Chantal's research focuses on exploring interpersonal models of sexuality. For example, Chantal has investigated how the broader context of the relationship, such as the degree of openness and disclosure between romantic partners, is critical to understanding how a particular sexual behaviour, such as pornography use, impacts the quality of the sexual relationship. She is currently examining women's distressing thoughts about their bodies during sex, and how that is influenced by their romantic partners, as well as their own body image concerns. Chantal's research is funded by SSHRC, OGS, and President's Graduate Scholarship.
Clinically, Chantal works primarily with adults experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties. She has specific therapy and assessment experience with anxiety, mood, and trauma. Chantal is also interested in gaining clinical experience with couples therapy and sex therapy.
Outside of school, Chantal enjoys activities such as painting, calligraphy, and learning how to sew and crochet. She also enjoys camping, hiking, reading a good book, cooking, and playing board games with others.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Publications
Smith, M. M., Sherry, S. B., Gautreau, C. M., Mushquash, A. R.., Saklofske, D. H., Snow, S. L. (2017). The intergenerational transmission of perfectionism: Fathers' other-oriented perfectionism and daughters' perceived psychological control uniquely predict daughters' self-critical and personal standards perfectionism, Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 242-248.
Smith, M. M., Sherry, S. B., Gautreau, C. M., Stewart, S. H., Saklofske, D. H., Mushquash, A. R. (2017). Are perfectionistic concerns an antecedent of or a consequence of binge eating, or both? A short-term four-wave longitudinal study of undergraduate women. Eating Behaviors, 26, 23-26.
Smith, M. M., Sherry, S. B., Mushquash, A. R., Saklofske, D. H., Gautreau, C. M., & Nealis, J. L. (2017). Perfectionism erodes social self-esteem and generates depressive symptoms: Studying mother-daughter dyads using a daily dairy design with longitudinal follow-up. Journal of Research in Personality 71, 72-79.
Sherry, S. B., Mackinnon, S. P., & Gautreau, C. M. (2016). Perfectionists don’t play nicely with others: Expanding the social disconnection model. In F. M. Sirois & D. Molnar (Eds.), Perfectionism, health, and well-being. New York, NY: Springer.
Gautreau, C.M., Sherry, S.B., Battista, S., Goldstein, A. L., & Stewart, S. H. (2015). Enhancement motives moderate the relationship between high arousal positive moods and drinking quantity: Evidence from a 22-day experience sampling study. Drugs and Alcohol Review, 34, 595-602.
Gautreau, C. M., Sherry, S. B., Mushquash, A. R., & Stewart, S. H. (2015). Is self-critical perfectionism an antecedent of or a consequence of social anxiety, or both? A 12-month, three-wave longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 125-130.
Gautreau, C. M., Sherry, S. B., Sherry, D. L., Birnie, K. A., Mackinnon S. P., & Stewart, S. H. (2015). Does catastrophizing of bodily sensations maintain health-related anxiety? A 14-day daily diary study with longitudinal follow-up. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Sherry, S. B., Gautreau, C. M., Mushquash, A. R., Sherry, D. L., & Allen, S. L. (2014). Self-critical perfectionism confers vulnerability to depression after controlling for neuroticism: A longitudinal study of middle-aged, community-dwelling women. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 1-4.
Presentations
Gautreau, C. M., Rehman, U. (2017, October). When thoughts during sex are no longer sexual: Examining body image concerns during sexual activity. Research talk presented at the 2017 Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Gautreau, C. M., Rehman, U., McNeil, J. (2017, April). Pornography use within romantic relationships: The associations between sexual communication, pornography use and relationship outcomes. Research talk presented at the 2017 Annual Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies Research Symposium. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Sherry, S. B., Snow, S. L., Gautreau, C. M., Mushquash, A. R., Lee-Baggley, D. (2017, June). Fathers’ psychological control and fathers’ other-oriented perfectionism uniquely predict daughters’ self-critical perfectionism: A study of 160 father-daughter dyads. Research talk presented at the 2017 Canadian Psychological Association National convention. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gautreau, C. M., McNeil, J., Rehman, U. (2016, September). Pornography use within Romantic Relationships: Examining the Associations between Sexual Communication, Pornography use, and Relationship Outcomes. In U. Rehman (Chair), Sexual Communication. Symposium conducted at the 2016 Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Sherry, S., Gautreau, C. M., Mushquash, M., & Nealis, L. (2016, June). Perfectionism erodes social self-esteem and generates depressive symptoms: Studying mother-daughter dyads using a daily diary study with longitudinal follow-up. In G. Flett (Chair), Perfectionism in personal and interpersonal dysfunction. Symposium conducted at the 2016 Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Gautreau, C.M., Rehman, U. (2016, April). Pornography Use within the Relational Context: The Role of Communication. Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Graduate Psychology Discovery Conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Gautreau, C.M., Rehman, U. (2015, November). Pornography: A Taboo Topic within Romantic Relationships? Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Sutherland, S., Rehman, U., Gautreau, C. M. (2015, October). Viewing gender differences in desire as stable versus malleable: How implicit theories can shape responses to a partner’s sexual difficulty. Poster presented at the 2015 Canadian Sex Research Forum Meeting, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Gautreau, C. M., Rehman, U. S. (2015, August). The Impact of Pornography Use on Relational Outcomes Within Long-Term Committed Relationships: The Role of Communication and Knowledge. Poster presented at the 2015 Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ramasubbu, C., Sherry, S. B., Gautreau, C. M., Sherry, D. L., Nealis, L. J., Hadjistavropoulos, H. D., & Stewart, S. H. (2014, April). Do catastrophizing of bodily sensations and health-related reassurance-seeking maintain health-related anxiety? Paper presented at the 40th Annual In-House Conference of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ramasubbu, C., Sherry, S. B., Gautreau, C. M., Sherry, D. L., Nealis, L. J., Hadjistavropoulos, H. D., & Stewart, S. H. (2014, May). Do catastrophizing of bodily sensations and health-related reassurance-seeking maintain health-related anxiety? Evidence from a 28-day daily diary study with longitudinal follow-up. Poster session presented at the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gautreau, C. M., Sherry, S. B., Stewart, S. H., Sherry, D. L., & Mackinnon, S. P. (2013, June). Does catastrophizing maintain health-related worry? A 14-day daily diary study. Poster presentation presented at the Canadian Psychological Association's 74th Annual Convention, Quebec city, Canada.
Gautreau, C.M., Stewart, S., Bailey, K., Battista, S., Goldstein, A. L., & Sherry, S. B. (2013, June). Enhancement motivated drinkers are positive mood self-medicating drinkers. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association's 74th Annual Convention, Quebec City, Canada.
Gautreau, C. M., Mackinnon, S. P., Sherry, S. B., Smith, M. M., Pratt, M. W., (November, 2012). Pre-university friendship intimacy moderates the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and depressive affect. Poster session presented at Dalhousie University’s Department of Psychiatry 22nd Annual Research Day, Halifax, Canada.
Kalousek, K., Gautreau, C., Adams, N., & Johnson, S. (2012, June) “Mom, my stomach hurts!”: How youths with and without autism spectrum disorders communicate about illness. Poster session presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s Annual Convention, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kalousek, K., Adams, N., Gautreau, C., & Johnson, S. (2012, May) Parent- and self-perceptions of illness coping behaviour in youths with and without autism spectrum disorders. Poster session presented at the International Conference on Innovative Research in Autism, Tours, Loire Valley, France.
Gautreau, C., Stewart, S, Goldstein, A. L., Battista, S., Bailey, K. & Sherry, S. B. (2012, May). Daily diary study: Moderating effects of enhancement motives on within-person associations between positively aroused moods and drinking behaviour. Poster session presented at the 25th Annual Science Atlantic Psychology Conference, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gautreau, C., MacKinnon, S. P., Fitzpatrick, S., Fulmore, J., Sherry, S. B. (2012, March). Testing the Perfectionism Model of Binge Eating: Dietary restraint as a mediator between socially prescribed perfectionism and binge eating. Poster session presented at the 10th Crossroads Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Macneil, M. A., Mackinnon, S. P., Fitzpatrick, S., Fulmore, J., Gautreau, C., Hicks, M., Mackinnon, A., Smith, M., & Sherry, S. B. (2011, October). Intrapersonal discrepancies confer vulnerability to depressive symptoms: A three-wave cross-lagged panel analysis. Poster presentation presented at the 21st annual Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Research Day, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [won best undergraduate presentation award at Psychiatry Research Day].
Fitzpatrick, S., Mackinnon, S. P., Fulmore, J., Gautreau, C., Gyenes, N. Hicks, M., MacKinnon, A., McNeil, M., Smith, M., & Sherry, S. B. (2011, May). Perfectionistic concerns, interpersonal discrepancies, and psychological well-being: A longitudinal mixed-method approach. Paper presentation presented at the 35th Annual Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.