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Alessandra H. Rellini

Alessandra H. Rellini

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Psychology

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4844
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Overview

Alessandra H. Rellini is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology and gender studies.

Their work addresses topics such as sexuality, behaviors, eating disorders, menstrual health, and broader aspects of health and wellbeing. The scientist's research intersects with areas including public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and reproductive medicine.

Rellini has contributed to the following publications:

  • Dysregulated Sexuality in Women with Eating Disorders: The Role of Childhood Traumatic Experiences, 2020, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • The menstrual distress questionnaire (MEDI-Q): reliability and validity of the English version, 2023, Gynecological Endocrinology
  • Dysregulated sexuality and childhood trauma in eating disorders: Psychopathological, biological, and behavioural correlates, 2021, European Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors in Rellini's work include:

  • Giovanni Castellini
  • Eleonora Rossi
  • Emanuele Cassioli
  • Valdo Ricca
  • Giulio D'Anna

The research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • Gynecological Endocrinology
  • European Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Definitions/epidemiology/risk factors for sexual dysfunction

    Ronald W. Lewis;Kerstin S. Fugl-Meyer;Giovanni Corona;Richard D. Hayes

  • Women's history of sexual abuse, their sexuality, and sexual self-schemas.

    Cindy M. Meston;Alessandra H. Rellini;Julia R. Heiman

  • Pilot study of a brief cognitive behavioral versus mindfulness-based intervention for women with sexual distress and a history of childhood sexual abuse.

    Lori A Brotto;Brooke N Seal;Alessandra Rellini

  • More than sexual function: predictors of sexual satisfaction in a sample of women age 40-70.

    Carolyn Marie Dundon;Alessandra H. Rellini

  • The importance of sexual self-disclosure to sexual satisfaction and functioning in committed relationships.

    Uzma S. Rehman;Alessandra H. Rellini;Erin Fallis

  • The relationship between women's subjective and physiological sexual arousal.

    Alessandra H. Rellini;Katie M. McCall;Patrick K. Randall;Cindy M. Meston

  • Cross‐Sex Hormonal Treatment and Body Uneasiness in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria

    Alessandra D. Fisher;Giovanni Castellini;Elisa Bandini;Helen Casale

  • Sexual Self-Schemas, Sexual Dysfunction, and the Sexual Responses of Women with a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse

    Alessandra H. Rellini;Cindy M. Meston

  • Questionnaires for Assessment of Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Review and Proposal for a Standardized Screener

    Annamaria Giraldi;Alessandra Rellini;James G. Pfaus;Johannes Bitzer

  • Sexual Function and Satisfaction in Adults Based on the Definition of Child Sexual Abuse

    Alessandra Rellini;Cindy Meston

  • Cortisol, Sexual Arousal, and Affect in Response to Sexual Stimuli

    Lisa Dawn Hamilton;Alessandra H. Rellini;Cindy M. Meston

  • Review of the Empirical Evidence for a Theoretical Model to Understand the Sexual Problems of Women with a History of CSA

    Alessandra Rellini

  • Short- and long-term effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on sexual dysfunction in women.

    Cindy M. Meston;Alessandra H. Rellini;Michael J. Telch

  • Gender Differences in Victim and Crime Characteristics of Sexual Assaults

    Rachel Kimerling;Alessandra Rellini;Vanessa Kelly;Patricia L. Judson

  • Avoiding experiences: sexual dysfunction in women with a history of sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence

    Jennifer Staples;Alessandra H. Rellini;Sarah P. Roberts

  • Can we treat anorgasmia in women? The challenge to experiencing pleasure

    Ellen Laan;Alessandra H. Rellini

  • Standard Operating Procedures for Female Orgasmic Disorder: Consensus of the International Society for Sexual Medicine

    Ellen Laan;Alessandra H. Rellini;Tricia Barnes

  • Psychophysiological Sexual Arousal in Women with a History of Child Sexual Abuse

    Alessandra H Rellini;Cindy M Meston

  • Childhood maltreatment and difficulties in emotion regulation: associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction among young adult women.

    Alessandra H. Rellini;Anka A. Vujanovic;Myani Gilbert;Michael J. Zvolensky

  • Female Sexual Arousal Disorders

    Annamaria Giraldi;Alessandra H. Rellini;James Pfaus;Ellen Laan

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH—TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMANCE Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment and Body Uneasiness in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria

    Alessandra D. Fisher;Giovanni Castellini;Elisa Bandini;Helen Casale

Frequent Co-Authors

Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin
Valdo Ricca
Valdo Ricca University of Florence
Ellen Laan
Ellen Laan University of Amsterdam
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Alessio Maria Monteleone
Alessio Maria Monteleone University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Sophie Bergeron
Sophie Bergeron University of Montreal
James G. Pfaus
James G. Pfaus Charles University
Erick Janssen
Erick Janssen KU Leuven
Julia R. Heiman
Julia R. Heiman Indiana University

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