Description:
The Sexual Health Laboratory is currently carrying out a study examining the influence of negative early experiences on sexual well-being in adulthood. Data is collected from 500 participants without any discriminating criteria of gender, biological sex, and sexual orientation. Eligible individuals complete three online surveys over a one-year period, with each survey taking 40 to 60 minutes to complete.
Although studies have found associations between negative early childhood experiences and sexual well-being in adulthood, results remain contradictory. Relational, contextual, and individual factors could explain those conflicting results. A linguistic analysis can provide important information, which could help us improve our understanding of the associations between negative early childhood experiences and sexual well-being in adulthood. Therefore, this project aims to examine the way individuals describe their sexuality by giving them a written task and how these descriptions relate to indicators of sexual, relationship, and psychological well-being over time. These results will refine interventions that focus on the effects of negative early childhood experiences on sexuality, considering different individual characteristics.
This project is financed by the Canada Research Chair in Intimate Relationships and Sexual Well-being and is conducted by postdoctoral fellow Noémie Bigras. This project is approved by the Université de Montréal’s Education and Psychology Research Ethics Board (#CEREP-21-089-D).
Who can participate:
Adults who are already part of this project. We are not recruiting new participants.
