From April 4th to 7th, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) held its 49th annual conference in Toronto. The theme of this year’s conference was “Sexuality at the Intersections”, and several members of our laboratory were in attendance. In fact, Dr. Bergeron, our director, and five of our students travelled to Toronto to present their work and attend lectures. Here is a summary of their presentations:
-Stéphanie Couture (Ph.D.), postdoctoral fellow
Oral presentation – “A dyadic analysis of sexual assertiveness and sexual outcomes in adolescent romantic relationships“
-Alice Girouard, doctoral student in clinical psychology (Ph.D. R/l)
Oral presentation – “Longitudinal changes in sexual identity during adolescence and their associations with sexual wellbeing“
-Catherine Hamel, doctoral student in clinical psychology (Ph. D. R/l)
Data blitz presentation – “Does emotion regulation mediate the associations between insecure attachment and relationship satisfaction among couples coping with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder? A dyadic longitudinal study“
-Silke Jacmin-Park, doctoral student in clinical psychology (Ph. D. R/l)
Poster presentation, winner of the Best Student Paper Award – “Longitudinal associations between couples’ responses to positive events, attachment, gender and sexual desire“
-Marie-Michèle Paquette, doctoral student in clinical psychology (Ph. D. R/l)
Poster presentation, winner of the Best Empirical/Scientific Paper Award – “Are alcohol use problems, depression, and anxiety related to sexual function and distress in men, women and gender? Results from 42 countries“
Congratulations for your presentations!
