Infographic – Why pleasing others can hurt

Click here for the full document! Enjoy an infographic summarizing our paper. McClung, E., Rosen, N. O., Dubé, J. P., Wang, G. A., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2023). Motivation when desire is low: Associations between sexual motivation and sexual intimacy, sexual satisfaction, and sexual distress for men with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and their partners. Archives […]

The power of compassion for new parents: The role of self-compassion and compassionate love in sexual and relational well-being

By Alice Bourne   This blog is a summary of our published article: Dawson, S. J., Fitzpatrick, E. T., Farm, G. H.-J., & Rosen, N. O. (2023). Self-compassion and compassionate love are positively associated with expectant and new parent couples sexual and relational well-being. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 3393–3404 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02658-8 The perinatal period […]

What to expect when you’re expecting: What is the role of perinatal sex education?

By Audrey Chu   This blog is a summary of our published article: Fitzpatrick, E. T., Rosen, N. O., & Dawson, S. J. (2023). What to expect when you’re expecting: Perinatal sexual education is linked with couples’ sexual well-being in pregnancy and the postpartum. Journal of Sex Research, 60(9), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2193570 The period from pregnancy […]

What does a pregnancy loss mean for sex?

By David Allsop This blog is a summary of our published article: Allsop, D. B., Huberman, J. S., Cohen, E., Bagnell, K. B., Péloquin, K., Cockwell, H., & Rosen, N. O. (2023). What does a pregnancy loss mean for sex? Comparing sexual well-being between couples with and without a recent loss. Archives of Sexual Behavior, […]

Changes to sexual function and distress in the transition to parenthood

By Malia Artibello This blog is a summary of our published article: Tavares, I. M., Rosen, N. O., Heiman, J. R., & Nobre, P. J. (2023). Biopsychosocial predictors of couples’ trajectories of sexual function and sexual distress across the transition to parenthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52(4), 1493–1511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02480-8 The transition to parenthood (pregnancy to […]

Infographic – What to expect when you’re expecting

Click here for the full document! Enjoy an infographic summarizing our paper. Fitzpatrick, E. T., Rosen, N. O., & Dawson, S. J. (2023). What to expect when you’re expecting: Perinatal sexual education is linked with couples’ sexual well-being in pregnancy and the postpartum. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2193570 Infographic by Emily Jarvis

Coping with low sexual desire: Do beliefs about maintaining sexual relationships affect sexual well-being?

Young people sitting together in bed

By Valérie Lagacé This blog is a summary of our published article: Raposo, S., Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Maxwell, J. E., & Muise, A. (2021). Navigating women’s low desire: Sexual growth and destiny beliefs and couples’ well-being. The Journal of Sex Research, 58(9), 1118-1129. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1884179 Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels For many couples, sexual […]

Infographic – Sexual well-being after pregnancy loss

Click here for the full document! Enjoy an infographic summarizing our paper. Allsop, D. B.*, Huberman, J. S.*, Cohen, E.*, Bagnell, K. B.*, Péloquin, K., Cockwell, H., & Rosen, N. O. (2023). What does a pregnancy loss mean for sex? Comparing sexual well-being between couples with and without a recent loss. Archives of Sexual Behavior. […]