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Overview

Cindy M. Meston is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans psychology, with a focus on psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, gender studies, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

Their work is concentrated on multiple main topics related to sexual health and behavior. These include:

  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships

Meston has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • Current Sexual Health Reports
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Recent papers by Meston and collaborators reflect a range of topics within sexual health and psychology. Notable works include:

  • Relational and Interpersonal Predictors of Sexual Satisfaction (2020), Current Sexual Health Reports
  • Sexual Shame in the Sexual Excitation and Inhibition Propensities of Men With and Without Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences (2020), The Journal of Sex Research
  • Sex, sexual arousal, and sexual decision making: An evolutionary perspective (2021), Personality and Individual Differences
  • An Objective Measure of Vaginal Lubrication in Women With and Without Sexual Arousal Concerns (2020), Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • Reduction in genital sexual arousal varies by type of oral contraceptive pill (2023), The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include Chelsea D. Kilimnik, Bridget K. Freihart, David M. Buss, Ariel B. Handy, and Courtney L. Crosby.

Best Publications

  • The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function

    R. Rosen;Candace Brown;J. Heiman;S. Leiblum

  • The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): Cross-Validation and Development of Clinical Cutoff Scores

    Markus Wiegel;Cindy Meston;Raymond Rosen

  • Why Humans Have Sex

    Cindy M. Meston;David M. Buss

  • Validation of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in Women with Female Orgasmic Disorder and in Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

    Cindy M. Meston

  • Definitions of women's sexual dysfunction reconsidered: advocating expansion and revision.

    R. Basson;S. Leiblum;L. Brotto;L. Derogatis

  • Management of sexual dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease: recommendations of the Princeton Consensus Panel.

    Robert DeBusk;Yaacov Drory;Irwin Goldstein;Graham Jackson

  • Revised Definitions of Women's Sexual Dysfunction

    Rosemary Basson;Sandra Leiblum;Lori Brotto;Leonard Derogatis

  • The neurobiology of sexual function.

    Cindy M. Meston;Penny F. Frohlich

  • The association between sexual satisfaction and body image in women.

    Yasisca Pujols;Cindy M. Meston;Brooke N. Seal

  • Development and Validation of a Five-Factor Sexual Satisfaction and Distress Scale for Women: The Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women (SSS-W)

    Cindy Meston;Paul Trapnell

  • Disorders of orgasm in women.

    Cindy M. Meston;Elaine Hull;Roy J. Levin;Marca Sipski

  • Socially desirable responding and sexuality self‐reports

    Cindy M. Meston;Julia R. Heiman;Paul D. Trapnell;Delroy L. Paulhus

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

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

  • Sexual functioning and self‐reported depressive symptoms among college women

    Penny Frohlich;Cindy Meston

  • Women's orgasm.

    Cindy M Meston;Roy J Levin;Marca L Sipski;Elaine M Hull

  • Ethnic differences in sexual attitudes of U.S. college students: gender, acculturation, and religiosity factors.

    Tierney K. Ahrold;Cindy M. Meston

  • Validated instruments for assessing female sexual function.

    Cindy M. Meston;Leonard R. Derogatis

  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Expert Consensus Panel Review

    Irwin Goldstein;Noel N. Kim;Anita H. Clayton;Leonard R. DeRogatis

  • Scoring and Interpretation of the FSFI: What can be Learned From 20 Years of use?

    Cindy M. Meston;Bridget K. Freihart;Ariel B. Handy;Chelsea D. Kilimnik

  • Ephedrine-Activated Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women

    Cindy M. Meston;Julia R. Heiman

  • The impact of anxiety on sexual arousal in women.

    Andrea Bradford;Cindy M. Meston

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra H. Rellini
Alessandra H. Rellini University of Vermont
David M. Buss
David M. Buss The University of Texas at Austin
Julia R. Heiman
Julia R. Heiman Indiana University
Paul D. Trapnell
Paul D. Trapnell University of Winnipeg
Boris B. Gorzalka
Boris B. Gorzalka University of British Columbia
Sandra R. Leiblum
Sandra R. Leiblum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Rosemary Basson
Rosemary Basson University of British Columbia
Ellen Laan
Ellen Laan University of Amsterdam
Delroy L. Paulhus
Delroy L. Paulhus University of British Columbia

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