Sexuality During Pregnancy Study
This study is now closed for recruitment. Please check back for an update regarding our findings as they become available!
read moreApproach and Avoidance Sexual Goals: A Relationship and Sexuality Study
This study is now closed for recruitment. Please check back for an update regarding our findings as they become available!
read moreFactors Impacting Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Satisfaction in First Time Parents: A Dyadic Analysis
This study is now closed for recruitment. Please check back for an update regarding our findings as they become available!
read moreInfluence of Uncertainty on Responses to the Sexual Health Threat, Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
How do state and trait differences in uncertainty affect responses to a sexual health threat? In a series of studies we investigated how these differences in uncertainty relate to affective (e.g. anxiety) and behavioural (e.g. information-seeking) responses. We showed that a greater intolerance of uncertainty (IU) leads to more information-seeking about a health threat and individuals with higher IU sought the most information and worried most when they perceived the uncertainty surrounding a health threat to be higher rather than lower.
read morePartner Responses in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) and their Partners
We recently completed a study in the Couples and Sexual Health Laboratory (Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre) examining relationship variables in couples with PVD. Click below to find a summary of the purpose of the study, how we conducted the study, the results from the questionnaires, and some conclusions about what we believe the findings mean.
read morePain Related to Pregnancy and Childbirth
The goal of this project was to examine the prevalence, predictors, and consequences of genital and pelvic pain related to pregnancy and childbirth. We investigated the role of biological and psychological factors in the development and maintenance of genital and pelvic pain. Findings will be posted soon.
read moreCouple Therapy Treatment for Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD)
We conducted a pilot test of a 12-week couple therapy for women suffering from PVD, an acute vulvo-vaginal pain condition. The purpose of this project was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of this treatment for couples, in preparation for a large-scale randomized controlled trial.
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