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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Julia R. Heiman is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with considerable focus on subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Gender Studies.

The core themes in their work touch on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual Function and Dysfunction Studies, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, Reproductive Health and Contraception, Child Abuse and Trauma, and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Julia R. Heiman include:

  • The Impact of Sexual Arousal and Emotion Regulation on Men's Sexual Aggression Proclivity (2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence)
  • Longitudinal associations between relational and sexual well-being in couples transitioning to parenthood (2023, Family Process)
  • Biopsychosocial Predictors of Couples' Trajectories of Sexual Function and Sexual Distress Across the Transition to Parenthood (2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior)
  • Is Expectant Couples' Similarity in Attitudes to Sex during Pregnancy Linked to Their Sexual Well-being? A Dyadic Study with Response Surface Analysis (2021, The Journal of Sex Research)
  • Longitudinal associations between mindfulness and changes to body image in first-time parent couples (2023, Body Image)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Inês M. Tavares
  • Natalie O. Rosen
  • Pedro Nobre
  • Amber N. Craig
  • Erick Janssen

Julia R. Heiman has contributed papers to multiple publication venues, such as:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Family Process
  • The Journal of Sex Research

In their career, Julia R. Heiman has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2012.

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 Distress Scale (FSDS): initial validation of a standardized scale for assessment of sexually related personal distress in women.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Raymond Rosen;Sandra Leiblum;Arthur Burnett

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

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

  • Revised Definitions of Women's Sexual Dysfunction

    Rosemary Basson;Sandra Leiblum;Lori Brotto;Leonard Derogatis

  • Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Happiness in Midlife and Older Couples in Five Countries

    Julia R. Heiman;J. Scott Long;Shawna N. Smith;William A. Fisher

  • A Psychoeducational Intervention for Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Gynecologic Cancer

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman;Barbara Goff;Benjamin Greer

  • Sickness Impact of Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis and its Correlates

    Kerstin Wenninger;Julia R. Heiman;Ivan Rothman;James P. Berghuis

  • Sexual dysfunction: overview of prevalence, etiological factors, and treatments.

    Julia R. Heiman

  • Socially desirable responding and sexuality self‐reports

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

  • Development of a sexual function questionnaire for clinical trials of female sexual dysfunction

    Frances H. Quirk;Julia R. Heiman;Raymond C. Rosen;Ellen Laan

  • Affective and physiological sexual response patterns: the effects of instructions on sexually functional and dysfunctional men.

    Julia R. Heiman;David L. Rowland

  • Sildenafil treatment of women with antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction: a randomized controlled trial.

    H. George Nurnberg;Paula L. Hensley;Julia R. Heiman;Harry A. Croft

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

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

  • A Psychophysiological Exploration of Sexual Arousal Patterns in Females and Males

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  • Women's orgasm.

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

  • Ephedrine-Activated Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women

    Cindy M. Meston;Julia R. Heiman

  • Narratives of Desire in Mid-Age Women With and Without Arousal Difficulties

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman;Deborah L. Tolman

  • Mindfulness in sex therapy: Applications for women with sexual difficulties following gynecologic cancer

    Lori A. Brotto;Julia R. Heiman

  • Indirect Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Sexual Risk-taking: The Roles of Subjective and Physiological Sexual Arousal

    William H. George;Kelly Cue Davis;Jeanette Norris;Julia R. Heiman

  • Empirically validated treatment for sexual dysfunction.

    J. R. Heiman;Cindy Meston

  • Alcohol's Effects on Sexual Decision Making: An Integration of Alcohol Myopia and Individual Differences

    Kelly Cue Davis;Christian S. Hendershot;William H. George;Jeanette Norris

  • Th e Fe m ale Sex ual Fun ction Index (FSFI): A Multidim en sional Self-Report Instrum ent for the Assessm en t of Fem ale Sex ual Function

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Erick Janssen
Erick Janssen KU Leuven
Kelly Cue Davis
Kelly Cue Davis Arizona State University
William H. George
William H. George University of Washington
Jeanette Norris
Jeanette Norris University of Washington
Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin
Sandra R. Leiblum
Sandra R. Leiblum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ellen Laan
Ellen Laan University of Amsterdam
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Thomas W. James
Thomas W. James Indiana University
Rosemary Basson
Rosemary Basson University of British Columbia

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