ORCHID: A Study of Sexual and Relational Well-being in Long-Term Couples
The purpose of this voluntary research study was to better understand how a variety of factors, including how couples respond to one another, communicate with one another regarding sexuality, relate to sexual and relational well-being in long-term relationships. Results of this study may identify new skills that couples could use to enhance or maintain sexual […]
Men Coping With Low Sexual Desire Study
The purpose of this study was to understand possible protective factors – meaning aspects of the relationship that might promote or interfere with sexual desire, as well as sexual and relationship satisfaction – that might help couples dealing with low sexual desire. The results of this study could then be used to develop psychological treatments. […]
Let’s talk during sex, baby: Gender/sex differences in sexual communication
By Kathleen Nesbitt-Daly This blog is a summary of our published article: Merwin, K. E., Bergeron, S., Jodouin, J. F., Mackinnon, S. P., & Rosen, N. O. (2022). Few differences in sexual talk by gender/sex and dyad type: A retrospective and daily diary study with couples. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(8), 3715-3733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02363-y Communicating during sex is an important part […]
I’m worried, are you? How sexual concerns of new parents change over time
By David Allsop This blog is a summary of our published article: Allsop, D. B., Impett, E. A., Vannier, S. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2022). Change in 21 sexual concerns of new parents from three to twelve months postpartum: Similarities and differences between mothers and partners. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.06.004 The transition to parenthood is both […]
Baby in the middle: How to best navigate intimacy after having children, Irish Examiner
Sharon Ní Chonchúir of the Irish Examiner explores aspects of new parent sexuality, and Dr Rosen weighs in on what to expect, how to prepare, and how birth- and health-care providers can help with this Click here to read more
Does how I respond to my partner’s low desire matter?
By Justin Dubé This blog is a summary of our published article: Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Dubé, J., Boudreau, C. & Muise, A. (2020). Partner responses to low desire: Associations with sexual, relationship, and psychological wellbeing among couples coping with Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17, 2168-2180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.08.015 Female Sexual Interest/Arousal […]
Two to Tango: New Interpersonal Model of Women’s Sexual Dysfunction
By Jackie Huberman This blog is a summary of our published article: Rosen, N. O., & Bergeron, S. (2019). Genito-pelvic pain through a dyadic lens: Moving toward an interpersonal emotion regulation model of women’s sexual dysfunction. The Journal of Sex Research, 56, 440–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1513987 Sexual problems are more common in women than you might think – […]
Inês Tavares, PhD
Dr. Inês Tavares joined the CaSH lab as a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in 2022, after completing her PhD in Psychology at the University of Porto, Portugal. Her multi-method research program integrates laboratory and survey-based methodologies, as well as individual and dyadic approaches to examine biopsychosocial predictors of sexual well-being in clinical and community populations. […]
What’s the best way to let your partner know you’re not in the mood?
By Charlotte Caswell & Grace Schwenck This blog is a summary of the published article: Kim, J. J., Muise, A., Sakaluk, J. K., Rosen, N. O., & Impett, E. A. (2020). When tonight is not the night: Sexual rejection behaviors and satisfaction in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(10), 1476-1490. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907469 Sexual rejection is […]
Pornography use among couples: Helpful or harmful for sexual well-being?
By Brenna Bagnell This blog is a summary of our published article: Vaillancourt- Morel, M. P., Rosen, N. O., Stulhofer, A., Bosisio, M. & Bergeron, S. (2021). Pornography use and sexual health among same-sex and mixed-sex couples: An event-level dyadic analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 667-681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01839-z. In Western culture, many individuals in relationships […]
