Alexandre J.S. Morin, Ph.D.

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Professor, Psychology

Thesis supervision details

Supervised programs: Psychology (MA), Psychology (PhD)

Research areas: Substantive methodological synergies, statistics (EFA, CFA, SEM, ESEM, latent profile analyses, mixture models, longitudinal models, growth mixture models), multidimensional self-conceptions, workplace commitment, wellbeing, intellectual disabilities

Contact information

Email:

alexandre.morin@concordia.ca

Website:

Substantive Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory

Biography

EDUCATION

Diploma	Discipline	University	Year
Ph.D. research and intervention	Industrial-Organizational Psychology	University of Montreal, Canada	2005
M.Ps. (Professional Master)	Industrial-Organizational Psychology	University of Montreal, Canada	2003
Bachelor (B.Sc.)	Psychology	University of Montreal, Canada	1998

EMPLOYMENT

Rank	Period	University
Full Professor	January 2017	Concordia University, Canada
Full Professor (Research Only)	February 2014 –November 2016	Australian Catholic University, Australia
Associate Professor	September 2012- February 2014	University of Western Sydney, Australia
Associate Professor	June 2010 – August 2012	University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Assistant Professor	June 2005 –June 2010	University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Teaching activities

Teaching

PSYC 374 Organizational Psychology

PSYC 426: Psychometrics and Individual Differences

PSYC 734: Multivariate Statistics (aka Latent Variable Modelling)

Research activities

Substantive-Methodological Synergies (SMS)

Marsh and Hau(2007) and Borsboom (2006) emphasised the need for substantive-methodologicalsynergies (SMS) in psychological research. Substantive-methodological synergiesrepresent joint ventures in which new methodological developments are appliedto substantively important issues. Welive in exciting times of fast-paced innovation in quantitative methods. Thiscreates new research opportunities: methodological innovations enableresearchers to penetrate previously inaccessible research problems, revisitclassic unresolved issues, and address new research issues. However, this alsocreates concerns for substantive researchers who fail to keep pace with newmethodological developments. As pointed out by Marsh and Hau (2007): (a)some of the best methodological research is based on the development ofcreative methodological solutions to problems that stem from substantiveresearch; (b) new methodologies provide important new approaches to currentsubstantive issues; and (c) substantive-methodological synergies areparticularly important in applied areas. The converse is also likely: researchers with strong methodologicalskills might lose touch with the need to present statistical tools in ways thathave practical and theoretical significance. Substantive-methodologicalsynergies are also useful in demonstrating the practical advantages ofstatistical innovations to substantive research and to present thoseinnovations in a clear and replicable way to applied researchers who might lackthe formal mathematical training necessary to be able to dig into statisticalpapers. Substantive-methodological synergies represents the core of my research program.

Leading a research program centered onsubstantive-methodological synergies involvestwo core components. A first component is to remain open to collaborativeopportunities with substantive experts seeking better, clearer, or simply moreprecise answers to critical research questions. A second component focuses on a number of key statistical models that I particularly enjoy using, illustrating, but alsoworking at improving in terms of applications and interpretations: psychometric models (ESEM, Bifactor ESEM), person-centered analyses, longitudinal analyses of change, and their combination.

Publications

For an up-to-date list of my publications,see: https://smslabstats.weebly.com/publications.html