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The Psychophysiological Assessment of Female Sexual Function

Pages 6-16 | Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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Marlene Werner, Michèle Borgmann & Ellen Laan. (2023) Sexual Pleasure Matters – and How to Define and Assess It Too. A Conceptual Framework of Sexual Pleasure and the Sexual Response. International Journal of Sexual Health 35:3, pages 313-340.
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Katrina N. Bouchard, Meredith L. Chivers & Caroline F. Pukall. (2017) Effects of Genital Response Measurement Device and Stimulus Characteristics on Sexual Concordance in Women. The Journal of Sex Research 54:9, pages 1197-1208.
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Ciara Staunton & Sean Hammond. (2016) Investigation of the labial photoplethysmograph (LPG) in the idiographic assessment of female sexual interest: its viability in the forensic context. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 27:1, pages 110-134.
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StéphanieC. Boyer, CarolineF. Pukall & RonaldR. Holden. (2012) The Relationship between Female Sexual Arousal and Response Bias in Women with and without Provoked Vestibulodynia. The Journal of Sex Research 49:6, pages 519-532.
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Jade Sheen & Eric Koukounas. (2009) The Role of Absorption in Women's Sexual Response to Erotica: A Cognitive-Affective Investigation. The Journal of Sex Research 46:4, pages 358-365.
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Frederick Toates. (2009) An Integrative Theoretical Framework for Understanding Sexual Motivation, Arousal, and Behavior. The Journal of Sex Research 46:2-3, pages 168-193.
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Ciara Staunton, Sean Hammond & Sharon Lambert. (2008) Applying knowledge of female sexual arousal to the forensic context. The Irish Journal of Psychology 29:1-2, pages 103-117.
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Marta Meana, Remi Spicer Rakipi, Gerald Weeks & Amy Lykins. (2006) Sexual Functioning in a Non-Clinical Sample of Partnered Lesbians. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy 5:2, pages 1-22.
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BrookeN. Seal, LoriA. Brotto & BorisB. Gorzalka. (2005) Oral contraceptive use and female genital arousal: Methodological considerations. The Journal of Sex Research 42:3, pages 249-258.
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CornelisP. Maas, PhilomeenTh. M. Weijenborg & MoniekM. ter Kuile. (2003) The Effect of Hysterectomy on Sexual Functioning. Annual Review of Sex Research 14:1, pages 83-113.
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Penny Frohlich & Cindy Meston. (2002) Sexual functioning and self‐reported depressive symptoms among college women. The Journal of Sex Research 39:4, pages 321-325.
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Darlynne Gehring & Alice W. C. Chan. (2001) Group Therapy—A Useful Treatment Modality for Women Diagnosed With Primary and Secondary Vaginismus. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 26:1, pages 59-67.
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Cindy M. Meston & Amelia M. Stanton. (2019) Understanding sexual arousal and subjective–genital arousal desynchrony in women. Nature Reviews Urology 16:2, pages 107-120.
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Elisa Maseroli, Irene Scavello & Linda Vignozzi. (2018) Cardiometabolic Risk and Female Sexuality—Part II. Understanding (and Overcoming) Gender Differences: The Key Role of an Adequate Methodological Approach. Sexual Medicine Reviews 6:4, pages 525-534.
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Cynthia Wan & Martin L. Lalumière. (2017) Can music cue sexual arousal?. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 26:3, pages 238-248.
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Ciara Staunton, Sean Hammond, Derek Perkins & Sharon Lambert. (2014) Biosignal measures of female sexual interest: their feasibility in a forensic context. Journal of Criminal Psychology 4:1, pages 59-75.
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Stéphanie C. Boyer, Caroline F. Pukall & Susan M. Chamberlain. (2013) Sexual Arousal in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: The Application of Laser Doppler Imaging to Sexual Pain. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 10:4, pages 1052-1064.
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Werner Surbeck, Alain Bouthillier & Dang Khoa Nguyen. (2013) Bilateral cortical representation of orgasmic ecstasy localized by depth electrodes. Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports 1, pages 62-65.
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Joana Carvalho, Armando Luís Vieira & Pedro Nobre. (2011) Latent Structures of Female Sexual Functioning. Archives of Sexual Behavior 41:4, pages 907-917.
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Sabrina Suffren, Claude M.J. Braun, Anik Guimond & Orrin Devinsky. (2011) Opposed hemispheric specializations for human hypersexuality and orgasm?. Epilepsy & Behavior 21:1, pages 12-19.
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Cindy M. Meston, Alessandra H. Rellini & Katie McCall. (2010) The Sensitivity of Continuous Laboratory Measures of Physiological and Subjective Sexual Arousal for Diagnosing Women with Sexual Arousal Disorder. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7:2_Part_2, pages 938-950.
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Caroline F. Pukall, Marta Meana & Yolanda Fernandez. 2010. Diagnostic Interviewing. Diagnostic Interviewing 283 313 .
Samantha E. Waxman & Caroline F. Pukall. (2009) Laser Doppler Imaging of Genital Blood Flow: A Direct Measure of Female Sexual Arousal. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 6:8, pages 2278-2285.
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Esther Israel & Donald S. Strassberg. (2007) Viewing Time as an Objective Measure of Sexual Interest in Heterosexual Men and Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior 38:4, pages 551-558.
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Stephanie O. Breukink, Jan C. Wouda, Marieke J. Van Der Werf - Eldering, Harry B.M. Van De Wiel, Esther M.C. Bouma, Jean Pierre-EN Pierie, Theo Wiggers, Jeroen W.J.H.J. Meijerink & Willibrord C.M. Weijmar Schultz. (2009) Psychophysiological Assessment of Sexual Function in Women After Radiotherapy and Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: A Pilot Study on Four Patients. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 6:4, pages 1045-1053.
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Ellen Laan, Esther M. Van Driel & Rik H.W. Van Lunsen. (2008) Genital Responsiveness in Healthy Women With and Without Sexual Arousal Disorder. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 5:6, pages 1424-1435.
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Q. D. PIETERSE, M. M. TER KUILE, M. C. DERUITER, J. B.M.Z. TRIMBOS, G. G KENTER & C. P MAAS. (2008) Vaginal blood flow after radical hysterectomy with and without nerve sparing. A preliminary report. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 18:3, pages 576-583.
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Terri L. Woodard, Karen Collins, Mindy Perez, Richard Balon, Manuel E. Tancer, Michael Kruger, Scott Moffat & Michael P. Diamond. (2008) What Kind of Erotic Film Clips Should We Use in Female Sex Research? An Exploratory Study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 5:1, pages 146-154.
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Katie M. McCall & Cindy M. Meston. (2007) The Effects of False Positive and False Negative Physiological Feedback on Sexual Arousal: A Comparison of Women with or without Sexual Arousal Disorder. Archives of Sexual Behavior 36:4, pages 518-530.
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Sandra R. Leiblum & Rachel Needle. (2006) Female ejaculation: Fact or fiction. Current Sexual Health Reports 3:2, pages 85-88.
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Cindy M. Meston. (2006) The effects of state and trait self-focused attention on sexual arousal in sexually functional and dysfunctional women. Behaviour Research and Therapy 44:4, pages 515-532.
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Irwin Goldstein, William A. Fisher, Michael Sand, Raymond C. Rosen, Martin Mollen, Gerald Brock, Gary Karlin, Peter Pommerville, Keith Bangerter, Tiemo-Joerg Bandel & Leonard R. Derogatis. (2005) Women's Sexual Function Improves When Partners are Administered Vardenafil for Erectile Dysfunction: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 2:6, pages 819-832.
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William D. Petok. (2005) Resolving Patient Sexual Problems Part II. Postgraduate Obstetrics & Gynecology 25:13, pages 1-7.
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Vaughn S. Millner. (2016) Female Sexual Arousal Disorder and Counseling Deliberations. The Family Journal 13:1, pages 95-100.
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Nicole Prause, Jerome Cerny & Erick Janssen. (2005) The Labial Photoplethysmograph: A New Instrument for Assessing Genital Hemodynamic Changes in Women. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 2:1, pages 58-65.
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Alessandra H. Rellini, Katie M. McCall, Patrick K. Randall & Cindy M. Meston. (2005) The relationship between women's subjective and physiological sexual arousal. Psychophysiology 42:1, pages 116-124.
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Kathleen Walsh & Jennifer Berman. 2004. Female Urology, Urogynecology, and Voiding Dysfunction. Female Urology, Urogynecology, and Voiding Dysfunction 65 78 .
Rik H. W. van Lunsen & Ellen Laan. (2004) Genital vascular responsiveness and sexual feelings in midlife women: psychophysiologic, brain, and genital imaging studies. Menopause 11:6, pages 741-748.
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Marcela González, Gloria Viáfara, Fresia Caba & Esteban Molina. (2004) Sexual function, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Maturitas 48:4, pages 411-420.
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C.P. Maas, M.M. ter Kuile, E. Laan, C.C. Tuijnman, Ph.Th.M. Weijenborg, J.B. Trimbos & G.G. Kenter. (2004) Objective assessment of sexual arousal in women with a history of hysterectomy. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 111:5, pages 456-462.
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Kathleen E Walsh & Jennifer R Berman. (2004) Sexual Dysfunction in the Older Woman. Drugs & Aging 21:10, pages 655-675.
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Heather B. Miller & Jacquelyn S. Hunt. (2016) Female Sexual Dysfunction: Review of the Disorder and Evidence for Available Treatment Alternatives. Journal of Pharmacy Practice 16:3, pages 200-208.
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Roy J. Levin & Gorm Wagner. (2001) RE: MEASUREMENT OF VAGINAL AND MINOR LABIAL OXYGEN TENSION FOR THE EVALUATION OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION. The Journal of Urology, pages 2324.
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Roy J. Levin & Gorm Wagner. (2001) RE: MEASUREMENT OF VAGINAL AND MINOR LABIAL OXYGEN TENSION FOR THE EVALUATION OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION. Journal of Urology 166:6, pages 2324-2324.
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Cindy M. Meston & Penny F. Frohlich. (2001) Update on female sexual function. Current Opinion in Urology 11:6, pages 603-609.
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