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Christian C. Joyal is a researcher affiliated with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Canada. Their work primarily spans social sciences and psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology. The breadth of their research also touches on fields such as sociology and political science, gender studies, health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research addresses various topics, including:

  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending
  • Intimate partner and family violence
  • Sexuality, behavior, and technology
  • Sexual assault and victimization studies
  • Gender, feminism, and media
  • Child abuse and trauma
  • Criminal justice and corrections analysis

Among the prominent publication venues where Christian C. Joyal's work appears are:

  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joyal include:

  • Concordance and Discordance between Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors: A Follow-Up Study, 2021, The Journal of Sex Research
  • Sexual Knowledge, Desires, and Experience of Adolescents and Young Adults With an Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Other significant recent publications in their research network include:

  • Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis, 2021, Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • What Is So Appealing About Being Spanked, Flogged, Dominated, or Restrained? Answers from Practitioners of Sexual Masochism/Submission, 2020, The Journal of Sex Research
  • International guidelines for the prevention of sexual violence: A systematic review and perspective of WHO, UN Women, UNESCO, and UNICEF's publications, 2023, Child Abuse & Neglect

Frequent co-authors with whom Joyal has collaborated include:

  • Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
  • Julie Carpentier
  • Amylee Mailhot Amborski
  • Eve-Line Bussières
  • Suzie McKinnon

Best Publications

  • Functional neuroimaging studies of sexual arousal and orgasm in healthy men and women: A review and meta-analysis

    Serge Stoléru;Véronique Fonteille;Véronique Fonteille;Christel Cornélis;Christian Joyal

  • What Exactly Is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy

    Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Amélie Cossette;Vanessa Lapierre

  • The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey

    Christian C. Joyal;Julie Carpentier

  • Contradictory cognitive capacities among substance-abusing patients with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis

    Stéphane Potvin;Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Julie Pelletier;Emmanuel Stip

  • Characteristics and circumstances of homicidal acts committed by offenders with schizophrenia.

    C. C. Joyal;A. Putkonen;P. Paavola;J. Tiihonen

  • The Neuropsychology and Neurology of Sexual Deviance: A Review and Pilot Study

    Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Deborah N. Black;Benoit Dassylva

  • Comorbid Personality Disorders and Substance Use Disorders of Mentally Ill Homicide Offenders: A Structured Clinical Study on Dual and Triple Diagnoses

    Anu Putkonen;Irma Kotilainen;Christian C Joyal;Jari Tiihonen

  • Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis.

    Amylee Mailhot Amborski;Eve-Line Bussières;Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel;Christian C Joyal

  • Drug abuse and/or dependence and better neuropsychological performance in patients with schizophrenia.

    Christian C Joyal;Paul Hallé;Dominique Lapierre;Sheilagh Hodgins;Sheilagh Hodgins

  • [Structural and functional neuroanatomy of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)].

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  • Major Mental Disorders and Violence: A Critical Update

    Christian C. Joyal;Jean-Luc Dubreucq;Catherine Gendron;Frederic Millaud

  • The Neuropsychology of Sex Offenders A Meta-Analysis

    Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Jolyane Beaulieu-Plante;Antoine de Chantérac

  • Risque de violence et troubles mentaux graves

    J.-L. Dubreucq;C. Joyal;F. Millaud

  • Effects of midline and lateral cerebellar lesions on motor coordination and spatial orientation

    C.C Joyal;C Meyer;G Jacquart;P Mahler

  • The amygdala and schizophrenia: a volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study in first-episode, neuroleptic-naive patients

    Christian C Joyal;Mikko P Laakso;Jari Tiihonen;Jari Tiihonen;Erkka Syvälahti

  • A volumetric MRI study of the entorhinal cortex in first episode neuroleptic-naive schizophrenia.

    Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Mikko P. Laakso;Jari Tiihonen;Jari Tiihonen;Erkka Syvälahti

  • Motor abnormalities in lurcher mutant mice

    Robert Lalonde;Robert Lalonde;M.I. Botez;M.I. Botez;C.C. Joyal;C.C. Joyal;Michele Caumartin;Michele Caumartin

  • Violent persons with schizophrenia and comorbid disorders: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;Christian C. Joyal;A. Putkonen;A. Mancini-Marïe;Sheilagh Hodgins

  • MRI volumetry of the vermis and the cerebellar hemispheres in men with schizophrenia.

    Christian C Joyal;Christian C Joyal;Corina Pennanen;Eila Tiihonen;Mikko P Laakso

  • Executive functions and the obsessive-compulsive disorder: on the importance of subclinical symptoms and other concomitant factors.

    Marie-Josée Bédard;Christian C Joyal;Lucie Godbout;Sophie Chantal

  • Development and initial assessment of a new paradigm for assessing cognitive and motor inhibition: the bimodal virtual-reality Stroop.

    Mylène Henry;Christian C. Joyal;Pierre Nolin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Lalonde
Robert Lalonde University of Rouen
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Sheilagh Hodgins
Sheilagh Hodgins University of Montreal
Robert Lalonde
Robert Lalonde University of Rouen
Ovidiu Lungu
Ovidiu Lungu University of Montreal
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Josh M. Cisler
Josh M. Cisler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stéphane Bouchard
Stéphane Bouchard Université du Québec en Outaouais
Philip L. Jackson
Philip L. Jackson Université Laval
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland

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