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Current scientific articles are compiled by our team. This section is a non-exhaustive collection of the latest news in sexology research and in related fields. It does not present reviews of the articles, but rather an overview, through abstracts, to help the community stay informed about the state of current research.

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Exploring Sexuality Profiles of Adolescents who Have Engaged in Sexual Abuse and Their Link to Delinquency and Offense Characteristics

12 June 2018
Very few studies have taken a specific interest in the various sexual dimensions, beyond delinquent sexual behavior, of adolescents ...

Childhood Maltreatment, Bullying Victimization, and Psychological Distress Among Gay and Bisexual Men

5 December 2017
Sexual minority men report higher psychological distress than heterosexual men, including depression and anxiety....

Sexuality and Individual Support Plans for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Study on the Content of ISP

28 November 2017
Sexual rights and sexuality are important aspects of quality of life, also for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). However, providing support in this area to people with ID poses some challenges....

Sexual Life During Pregnancy: Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Sexuality of Iranian Couples: A Quasiexperimental Study

18 April 2017
Sexual life of couples and their needs during pregnancy received little attention in practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate an educational intervention delivered to couples...

Teen Dating Violence Victimization, Trauma Symptoms and Revictimization in Early Adulthood

11 April 2017
This research examined whether experiencing physical teen dating violence (TDV) relates to trauma symptoms, which in turn, predict future physical ...

Sex Education. Perspectives of Neuroscientific Data

11 April 2017
Sex education is a subject that is generally not covered very much in schools and educational institutions. When it is, it mainly concerns risk prevention...

Evolution Over a Year of Individual Protective Factors in Preschool Victims of Sexual Abuse

5 April 2017
While protective factors associated with resilience have been well- documented (e.g., initiative, self-regulation, attachment), less is known about their comparative levels in children exposed and not exposed to trauma. ...

Heightened Pelvic Floor Muscle Tone and Altered Contractility in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia

5 April 2017
Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) dysfunctions are reported to be involved in provoked vestibulodynia (PVD). Although heightened PFM tone has been suggested, the relative contribution of active and passive components...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Suicidal Ideation Among Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls: The Mediating Role of Shame

5 April 2017
Sexual abuse is associated with a host of negative repercussions in adolescence. Yet the possible mechanisms linking sexual abuse and negative outcomes are understudied....

Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia

5 April 2017
Provoked vestibulodynia is a highly prevalent condition characterized by acute recurrent pain located at the vaginal entrance in response to pressure application or attempted vaginal penetration....

Understanding When a Partner Is Not in the Mood: Sexual Communal Strength in Couples Transitioning to Parenthood

29 March 2017
Situations in which one partner is interested in having sex but the other partner is not 鈥渋n the mood鈥 are common in relationships. We extend previous work on sexual communal strength...

Physical and Mental Health of Children with Substantiated Sexual Abuse: Gender Comparisons from a Matched-Control Cohort Study

29 March 2017
When compared to children from the general population, sexually abused children receive more medical services, both for physical and mental health problems. However, possible differences between sexually abused boys and girls remain unknown....

22 March 2017
*Content only available in French....

The Associations Between Substance Use, Sexual Behaviors, Bullying, Deviant Behaviors, Health, and Cyber Dating Abuse Perpetration

22 March 2017
Dating violence is an important public health concern and is considered to be a form of school violence. While digital technologies have enabled perpetrators of dating violence to target their victims online...

Disengaged Parenting: Structural Equation Modeling with Child Abuse, Insecure Attachment, and Adult Symptomatology

22 March 2017
Based on attachment theory, we hypothesized that self-reported childhood experiences of disengaged parenting (DP) would predict adults' psychological symptoms even more than,...

Putative Sex-Specific Human Pheromones do not Affect Gender Perception, Attractiveness Ratings or Unfaithfulness Judgements of Opposite Sex Faces

15 March 2017
Debate continues over the existence of human sex pheromones. Two substances, androstadienone (AND) and estratetraenol (EST), were recently reported to signal male and female gender, ...