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Professor
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Dr. Daniel G. Séguin
Education
B.A. (Hons.) (Laurentian)
M.A. (Laurentian)
Ph.D. (Carleton)
Appointments, Boards and Certifications
Adjunct Appointments
Adjunct Scholar, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
Editorial Boards
Early Child Development and Care
Psychology and Cognition
Psychiatry and Mental Health
External Boards
Nova Scotia College of Nurses: First Instance Committee (Complaints)
Certifications
Certified Facilitator, Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Research Interests
I am a Madadjiwan First Nation Indigenous Scholar and have been a full-time member of the Psychology Department since 2001. I was tenured and promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor in 2006 and subsequently promoted to Professor in 2017.
I earned a Ph.D in Developmental Psychology (social development), an M.A. in Human Development, and a B.A. (Hons.) in general Psychology. I am purposeful in my research to cover significant breadth in developmental psychology and have been the lead in developing and maintaining four main streams of research that are interrelated as they represent the social, emotional, and academic well-being of children and of their families. The areas that particularly pique my interest include Meta-Emotion Philosophy, parenting, goodness of fit, childhood regulation and temperament, and developmentally based variables related to emotional and academic outcomes.
Over the last many years I have investigated the complex associations between meta-emotional styles in same and opposite sex parenting pairs and the corresponding social, emotional and cognitive development of children by using a multi-source, multi-method approach. I have also been actively involved in research within the areas of social withdrawal and shyness, language development in special populations, meteorology (weather) and emotions across the lifespan, temperament, regulation, and academic readiness during the preschool years. Collaboratively I have published a book chapter in an advanced Developmental Psychology text, and have published several articles in psychological journals such as Parenting: Science and Practice, Developmental Psychology, Social Development, Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Journal of Research and Childhood Education, and Early Child Development and Care. Furthermore, I have presented my research numerous times at international and domestic conferences.
As a result of my broad expertise in the area of parenting, adjustment outcomes for children and social development, I was invited by The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to join their expert advisory team to help re-design The Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program. The NPPP provides parenting education and support to parents of young children during the early years, from birth to age five. We were thoughtful in the re-design to continue to meet the needs of parents who may be young, single, socially or geographically isolated or who have low income or limited formal education. Therefore, the program reaches parents less likely to access resources or supports in the community. I am also certified with the PHAC to facilitate the NPPP.
Over the last quarter century, I have successfully supervised more than forty honours thesis projects in the psychology department, more than thirty master’s thesis projects in the area of school psychology, educational psychology, and child and youth studies, two PhD dissertation in educational psychology, and I have been a committee member on countless thesis projects across the university and external to MSVU. My honours’ students typically go on to graduate school, and my honours’ and graduate students have been the recipients of many awards and scholarships. From the conception of their ideas to the delivery of the final document and thesis defense, I offer the support and guidance necessary to develop high-caliber research studies. I am extremely proud to have numerous published works with my students and that our work has been shared at international and domestic conferences.
A truly enjoyable part of my job is knowledge dissemination. I have been a regular columnist with the Atlantic Canada based magazine Our Children, have commented on close to one hundred topics in numerous articles published in specialized magazines (e.g., Today’s Parent, New Outlook Magazine) and newspapers (e.g., Globe and Mail; Daily News) and have appeared on numerous television or radio news segments (e.g., CTV, ATV, Global, CBC News World) to discuss topics important to social and emotional development of children and wellbeing of families.
Selected Publications and Presentations, 2015-2024
Vo, T., Ambuwser, A., Bowering, E., & Séguin, D. Parenting Style, Regulatory Focus, and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in Adults. Canada’s Career Development Conference. January 29-31, 2024, Ottawa, Canada
McKeen, J ., Wright, T., Séguin, D., Cray, H. (2023). Psychometric Validation of a Game-based Testing Instrument to Measure Preschool Children’s Environmental Knowledge and Connection to Nature. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 10(1), p.14.
Barker, C. & Séguin, D. (2023). Five Things to Know About drag Story Time. The Conversation. Published June 1st, 2023.
Omidvar, N., Wright, T., Beazley, K., Seguin, D. (2020). Examining children’s indoor and outdoor nature exposures and nature-related pedagogical approaches of teachers at two Reggio-Emilia preschools in Halifax, Canada. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development.
Omidvar, N., Wright, T., Beazley, K., Seguin, D. (2019). Examining the effect of nature related routines on preschool children’s affinity to nature at Halifax children’s centres. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education 6(2), 42-58.
Hipson, W., Coplan, R. & Séguin, D. (2019). Emotion Regulation Mediates Links between Shyness and Social Adjustment in Preschool. Social Development.
Hipson, W., Coplan, R., Séguin, D. (2018). Emotion Regulation Mediates Links between Shyness and Young Children’s Social Adjustment in Preschool. Development 2018. Brockville, ON.
Donegani, C. & Séguin, D. (2016). “Exploring affect and regulation as predictors of conflict in late childhood and early adolescence”. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2016.1261320.
Walsh, K. , Eskritt, M. , Séguin., D. (2016) Children’s Willingness to Trust: Comparing Trust in Media Characters to Unfamiliar Adults. Nova Scotia Developmental Conference.
LeBlanc, L.A. & Séguin, D. G. (2016) Media messages, child development, and theory of mind. To be presented at the SRCD 2016 Special Topic Meeting: Technology and Media in Children’s Development (October 27-30, 2016) University of California, Irvine, CA.
Hipson, W. & Séguin,D. G. (2016) Is good fit related to good behavior? Goodness of fit between teacher-child interaction, child temperament, and preschool children’s social adjustment. To be presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. July 10-14, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania
Séguin, D. G. & MacDonald, B. (2016). The role of emotion regulation and temperament in the prediction of the quality of social relationships in early childhood. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2016.1251678.
Seguin, D.G., Hipson, W. (2015). Unraveling the complex associations between emotional intelligence and personality in later childhood and early adolescence. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1084803
Seguin, D.G, & Klimek, V. (2015). Just five more minutes please: Electronic media use, sleep, and behaviour in young children. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1071528
Hipson, W. E., & Séguin, D. G. (2015). Is good fit related to good behaviour? Goodness of fit between daycare teacher-child relationships, temperament, and prosocial behaviour. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1061518