Psychologique/Topics in cognitive psychology, 119(4), 473-493. doi: 10.3917/anpsy1.194.0473
Dambrun, M., Berniard A., Didelot T., Chaulet, M., Droit-Volet, S., Corman, M., Juneau, C., & Martinon, L. (2019). Unified consciousness and the effect of body scan meditation on happiness: Alteration of inner-body experience and feeling of harmony as central processes. Mindfulness, 10, 1530-1544. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01104-y
Augustinova, M., Almeida, E., Clarys, D., Ferrand, L., Izaute, M., Jalenques, I., Juneau, C., Normand, A., & Silvert, L. (2016). Que mesure l’interférence Stroop? Quand et comment? Arguments méthodologiques et théoriques en faveur d’un changement de pratiques dans sa mesure. L'Année Psychologique/Topics in Cognitive Psychology, 116, 45-66. doi: 10.4074/S000350331500024X
Conference Presentations & Oral Communications
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2020). Measuring equanimity and its relation to emotional reactions. Oral presentation at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, June, Reykjavik.
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2021). Mindfulness and self-regulation: Equanimity reduces biased automatic approaching and avoiding reactions. Oral presentation at the International Conference of Mindfulness, June, Aarhus.
Juneau, C., Le Duc-Banazuk, A-S., Michelm M., Thilly, N., Giraudeau, B., Bruel S., Gagneux-Brunon, A., Jeanleboeuf, F., Marie dit Asse, L., Kalecinski, J., Bonnay, S., Fall, E., Bros, J., & Gauchet, A. (2021). Intentions de vaccination contre les HPV chez les garçons et filles en France. Communication par affiche au 11e congrès de l’Association Francophone de Psychologie de la Santé, July, France.
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2019). Stay calm and be balanced: Equanimity and eating disorders. Oral presentation at the Concil on Eating Disorders, September, Paris.
Juneau, C., Shankland, R., Waroquier, L., & Dambrun, M. (2019). Equanimity moderates approach/avoidance motor-responses and evaluative conditioning. Poster presentation at the CogSci 2019, July, Montreal.
Juneau, C., Perrin N., Trives, E., Ricard, M., Shankland, R., & Dambrun, M. (2018). Defining and measuring equanimity. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Mindfulness, June, Amsterdam.
*Received poster award
Juneau, C., Marty, L., Duquennoy, A., & Chambaron-Ginhac, S. (2017). Etude des différences de biais attentionnel envers les aliments chez les enfants normo-pondéraux et en surpoids. Communication orale au Colloque Jeunes Chercheurs de l’ADRIPS, Juillet, Paris.
Juneau, C. (2017). Pleine conscience et comportements alimentaires. Journée francophone de psychologie positive, Juin, Grenoble.
Juneau, C., Shankland, R. & Dambrun, M. (2017). Effet de différentes interventions courtes de Mindfulness sur la perception hédonique d’odeurs alimentaires. Communication orale à la Journée de prévention des troubles du comportement alimentaire et de l’obésité, Juin, Grenoble.
Juneau, C., Selimbegovic, L., Ferrand, L., Spatola, N. & Augustinova, M. (2016). L’influence de l’exposition aux canons de beauté sur la performance cognitive des jeunes femmes. Communication orale au Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française dans le symposium Image du Corps, Juillet, Genève.
Funding
2022-2024 | FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellowship – $90,000
2022-2024 | Mind & Life Varela Award – $10,000