Jackie Huberman, PhD
Dr. Jackie Huberman joined the CaSH lab as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in 2020, following completion of her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Queen’s University. She completed her predoctoral residency in Health Psychology with the Nova Scotia Health Authority. Jackie’s multi-method research program seeks to better understand the processes involved in sexual response. She has […]
Why do men report more sexual partners than women?
By Justin Dubé Given that sex tends to be a private activity, we often rely on the “honour system” when conducting sex research: we ask people to self-report aspects of their sexual lives and trust them to be honest. This is one reason why sex researchers strive (and struggle!) to reconcile differences in the number […]
The Vagina Bible
The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter This book includes chapters on pain during sex and genito-pelvic pain.
Getting the spark back: The benefits of self-expansion for couples coping with low desire
By Stephanie Raposo, PhD This blog is a summary of our published article: Raposo, S., Rosen, N. O., & Muise, A. (2020). Self-expansion is associated with greater relationship and sexual well-being for couples coping with low sexual desire. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 602–623. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519875217 Sex has lasting benefits for many people’s well-being [1], but […]
Myth Busting: Sex After Baby
By: Erin T. Fitzpatrick There are many commonly held beliefs about what sex will (or won’t) look like after the transition to parenthood. In this blog post, we will debunk of a few of these myths! MYTH: Everyone will be ready to have sex 6-weeks after giving birth. FACT: Your doctor may suggest that […]
Is it all downhill from here? Changes to new mothers’ sexual function in the year following childbirth
By Samantha Dawson, PhD This blog is a summary of our published article: Dawson, S. J., Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P., Pierce, M., & Rosen, N. O. (in press). Biopsychosocial predictors of trajectories of postpartum sexual function in first-time mothers. Health Psychology. doi: 10.1037/hea0000861 Sexual function, which includes things like desire, arousal, orgasm, and satisfaction, is a core component […]
David Allsop
I joined the Couples and Sexual Health Research Lab as an experimental psychology doctoral student in 2020 after completing my Master of Science in Marriage, Family, and Human Development at Brigham Young University. My primary research focus is healthy sexual relationships in long-term committed relationships over the life course, primarily in terms of how couples […]
Couples Intimacy Observational Study
Participants are helping us to better understand how intimacy and emotions contribute to the sexual well-being of couples! Purpose We sought couples for a new research study on couples’ sexuality. The purpose of this study is to better understand how factors such as emotions and intimacy are linked to relational and sexual well-being of couples […]
Managing Emotions: The Best Strategies for FSIAD Couples
By Justin Dubé This blog is a summary of our published article: Dubé, J. P., Corsini-Munt, S., Muise, A., & Rosen, N. O. (2019). Emotion regulation in couples affected by female sexual interest/arousal disorder. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(8), 2491-2506. Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSIAD) is characterized by significant and prolonged distress regarding one’s experience of […]
Why We Have Sex Matters! Sexual Motivations in Couples with Low Desire
By Emma Drudge This blog is a summary of our published article: Bockaj, A., Rosen, N. O., & Muise, A. (2019). Sexual motivation in couples coping with female sexual interest/arousal disorder: A comparison with control couples, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45(8), 796-808, http://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2019.1623356 Everyone has different motivations for having sex—maybe you enjoy sex because […]
