Approach and Avoidance Sexual Goals: A Relationship and Sexuality Study
We recruited individuals on Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete a series of surveys to assess whether increasing ones’ focus on approach goals for having sex (i.e., pursing a desired outcome, such as sharing intimacy) or avoidance goals for sex (i.e., avoiding an undesirable outcome, such as disappointing a partner) could alter our participants’ feelings of sexual and relationship satisfaction, and their sexual desire.
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Factors 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!
Taking Care of Down There: Let’s Talk about Vulvar Health
Join our panel of experts on Feb. 9th to learn more about vulvar health!
Three’s a Crowd – Halifax Magazine
Three’s a crowd: How do parents get their groove back after baby? Dalhousie University researchers are working on it [button link=”http://halifaxmag.com/features/threes-a-crowd/” newwindow=”yes” color=”silver”] Read Here[/button]
Amy Muise, PhD

Dr. Amy Muise was a member of the Couples and Sexual Health lab as a postdoctoral fellow supported by an IWK Health Center fellowship. Amy is a Social Psychologist and relationship scientist who studies sexual motivation and the maintenance of sexual desire and relationship satisfaction in established romantic relationships. She will be applying her research on […]
Vulvodynia FAQs: Part 1

Many women with vulvo-vaginal pain have seen numerous medical professionals, yet still do not feel as though they really know what their pain is, or what causes it. Find the answers to some frequently asked questions about vulvo-vaginal pain.
Maria Glowacka with the Poster She Presented at CSRF’s Annual Meeting 2015

Maria Glowacka with the Poster She Presented at CSRF’s Annual Meeting 2015
Dr. Rosen’s Discovery Award Nomination Profile
Dr. Rosen was nominated for the Discovery Centre’s 2015 Emerging Professional Discover Award, and CTV filmed a profile for each of the nominees.
Sarah Vannier, Kate Rancourt, Gillian Boudreau, and Maria Glowacka pose on the Kelowna waterfront following the conclusion of the Canadian Sex Research Forum’s Annual Meeting, 2015.

Sarah Vannier, Kate Rancourt, Gillian Boudreau, and Maria Glowacka pose on the Kelowna waterfront following the conclusion of the Canadian Sex Research Forum’s Annual Meeting, 2015.
Kate Rancourt presenting her work at the Canadian Sex Research Forum’s Annual Meeting, 2015 in Kelowna, BC

Kate Rancourt presenting her work at the Canadian Sex Research Forum’s Annual Meeting, 2015 in Kelowna, BC