Serge Lecours
Biographic Data
| ID | 5211474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serge Lecours |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serge |
| FAMILY NAME | Lecours |
| SIGNATURE | LECOURS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9390-484X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Verbal elaboration of distinct affect categories and narcissistic personality disorder features
Negative Self-Evaluating Emotions as Mediator in the Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Trauma and Alexithymia in Adulthood
Sensitization to emotions and representation formation through social biofeedback
Alexithymia, Cognitive Complexity, and Defensive Avoidance of Emotion in a Situation of Experimentally Induced Sadness
The Role of Need Satisfaction as a Distinct and Basic Psychological Component of Autobiographical Memories
The purpose of the present research was to show that satisfaction of the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness constitutes a basic component characterizing autobiographical memories. In Study 1, a coding scheme and a self-rating method for measuring need satisfaction in memories were developed and shown to be highly related to each other. Across 3 studies using graduate and undergraduate students (Study 1: N=244; Study 2: N…
The role of autobiographical memory networks in the experience of negative emotions
The present research examined the role of autobiographical memory networks on negative emotional experiences. Results from 2 studies found support for an active but also discriminant role of autobiographical memories and their related networked memories on negative emotions. In addition, in line with self-determination theory, thwarting of the psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness was found to be the critical component of …
Resilience and Positive Emotions
Resilience has been frequently associated with positive emotions, especially when experienced during taxing events. However, the psychological processes that might allow resilient individuals to self‐generate those positive emotions have been mostly overlooked. In line with recent advances in memory research, we propose that emotional memories play an important role in the self‐generation of positive emotions. The present research examined this h…
Mentalization in adult attachment narratives
Relationships between three measures of mentalization (reflective function, mental states, and verbal elaboration of affect), attachment status, and the severity of axis I and axis II pathology were examined. Seventy-three adults, both ex-psychiatric patients and nonclinical volunteers were administered the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Comparisons between the three measures indicate that they share some aspect of a core mentalization process…
On
On: The comments of Marita Torsti‐Hagman." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 89(3), pp. 657–658
Supportive interventions and nonsymbolic mental functioning
The author aims to show how supportive interventions are the analyst's most relevant therapeutic means to helping patients with a feeble symbolic system transform nonsymbolic episodes and reestablish symbolic mental functioning. Symbolic and nonsymbolic modes of mental functioning are first outlined. Supportive interventions are redefined as an analyst's effort at improving a patient's nonsymbolic mental functioning, by using principally pragmati…
Analyzing forms of superego functioning as mentalizations
The concept of mentalization seeks to understand the transformation processes of physical quantity into psychical quality through the emergence, development and organization of mental representations. Often discussed in relation to the functioning of both the id and the ego, it is here proposed that the degree of mentalization also determines the level of functioning and maturity of the hostile, self-punitive superego. Luquet's description of fou…
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
The Countertransference Rating Scale (CRS; Normandin & Bouchard, 1993) was used to compare the spontaneous written reactions ― to two clinical vignettes ― of beginning (less than 1 year) and experienced (10 years or more) psychoanalytically oriented psychologists. The CRS distinguishes three major mental states: objective/rational countertransference is a detached, nonparticipating, observing position; reactive countertransference is an unconscio…
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
Motor vehicle related injury on the bridges between Montreal and the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, 1978-1982
The injury experience related to motor vehicle crashes on four bridges and one tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1978 to 1982, are described. Particular attention is given to the Jacques Cartier Bridge, publicly perceived as being excessively dangerous. Data from the Quebec Automobile Insurance Board and police reports confirm an excess of deaths (19/34; rate ratio = 4.5) and severe injuries (69/109; rate ratio = 6.2) on the Jacques Cartie…
Supportive interventions and nonsymbolic mental functioning
The author aims to show how supportive interventions are the analyst's most relevant therapeutic means to helping patients with a feeble symbolic system transform nonsymbolic episodes and reestablish symbolic mental functioning. Symbolic and nonsymbolic modes of mental functioning are first outlined. Supportive interventions are redefined as an analyst's effort at improving a patient's nonsymbolic mental functioning, by using principally pragmati…
Analyzing forms of superego functioning as mentalizations
The concept of mentalization seeks to understand the transformation processes of physical quantity into psychical quality through the emergence, development and organization of mental representations. Often discussed in relation to the functioning of both the id and the ego, it is here proposed that the degree of mentalization also determines the level of functioning and maturity of the hostile, self-punitive superego. Luquet's description of fou…
Motor vehicle related injury on the bridges between Montreal and the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, 1978-1982
The injury experience related to motor vehicle crashes on four bridges and one tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1978 to 1982, are described. Particular attention is given to the Jacques Cartier Bridge, publicly perceived as being excessively dangerous. Data from the Quebec Automobile Insurance Board and police reports confirm an excess of deaths (19/34; rate ratio = 4.5) and severe injuries (69/109; rate ratio = 6.2) on the Jacques Cartie…
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
The Countertransference Rating Scale (CRS; Normandin & Bouchard, 1993) was used to compare the spontaneous written reactions ― to two clinical vignettes ― of beginning (less than 1 year) and experienced (10 years or more) psychoanalytically oriented psychologists. The CRS distinguishes three major mental states: objective/rational countertransference is a detached, nonparticipating, observing position; reactive countertransference is an unconscio…
Countertransference as the therapist's mental activity
Analyzing forms of superego functioning as mentalizations
The concept of mentalization seeks to understand the transformation processes of physical quantity into psychical quality through the emergence, development and organization of mental representations. Often discussed in relation to the functioning of both the id and the ego, it is here proposed that the degree of mentalization also determines the level of functioning and maturity of the hostile, self-punitive superego. Luquet's description of fou…
Supportive interventions and nonsymbolic mental functioning
The author aims to show how supportive interventions are the analyst's most relevant therapeutic means to helping patients with a feeble symbolic system transform nonsymbolic episodes and reestablish symbolic mental functioning. Symbolic and nonsymbolic modes of mental functioning are first outlined. Supportive interventions are redefined as an analyst's effort at improving a patient's nonsymbolic mental functioning, by using principally pragmati…
Mentalization in adult attachment narratives
Relationships between three measures of mentalization (reflective function, mental states, and verbal elaboration of affect), attachment status, and the severity of axis I and axis II pathology were examined. Seventy-three adults, both ex-psychiatric patients and nonclinical volunteers were administered the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Comparisons between the three measures indicate that they share some aspect of a core mentalization process…
On
On: The comments of Marita Torsti‐Hagman." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 89(3), pp. 657–658
Resilience and Positive Emotions
Resilience has been frequently associated with positive emotions, especially when experienced during taxing events. However, the psychological processes that might allow resilient individuals to self‐generate those positive emotions have been mostly overlooked. In line with recent advances in memory research, we propose that emotional memories play an important role in the self‐generation of positive emotions. The present research examined this h…
The Role of Need Satisfaction as a Distinct and Basic Psychological Component of Autobiographical Memories
The purpose of the present research was to show that satisfaction of the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness constitutes a basic component characterizing autobiographical memories. In Study 1, a coding scheme and a self-rating method for measuring need satisfaction in memories were developed and shown to be highly related to each other. Across 3 studies using graduate and undergraduate students (Study 1: N=244; Study 2: N…
The role of autobiographical memory networks in the experience of negative emotions
The present research examined the role of autobiographical memory networks on negative emotional experiences. Results from 2 studies found support for an active but also discriminant role of autobiographical memories and their related networked memories on negative emotions. In addition, in line with self-determination theory, thwarting of the psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness was found to be the critical component of …
Alexithymia, Cognitive Complexity, and Defensive Avoidance of Emotion in a Situation of Experimentally Induced Sadness
Sensitization to emotions and representation formation through social biofeedback
Negative Self-Evaluating Emotions as Mediator in the Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Trauma and Alexithymia in Adulthood
Verbal elaboration of distinct affect categories and narcissistic personality disorder features
Psychology (14 works) · Cognitive psychology (8 works) · Psychotherapist (8 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Personality (4 works)