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Sophie Bergeron

Sophie Bergeron

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Psychology

D-Index
54
Citations
9908
World Ranking
4640
National Ranking
312

Overview

Sophie Bergeron is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology, medicine, and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Bergeron's scholarly work extensively revolves around topics related to sexual function and dysfunction, sexuality behavior and technology, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, attachment and relationship dynamics, gender studies, and LGBTQ health, identity, and policy.

Their recent publications include a range of studies addressing sexual health and related psychological factors. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Bergeron are:

  • Vulvodynia, 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Large-Scale Comparison of Canadian Sexual/Gender Minority and Heterosexual, Cisgender Adolescents' Pornography Use Characteristics, 2020, The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools, 2023, Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Multimodal physical therapy versus topical lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia: a multicenter, randomized trial, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bergeron frequently publishes in several specialized academic venues including:

  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of Bergeron's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
  • Natalie O. Rosen
  • Beáta Bőthe
  • Shane W. Kraus
  • Zsolt Demetrovics

The main fields of study informing Bergeron's research are psychology, medicine, and social sciences, with detailed work concentrated in clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, gender studies, and general health professions. Their research topics provide insight into complex interactions between sexual health, psychosocial identity, and behavioral factors across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • A randomized comparison of group cognitive–behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis

    Sophie Bergeron;Yitzchak M Binik;Samir Khalifé;Kelly Pagidas

  • 2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia.

    Jacob Bornstein;Andrew T. Goldstein;Colleen K. Stockdale;Sophie Bergeron

  • 2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia.

    Jacob Bornstein;Andrew T. Goldstein;Colleen K. Stockdale;Sophie Bergeron

  • Vulvodynia: Assessment and Treatment

    Andrew T. Goldstein;Caroline F. Pukall;Candace Brown;Sophie Bergeron

  • Vulvodynia: Definition, Prevalence, Impact, and Pathophysiological Factors

    Caroline F. Pukall;Andrew T. Goldstein;Sophie Bergeron;David Foster

  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies

    Samantha Joel;Paul W. Eastwick;Colleen J. Allison;Ximena B. Arriaga

  • Surgical and behavioral treatments for vestibulodynia: two-and-one-half year follow-up and predictors of outcome.

    Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Howard I. Glazer;Yitzchak M. Binik

  • Fear avoidance and self-efficacy in relation to pain and sexual impairment in women with provoked vestibulodynia.

    Geneviève Desrochers;Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Marie-Josée Dupuis

  • Do Psychosexual Factors Play a Role in the Etiology of Provoked Vestibulodynia? A Critical Review

    Geneviève Desrochers;Sophie Bergeron;Tina Landry;Mélanie Jodoin

  • Attachment insecurities and women's sexual function and satisfaction: the mediating roles of sexual self-esteem, sexual anxiety, and sexual assertiveness.

    Audrey Brassard;Emmanuelle Dupuy;Sophie Bergeron;Phillip R Shaver

  • Sexual and relationship intimacy among women with provoked vestibulodynia and their partners: associations with sexual satisfaction, sexual function, and pain self-efficacy.

    Katy Bois;Sophie Bergeron;Natalie O. Rosen;Pierre McDuff

  • Provoked vestibulodynia: Psychological predictors of topical and cognitive-behavioral treatment outcome

    Geneviève Desrochers;Sophie Bergeron;Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Marie-Josée Dupuis

  • A randomized clinical trial comparing group cognitive-behavioral therapy and a topical steroid for women with dyspareunia.

    Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Marie-Josée Dupuis;Pierre McDuff

  • Woman and Partner-Perceived Partner Responses Predict Pain and Sexual Satisfaction in Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) Couples

    Natalie O. Rosen;Sophie Bergeron;Bianca Leclerc;Bernard Lambert

  • Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Modalities in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia

    Mélanie Morin;Marie-Soleil Carroll;Sophie Bergeron

  • Male Partners of Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: Attributions for Pain and Their Implications for Dyadic Adjustment, Sexual Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress

    Mélanie Jodoin;Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Marie‐José Dupuis

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH—PAIN: Psychosexual Characteristics of Vestibulodynia Couples: Partner Solicitousness and Hostility are Associated with Pain

    Mylène Desrosiers;Sophie Bergeron;Marta Meana;Bianca Leclerc

  • Morphometry of the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Women With and Without Provoked Vestibulodynia Using 4D Ultrasound

    Mélanie Morin;Sophie Bergeron;Samir Khalifé;Marie‐Hélène Mayrand

  • Harmful or helpful: Perceived solicitous and facilitative partner responses are differentially associated with pain and sexual satisfaction in women with provoked vestibulodynia

    Natalie O. Rosen;Natalie O. Rosen;Sophie Bergeron;Maria Glowacka;Isabelle Delisle

  • Attachment, Sexual Assertiveness, and Sexual Outcomes in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia and Their Partners: A Mediation Model.

    Bianca Leclerc;Sophie Bergeron;Audrey Brassard;Claude Bélanger

  • Genital pain in women : beyond interference with intercourse

    Sophie Bergeron;Natalie O. Rosen;Mélanie Morin

Frequent Co-Authors

Natalie O. Rosen
Natalie O. Rosen Dalhousie University
Yitzchak M. Binik
Yitzchak M. Binik McGill University
Caroline F. Pukall
Caroline F. Pukall Queen's University
Marta Meana
Marta Meana University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Amy Muise
Amy Muise York University
Pierre McDuff
Pierre McDuff University of Montreal
Emily A. Impett
Emily A. Impett University of Toronto
Martine Hébert
Martine Hébert University of Quebec at Montreal
Erick Janssen
Erick Janssen KU Leuven

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