The scientific study of sex has developed significantly since the inception of
psychophysiological methods to assess sexual arousal. Sexual psychophysiology involves
assessing the physiological activation of the sexual response system, in addition to
mental, behavioral, and emotional processes or experiences (Rosen & Beck, 1988).
Measures of sexual arousal are reviewed in Chapter One. Chapter Two describes a study
testing the validity of the most commonly used measure of genital arousal in women,
vaginal photoplethysmography. Results indicate that vaginal photoplethysmography is
sensitive to sexual arousal only, and that there are important sex differences in patterns of
physiological arousal to sexual stimuli. Directions for future research are discussed. / x, 176 leaves ; 29 cm.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/527 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Suschinsky, Kelly D., University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science |
| Contributors | Lalumière, Martin L. |
| Publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006., Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Psychology |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Relation | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) |
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