Aurélien CORNIL


Aurélien CORNIL
Postdoctoral Researcher
UCL Teaching assistant

aurelien.cornil@uclouvain.be
+ 32 (0)10 47 44 70

ResearchGate Page

Research domains

  • Addictions
  • Craving
  • Gambling
  • Behavioral Addictions
  • Transdiagnostic Approach

Publications

  • Brandtner, A., Antons, S., Cornil, A., & Brand, M. (2021).Integrating Desire Thinking into the I-PACE Model: A Special Focus on Internet-Use Disorders. Current Addiction Reports, 8, 459-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00400-9
  • Cornil, A., Rothen, S., De Timary, P., & Billieux, J. (2021). Interference-based methods to mitigate gambling craving : A proof-of-principle pilot study. International Gambling Studies, 21(3), 426-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2021.1903063
  • von Hammerstein, C., Cornil, A., Rothen, S., Romo, L., Khazaal, Y., Benyamina, A., Billieux, J., & Luquiens, A. (2020). Psychometric properties of the transaddiction craving triggers questionnaire in alcohol use disorder. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 29(1), e1815. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1815
  • Cornil, A., Long, J., Rothen, S., de Timary, P., Perales, J. C., & Billieux, J. (2019). The gambling craving experience questionnaire: Psychometric properties of a new scale based on the elaborated intrusion theory of desire. Addictive Behaviors, 95, 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.02.023
  • Canale, N., Cornil, A., Giroux, I., Bouchard, S., & Billieux, J. (2019). Probing gambling urge as a state construct: Evidence from a sample of community gamblers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 33(2), 154-161. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/adb0000438
  • Cornil, A., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Devos, G., de Timary, P., Goudriaan, A.E., & Billieux, J. (2018). Exploring gambling craving through the elaborated intrusion theory of desire: A mixed methods approach. International Gambling Studies, 18, 1-21.​ https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2017.1368686

Conference proceedings

  • Cornil, A., de Timary, P., Khazaal, Y., Maurage, P., Rochat, L., Simon, O., Walentynowicz, M., Zumwald, C., & Billieux, J. (2022). S-7E5 Tackling naturally occurring gambling craving among problem gamblers with interference. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11 (Suppl.1), 213.
  • Cornil, A., Rothen,S., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. (2018). IO4-5 Development and initial validation of a new questionnaire assessing gambling craving triggers. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 8 (Suppl.1), 115.
  • Cornil, A., Long, J., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. (2018). OP-32 Assessing gambling craving through the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of desire: The gambling Craving Experience Questionnaire. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7 (Suppl.1), 58.​
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. (2017). OP-15. Using interference-based intervention to block gambling craving: A proof of principle study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6 (Suppl.1), 9.​
  • Dethier, V., de Timary, P., Malek, T., Morton, J., Cornil, A., Philippot, P., & Billieux, J. (2017). SH-07. Psychological processes implied in the development, maintenance and relapse of Internet Gaming Disorder: Protocol for a study to be conducted in treatment-seeking cases. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6 (Suppl.1), 64.​
  • Cornil, A., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Devos, G., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. (2016). OR-20 Exploring gambling craving through the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of desire: A mixed method study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 5 (Suppl. 1). 11.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. (2014). OR08-4. How craving fluctuates – Preliminary results from a longitudinal study among gamblers. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49 (Suppl. 1), 45-46.

Scientific communications

  • Cornil, A., de Timary, P., Khazaal, Y., Maurage, P., Rochat, L., Simon, O., Walentynowicz, M., Zumwald, C., & Billieux, J. Tackling naturally occurring gambling craving among problem gamblers with interference. Oral presentation at the 7th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA). Nottingham, United Kingdom, 20-22 June 2022.
  • Deleuze, J., Charton, L., & Cornil, A. Projet pilote : utilisation de la Réalité Virtuelle dans la prise en charge en postcure de patients avec un trouble de l’usage d’alcool. Communication orale au symposium sur les Apports numériques dans le traitement des addictions (Echange annuel de l’APS sur les addictions). Berne, Suisse, 17 Juin 2022.
  • Cornil, A., Rothen, S., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Test de méthodes d’interférence pour réduire le craving : Une approche expérimentale dans le cadre du jeu d’argent. Communication orale (en ligne) aux 16ème journées scientifiques du Groupe de réflexion en psychopathologie cognitive (GREPACO). Caen, France, 31 Mai – 1 Juin 2021.
  • Cornil, A., Devos, G., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Conceptualisation du craving: Illustration dans le domaine des jeux d’argent par une étude à méthodes mixtes. Communication orale (en ligne) aux 16ème journées scientifiques du Groupe de réflexion en psychopathologie cognitive (GREPACO). Caen, France, 31 Mai – 1 Juin 2021.
  • Cornil, A., Rothen, S., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Development and initial validation of a new questionnaire assessing gambling craving triggers. Oral presentation at the 6th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA). Yokohama, Japan, 17-19 June 2019.
  • Cornil, A., Long, J., Rothen, S., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Evaluation du craving au jeu d’argent à travers la théorie de l’intrusion élaborée du désir : Propriétés psychométriques du « gambling Craving Experience Questionnaire » (g-CEQ). Communication affichée aux 14ème journées scientifiques du Groupe de réflexion en psychopathologie cognitive (GREPACO). Liège, Belgique, 31 Mai – 1 Juin 2018.
  • Cornil, A., Long, J., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Assessing gambling craving through the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of desire: The gambling Craving Experience Questionnaire. Oral presentation at the 5th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA). Cologne, Germany, 23-25 April 2018.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. Intervenir sur le craving au jeu d’argent : Mise à l’épreuve de la méthode de l’interférence. Communication orale aux 13ème journées scientifiques du Groupe de réflexion en psychopathologie cognitive (GREPACO). Lille, France, 1-2 Juin 2017.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. Using interference-based intervention to block gambling craving: A proof of principle study. Oral presentation at the 4th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA). Haifa, Israel, 20-22 February 2017.
  • Cornil, A., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Devos, G., de Timary, P., & Billieux, J. Exploring gambling craving through the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of desire: A mixed method study. Oral presentation at the 3th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA). Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 March 2016.
  • Cornil, A., Lopez Fernandez, O., & Billieux, J. The phenomenology of Gambling Craving: A qualitative approach in regular gamblers. Communication affichée aux 11ème journées scientifiques du Groupe de réflexion en psychopathologie cognitive (GREPACO). Poitiers, France, 21-22 Mai 2015.
  • Cornil, A., Lopez Fernandez, O., & Billieux, J. The phenomenology of gambling craving: A qualitative approach in regular gamblers. Oral communication at the International Congress on Addictive Disorders (ICAD). Nantes, France, 16-18 April. 2015.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. How craving fluctuates – preliminary results of a longitudinal study among gamblers. Oral communication at the 16th congress of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM). Yokohama, Japan, 2-6 October 2014.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. Get ready to stop problematic gambling: An exhaustive review of psychological protective factors. Poster at the 10th working day of the Groupe de Réflexion en Psychopathologie Cognitive (GREPACO). Montpellier, France, 3th of June 2014.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. Get ready to stop problematic gambling: An exhaustive review of psychological protective factors. Poster at the Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS). Leuven, Belgium, 27 of May 2014.
  • Cornil, A., & Billieux, J. S’armer contre le jeu pathologique: une revue exhaustive des facteurs de protection potentiels. Communication affichée au 3ème symposium international multidisciplinaire: Jeu excessif: connaître, prévenir, réduire les risques. Neuchâtel, Suisse, 15-17 Janvier 2014.

Scientific associations

  • Groupe de Réflexion en Psychopathologie Cognitive (GREPACO) [member]
  • International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA) [member]
  • European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT) [member]

Clinical Practice

  • Clinical Psychologist at the Clinic for Internet and Gambling Disorders, Academic Hospital St-Luc, Brussels

Teaching

At the Catholic University of Louvain

  • Support Interview (LPSP1308)
  • Psychotherapeutic relationships in critical situations (LPSYS2733)
  • Physical activity and sport, psycho-corporal techniques and mental and physical health (LPSYS2841)
  • General Psychopathology (LPSP1202)
  • Training Project (LPSP9001A – LPSP9001B)
  • Exercises in Wellness and Health (LPSY1350)
  • Clinical Intervention Methods (LPSYM2514)
  • Clinical Psychology (LPSYM2513)

Conference Organisation

TEDxUCLouvain

  • Curator
  • Speaker Management