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MSc Valentine Martin-Savary

PhD Student

Valentine Savary is a PhD student in psychology at UniDistance Suisse. She holds a Master’s degree in neuroscience and a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Geneva. She has a particular interest in emotion regulation and its applications to individual and societal challenges.

Her doctoral research examines how humour can be used in climate change communication to prevent and correct misinformation. More broadly, her research interests include affective science, humour, science communication, and the development of evidence-based interventions. Before beginning her PhD, she contributed to several applied research projects involving emotion-regulation interventions, serious games, and research with children, adolescents, and clinical populations.

Research projects

Climate change: no laughing matter? Using humor to prevent and correct misinformation
Approved amount: -
Funding scheme: FNS - Project funding
Samson Andrea // Pierrick Laulan // Martin-Savary Valentine
Status: Ongoing
Start: 01.08.2026
End: 31.07.2030
Psychology
Climate change: no laughing matter? Using humor to prevent and correct misinformation
Samson Andrea // Pierrick Laulan // Martin-Savary Valentine
Approved amount:-
Funding scheme: FNS - Project funding
Status: Ongoing
Start: 01.08.2026
End: 31.07.2030
Psychology
Developing socio-emotional competences through our games: A pedagogical innovation in collaboration with the HEP-VS
Approved amount: -
Funding scheme: -
Samson Andrea // Moreno Laura // Martin-Savary Valentine
Status: Completed
Start: 01.03.2025
End: 31.05.2026
Psychology
Developing socio-emotional competences through our games: A pedagogical innovation in collaboration with the HEP-VS
Samson Andrea // // Moreno Laura // Martin-Savary Valentine //
Approved amount:-
Funding scheme: -
Status: Completed
Start: 01.03.2025
End: 31.05.2026
Psychology

Research groups

chEERS Lab

Faculty of Psychology

Implementing an evidence‑based digital resilience intervention in residential youth care: A qualitative study using the RE‑AIM framework
2026-09 | Children and Youth Services Review
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109117
  • Christina Stadler
  • David Bürgin
  • Valentine Savary
  • Mélanie Mayor
  • Catarina Fernandes de Brito
  • Andreas Papageorgiou
  • Donja Brunner
Journal article
A Brief Group-Based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults with Emotion Dysregulation: A Pilot Feasibility Study
2026-06 | Child Psychiatry & Human Development
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-026-02043-1
  • Julia Fol
  • C Gutierrez Bastidas
  • E Pham
  • B Meuleman
  • V Savary
  • A Pictet
  • K Dieben
  • N Perroud
  • A Edan
  • C Piguet
Journal article
Mindfulness shapes emotion regulation in non-clinical adolescents: Secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial
2026-01 | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DOI: 10.1177/13591045251377898
  • Erik Mendola
  • Ben Meuleman
  • Mariana Magnus Smith
  • Vladimira Ivanova
  • Eléonore Pham
  • Valentine Savary
  • Patricia Cernadas
  • Zeynep Celen
  • Luigi Francesco Saccaro
  • Andrea Samson
  • Paul Klauser
  • Arnaud Merglen
  • Camille Marie Piguet
Journal article
Jeux de société sur les compétences socio-émotionnelles : l'expérience de jeu avec des prototypes « chEERS Games » auprès d'élèves de 10 à 13 ans.
2025-11 | A.N.A.E (Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant)
  • Valentine Savary
  • Alexandra Zaharia
  • Nicolas Bressoud
  • Andrea C. Samson
  • David Sander
Journal article
START NOW WebApp—promoting emotion regulation and resilience in residential youth care and correctional institutions: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
2024-05 | Trials
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08180-z
  • Linda Kersten
  • Janine Alfano
  • Tobias E. Erlanger
  • Fabrice Helfenstein
  • Lelia Lanz
  • Stefan Weiss
  • Chiara Chilla
  • Beryll von Planta
  • Madlaina Kapoor
  • Nathalie Borel
  • Tabea Rocco
  • Andreas Papageorgiou
  • Catarina Fernandes De Brito
  • Arzie Bajrami
  • Valentine Savary
  • Melanie Mayor
  • Jana Hurschler
  • Alex Traut
  • Donja Brunner
  • Noortje Vriends
  • Christina Stadler
Journal article
Virtual reality vs. tablet for procedural comfort using an identical game in children undergoing venipuncture: a randomized clinical trial
2024-05 | Frontiers in Pediatrics
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1378459
  • Valentine Savary
  • Christina Zavlanou
  • Stephanie Mermet
  • David Sander
  • Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua
  • David Rudrauf
  • Yvain Tisserand
  • Cyril Sahyoun
Journal article
Mitigating pain and anxiety in children during intravenous procedures at the hospital with Virtual Reality
2022-06 | Archives Ouvertes UniGE
  • Valentine Savary
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chEERS Lab

  • PhD Student