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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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.