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Meredith L. Chivers

Meredith L. Chivers

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
6697
World Ranking
8248
National Ranking
559

Overview

Meredith L. Chivers is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has conducted extensive research primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work spans several important subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The research topics covered by Meredith L. Chivers include:

  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Sexuality, behavior, and technology
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Stalking, cyberstalking, and harassment
  • Menstrual health and disorders

Meredith L. Chivers has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Recent papers authored by or coauthored with Meredith L. Chivers include:

  • A randomized trial comparing group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with group supportive sex education and therapy for the treatment of female sexual interest/arousal disorder, 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Concordance of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors, 2020, The Journal of Sex Research
  • Mindfulness and Sex Education for Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Outcome, 2022, The Journal of Sex Research
  • Age Effects on Women's and Men's Dyadic and Solitary Sexual Desire, 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Orgasm consistency and its relationship to women's self-reported and genital sexual response, 2021, The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Several frequent collaborators have contributed to Meredith L. Chivers' research, including:

  • Lori A. Brotto
  • Samantha J. Dawson
  • Kelly D. Suschinsky
  • Martin L. Lalumière
  • Michael C. Seto

Best Publications

  • A Sex Difference in the Specificity of Sexual Arousal

    Meredith L. Chivers;Meredith L. Chivers;Gerulf Rieger;Elizabeth Latty;J. Michael Bailey

  • Agreement of Self-Reported and Genital Measures of Sexual Arousal in Men and Women: A Meta-Analysis

    Meredith L. Chivers;Michael C. Seto;Martin L. Lalumière;Ellen Laan

  • Gender and sexual orientation differences in sexual response to sexual activities versus gender of actors in sexual films.

    Meredith L. Chivers;Michael C. Seto;Ray Blanchard

  • A sex difference in features that elicit genital response.

    Meredith L. Chivers;J. Michael Bailey

  • Sexual Arousal Patterns of Bisexual Men

    Gerulf Rieger;Meredith L. Chivers;J. Michael Bailey

  • A critical review of recent biological research on human sexual orientation.

    Brian S Mustanski;Meredith L Chivers;J Michael Bailey

  • Sex Differences in Patterns of Genital Sexual Arousal: Measurement Artifacts or True Phenomena?

    Kelly D. Suschinsky;Martin L. Lalumière;Meredith L. Chivers

  • Physiology of Women's Sexual Function: Basic Knowledge and New Findings

    Andrea Salonia;Annamaria Giraldi;Meredith L. Chivers;Janniko R. Georgiadis

  • Mindfulness-Based Sex Therapy Improves Genital-Subjective Arousal Concordance in Women With Sexual Desire/Arousal Difficulties

    Lori A Brotto;Meredith L Chivers;Roanne D Millman;Arianne Albert

  • A brief review and discussion of sex differences in the specificity of sexual arousal

    Meredith L. Chivers

  • Sexual Orientation of Female-to-Male Transsexuals: A Comparison of Homosexual and Nonhomosexual Types

    Meredith L. Chivers;J. Michael Bailey

  • The Specificity of Women's Sexual Response and Its Relationship with Sexual Orientations: A Review and Ten Hypotheses.

    Meredith L. Chivers

  • The sexual responses of sexual sadists.

    Michael C. Seto;Martin L. Lalumière;Grant T. Harris;Meredith L. Chivers

  • Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors and Female Sexual Response: Faulty Protocols or Paradigms?

    Meredith L. Chivers;Raymond C. Rosen

  • Psychosexual distress in women with gynecologic cancer: a feasibility study of an online support group.

    Catherine C. Classen;Catherine C. Classen;Meredith L. Chivers;Sara Urowitz;Lisa Barbera;Lisa Barbera

  • Effects of Gender and Relationship Context in Audio Narratives on Genital and Subjective Sexual Response in Heterosexual Women and Men

    Meredith L. Chivers;Amanda D. Timmers

  • Toward Personalized Sexual Medicine (Part 2): Testosterone Combined with a PDE5 Inhibitor Increases Sexual Satisfaction in Women with HSDD and FSAD, and a Low Sensitive System for Sexual Cues

    Saskia Poels;Jos Bloemers;Kim van Rooij;Irwin Goldstein

  • Normal and persistent genital arousal in women: new perspectives.

    Sandra R Leiblum;Meredith L Chivers

  • Toward Personalized Sexual Medicine (Part 3): Testosterone Combined with a Serotonin1A Receptor Agonist Increases Sexual Satisfaction in Women with HSDD and FSAD, and Dysfunctional Activation of Sexual Inhibitory Mechanisms

    Kim van Rooij;Saskia Poels;Jos Bloemers;Irwin Goldstein

  • Specificity of sexual arousal for sexual activities in men and women with conventional and masochistic sexual interests.

    Meredith L. Chivers;Carolyn Roy;Teresa Grimbos;James M. Cantor;James M. Cantor

  • Clinical Psychological Science

    Meredith L. Chivers;Christopher Bowie;Su Buchanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
J. Michael Bailey
J. Michael Bailey Northwestern University
Michael C. Seto
Michael C. Seto University of Ottawa
Catherine C. Classen
Catherine C. Classen University of Toronto
Caroline F. Pukall
Caroline F. Pukall Queen's University
Martin L. Lalumière
Martin L. Lalumière University of Ottawa
Walter Everaerd
Walter Everaerd University of Amsterdam
Debby Herbenick
Debby Herbenick Indiana University
Sari M. van Anders
Sari M. van Anders Queen's University
Rosemary Basson
Rosemary Basson University of British Columbia

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