Katrina Bouchard
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
Sexual health
sexual response
sexual well-being
women's health
couples
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I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Recruitment
Master's students
2023
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Publications
- Conceptualizing Sexual Self-Schemas: a Review of Different Approaches and Their Implications for Understanding Women’s Sexual Function (2021)
Current Sexual Health Reports, - Is Mode of Delivery Associated With Sexual Response? A Pilot Study of Genital and Subjective Sexual Arousal in Primiparous Women With Vaginal or Cesarean Section Births (2020)
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17 (2), 257--272 - Assessing Paraphilic Interests Among Women Who Sexually Offend (2019)
Current Psychiatry Reports, 21 (12) - Concurrent measurement of genital lubrication and blood flow during sexual arousal (2019)
Biological Psychology, 145, 159--166 - Effects of Individual Difference Variables, Gender, and Exclusivity of Sexual Attraction on Volunteer Bias in Sexuality Research (2019)
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48 (8), 2403--2417 - Exploring Comfort Levels and the Role of Compensation in Sexual Psychophysiology Study Participation (2019)
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48 (8), 2389--2402 - Laser Doppler Imaging as a Measure of Female Sexual Arousal: Further Validation and Methodological Considerations (2019)
Biological Psychology, 148, 107741 - Sexuality and personality correlates of willingness to participate in sex research (2019)
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 28 (1), 26--37 - Effects of Genital Response Measurement Device and Stimulus Characteristics on Sexual Concordance in Women (2017)
The Journal of Sex Research, 54 (9), 1197--1208 - The effects of sex drive and paraphilic interests on paraphilic behaviours in a nonclinical sample of men and women (2017)
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 26 (2), 97--111 - Effects of Gender and Sexual Activity Cues on the Sexual Responses of Women with Multidimensionally Defined Bisexuality (2015)
Journal of Bisexuality, 15 (2), 154--179 - Gender-Specificity of Genital Response and Self-Reported Sexual Arousal in Women Endorsing Facets of Bisexuality (2015)
Journal of Bisexuality, 15 (2), 180--203 - Straight but Not Narrow; Within-Gender Variation in the Gender-Specificity of Women’s Sexual Response (2015)
PLOS ONE, 10 (12), e0142575
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Member of G+PS
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Location
Vancouver General Hospital
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