Below is a list of all publications that have come out of the Sagelab, organized by general topic. We have included a link to the paper, which may be only fully readable with institutional access. However, everyone can read the abstract of the paper to get a summary of the paper's findings. If you would like a full copy of any of our papers, please contact us at sagelab@queensu.ca or use Google Scholar.
If you have participated in a Sagelab study, you may have noticed that most of them are named after spices and herbs! We have also included these spice and herb study names associated with each paper. This is so people who have participated in our studies can see where their data has ended up. A big thank you to everyone who has participated in our studies! Thanks for reading.
Seto, M. C., Curry, S., Dawson, S. D., Bradford, J., & Chivers, M. L. (2021). Concordance of paraphilic interests and behaviours. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 58(4), 424-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1830018
- Study: Vanilla
Chivers, M. L., Roy, C., & Grimbos, T., Cantor, J. M., Seto, M. C. (2014). Specificity of sexual arousal for sexual activities in men and women with conventional and masochistic sexual interests. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 931-940. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0174-1
- Study: Maso
Seto, M. C., Lalumière, M. L., Harris, G. T., & Chivers, M. L. (2012). The sexual responses of sexual sadists. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 739–753. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028714
Classen, C., Drozd, A., Brotto, L. A., Barbera, L. A., Carter, J., Chivers, M. L., . . . Ferguson, S. E. (2015). Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of an online support group for sexual distress due to gynecologic cancer. Journal of Clinical Trials, 5(4), 234-240. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-0870.1000234
Classen, C. C., Chivers, M. L., Urowitz, S., Barbera, L., Wiljer, D., O’Rinn, S., & Ferguson, S. E. (2012). Psychosexual distress in women with gynecologic cancer: A pilot test of an online support group. Psycho-Oncology, 22(4), 930–935. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3058
Wiljer, D., Urowitz, S., Barbera, L., Chivers, M. L., Quartey, N., Ferguson, S. E., . . . Classen, C. (2011). A qualitative study of an internet-based support group for women with sexual distress due to gynecologic cancer. Journal of Cancer Education, 26(3), 451–458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0215-1
Timmers, A. T., Bossio, J., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). Disgust, sexual cues, and the prophylaxis hypothesis. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 4(4), 179–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-017-0127-3
- Study: Paprika
Shirazi, T. N., Bossio, J. A., Puts, D., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). Menstrual cycle phase predicts women’s hormonal responses to sexual stimuli. Hormones and Behavior, 103, 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.023
- Study: Paprika
Suschinsky, K. D., Bossio, J. A., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Women’s genital sexual arousal to oral versus penetrative heterosexual sex varies with menstrual cycle phase at first exposure. Hormones and Behavior, 65(3), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.01.006
- Study: Paprika
Bossio, J. A., Suschinsky, K. D., Puts, D. A., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Does menstrual cycle phase influence the gender specificity of heterosexual women’s genital and subjective sexual arousal? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0233-7
- Study: Paprika
Huberman, J.S., & Chivers, M. L. (2020). Development of a novel measure of women's sexual self-schema organization. Personality and Individual Differences, 155, 109665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109665
- Study: Cinnamon
Dawson, S. J., Huberman, J., Bouchard, K., McInnis, M., Pukall, C. F., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Effects of individual difference variables, gender, and exclusivity of sexual attraction on volunteer bias in sexuality research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2403-2417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1451-4
- Study: Mint
Dawson, S. J., Huberman, J., Bouchard, K., McInnis, M., Pukall, C. F., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Effects of individual difference variables, gender, and exclusivity of sexual attraction on volunteer bias in sexuality research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2403-2417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1451-4
- Study: Mint
Tassone, D., Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). The impact of homonegativity on gynephilic men's visual attention toward non-preferred sexual targets. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 261-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.05.062
- Study: Ginkgo
Timmers, A. T., Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). The effects of gender and relationship context cues on responsive sexual desire in exclusively and predominantly androphilic women and gynephilic men. Journal of Sex Research, 55(9), 1167-1179. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1456509
- Study: Cilantro
Timmers, A., & Chivers, M. L. (2012). Sociosexuality and sexual arousal. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 21(3/4), 135-146. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/sociosexuality-sexual-arousal/docview/1288669712/se-2?accountid=6180
- Study: Cilantro
Chivers, M. L. (2017). Response to commentaries. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1213-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1015-4
Chivers, M.L., & Brotto, L. B. (2017). Controversies in women’s sexual arousal and desire. European Psychologist, 22(1), 5-26. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1016-9040/a000274
Chivers, M.L. (2017). The specificity of women’s sexual response and its relationship with sexual orientations: A review and ten hypotheses. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1161-1179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0897-x
Chivers, M. L. (2010). A brief update on the specificity of sexual arousal. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 25(4), 407-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2010.495979
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., Lalumière, M. L, Laan, E., & Grimbos, T. (2010). Agreement of genital and subjective measures of sexual arousal in men and women: A meta-analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(1), 5-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9556-9
Chivers, M. L. (2005). Leading comment: A brief review and discussion of sex differences in the specificity of sexual arousal. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 4, 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681990500238802
Mustanski, B. S., Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2002). A review and critique of the evidence for a biological basis of human sexual orientation. Annual Review of Sex Research, 13(1), 89-140.
Maunder, L., Micanovic, N., Huberman, J., & Chivers, M. L. (in press). Orgasm consistency and its relationship to women’s self-reported and genital sexual response. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0037
- Studies: Chicory, Ginger, Rosehip, and Thyme
Suschinsky, K., Maunder, L., Fisher, T., Hollenstein, T., & Chivers, M. L. (2020). Use of the bogus pipeline increases sexual concordance in women but not men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 1517–1532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01737-4
- Study: Chicory
Suschinsky, K. D., Huberman, J. S., Maunder, L., Brotto, L. A., Hollenstein, T., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). The relationship between sexual functioning and sexual concordance in women. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45(3), 230–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2018.1518881
- Study: Rosehip
Suschinsky, K. D., Chivers, M. L., & Lalumière, M. L. (2018). The relationship between sexual concordance and orgasm consistency in women. Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 704–718. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1426713
- Study: Cilantro
Velten, J., Chivers, M. L., & Brotto, L. A. (2018). Does repeated testing impact concordance between genital and self-reported sexual arousal in women? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 651–660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1076-4
Timmers, A. T., Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). Gynephilic men’s self-reported and genital responses to relationship context cues. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 617–625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1094-2
- Study: Cilantro
Suschinsky, K. D., Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2017). Assessing the relationship between sexual concordance, sexual attractions, and sexual identity in women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 179–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0874-4
- Study: SSHRC
Brotto L. A., Chivers, M. L., & Millman, R., Albert, A. (2016). Mindfulness-based sex therapy improves genital-subjective arousal concordance in women with sexual desire/arousal difficulties. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 1907-1921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0689-8
Bossio, J. A., Spape, J., Lykins, A. D., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Observational stance as a predictor of subjective and genital sexual arousal in men and women. Journal of Sex Research, 51(3), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2012.729276
- Study: SSHRC
Chivers, M. L., & Timmers, A. D. (2012). Effects of gender and relationship context in audio narratives on genital and subjective sexual response in heterosexual women and men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 185–197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-9937-3
- Study: Chicory
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., Lalumière, M. L, Laan, E., & Grimbos, T. (2010). Agreement of genital and subjective measures of sexual arousal in men and women: A meta-analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(1), 5-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9556-9
Brotto, L.A., Zdaniuk, B., Chivers, M. L., Jabs, F., Grabovac, A., Lalumiere, M., Weinberg, J., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., & Basson, R. (2021). A randomized trial comparing group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with group supportive sex education for the treatment of female sexual interest/arousal disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(7), 626-639.
Velten, J., Brotto, L. A., Chivers, M. L., Hirschfeld, G., & Margraf, J. (2020). The power of the present: Effects of three mindfulness tasks on women’s sexual response. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 125-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619861394
Cappell, J., Bouchard, K. N., Chamberlain, S. M., Byers-Heinlein, A., Chivers, M. L., & Pukall, C. (2020). Is mode of delivery associated with sexual response? A pilot study of genital and subjective sexual arousal in primiparous women with vaginal or cesarean section births. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17(2), 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.11.264
Velten, J., Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., Brotto, L. A., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Development and validation of a measure of responsive sexual desire. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 46(2), 122-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2019.1654580
- Study: Tarragon
Velten, J., Margraf, J., Chivers, M. L., & Brotto, L. A. (2017). Effects of a mindfulness task on women’s sexual response. Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 747-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2017.1408768
Bossio, J. A., Suschinsky, K. D., Puts, D. A., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Does menstrual cycle phase influence the gender specificity of heterosexual women’s genital and subjective sexual arousal? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0233-7
Bloemers, J., van Rooij, K., Poels, S., Goldstein, I., Everaerd, E., Koppeschaar, . . . Tuiten, A. [Chivers, M. L.] (2013). Toward personalized sexual medicine (part 1): Integrating the “Dual Control Model” into differential drug treatments for HSDD and FSAD. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10(3), 791-809. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02984.x
Poels, S., Bloemers, J., van Rooij, K., Goldstein, I., Gerritsen, J., van Ham, D . . . Tuiten, A. (2013). [Chivers, M. L.] 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. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10(3), 810-823. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02983.x
van Rooij, K., Poels, S., Bloemers, J., Goldstein, I., Gerritsen, J., van Ham, D., van Mameren, F., Chivers, M. L., Everaerd, E., Koppeschaar, H., Oliver, B., & Tuiten, A. (2013). 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. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10(3), 824-837. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02982.x
Chivers, M. L., Pittini, R., Grigoriadis, S., Villegas, L., Ross, L. E. (2011). The relationship between sexual function and depressive symptomatology in postpartum women: A pilot study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(3), 792-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02154.x
Salonia, A., Giraldi, A., Chivers, M. L., Georgiadis, J. R., Levin, R., Maravilla, K. R., & McCarthy, M. M. (2010). Physiology of women’s sexual function: Basic knowledge and new findings. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7(8), 2637-2660. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01810.x
Chivers, M. L., & Rosen. R. (2010). PDE-5 Inhibitors and female sexual response: Faulty protocols or paradigms? The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7(2pt2), 858-872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01599.x
Leiblum, S. R., & Chivers, M. L. (2007). Normal and persistent genital arousal in women: New perspectives. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 33(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00926230701385605
Dawson, S. J., Huberman, J., Bouchard, K., McInnis, M., Pukall, C. F., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Effects of individual difference variables, gender, and exclusivity of sexual attraction on volunteer bias in sexuality research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2403-2417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1451-4
- Study: Mint
Tassone, D., Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). The impact of homonegativity on gynephilic men's visual attention toward non-preferred sexual targets. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 261-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.05.062
- Study: Ginkgo
Dawson, S., Fretz, K. M., & Chivers, M. L. (2017). Visual attention patterns of women with androphilic and gynephilic sexual attractions: An initial study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(1), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0825-0
- Study: Ginkgo
Bouchard, K., Timmers, A.D., & Chivers, M. L. (2016). Gender-specificity of genital response and self-reported sexual arousal in women endorsing facets of bisexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 15(2), 180-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2015.1022924
- Study: Thyme
Timmers, A. D., Bouchard, K., & Chivers, M. L. (2015). Effects of gender and sexual activity cues on the sexual responses of women with multidimensionally defined bisexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 15(2), 154-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2015.1023389
- Study: Thyme
Rieger, G., Savin-Williams, R., Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2015). Sexual arousal and masculinity-femininity of women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(2), 265-283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000077
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., & Blanchard, R. (2007). Gender and sexual orientation differences in sexual response to the sexual activities versus the gender of actors in sexual films. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(6), 1108-1121. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1108
- Study: SSHRC
Lawrence, A., Latty, E., Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2005). Measurement of sexual arousal in postoperative male-to-female transsexuals using vaginal photoplethysmography. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34(2), 135-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-005-1792-z
Rieger, G., Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2005). Sexual arousal patterns of bisexual men. Psychological Science, 16(8), 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01578.x
Mustanski, B. S., Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2002). A critical review of recent biological research on human sexual orientation. Annual Review of Sex Research, 13(1), 89-140. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12836730/
Chivers, M. L., Bailey, J. M. (2000). Sexual orientation of female-to-male transsexuals: A comparison of homosexual and nonhomosexual types. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 29(3), 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1001915530479
Chivers, M. L., & Blanchard, R. (1996). Prostitution advertisements suggest association of transvestism and masochism. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 22(2), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00926239608404913
Sawatsky, M. L., Suschinsky, K. D., Lavrinsek, S., Chivers, M. L., & Lalumière, M. L. (2021). Can the vaginal photoplethysmograph and its associated methodology be used to assess anal vasocongestion in men and women? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 3865-3888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02069-7
Huberman, J. S., McInnis, M., Dawson, S. J., Bouchard, K. S., Pukall, C. F., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Exploring comfort levels and the role of compensation in sexual psychophysiology study participation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2389-2402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1458-x
- Study: Mint
Dawson, S. J., Huberman, J., Bouchard, K., McInnis, M., Pukall, C. F., & Chivers, M. L. (2019). Effects of individual difference variables, gender, and exclusivity of sexual attraction on volunteer bias in sexuality research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2403-2417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1451-4
- Study: Mint
Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2018). The effect of static versus dynamic stimuli on visual processing of sexual cues in androphilic women and gynephilic men. Royal Society Open Science, 5(6), 172286. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172286
- Study: Ginkgo
Huberman, J. S., Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2017). Examining the time course of sexual response in women and men with concurrent plethysmography and thermography. Biological Psychology, 129, 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.09.006
- Study: Ginger
Bouchard, K. L., Chivers, M. L., & Pukall, C. F. (2017). Effects of genital response measurement device and stimulus characteristics on sexual concordance in women. Journal of Sex Research, 54(9), 1197-1208. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1265641
Suschinsky, K. D., Shelley, A. D., Gerritsen, J., Tuiten, A., & Chivers, M. L. (2016). The clitoral photoplethysmograph: A pilot study examining discriminant and convergent validity. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12(12), 2324-2338. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.13047
- Study: Rosehip
Huberman, J. S., Suschinsky, K. D., Lalumière, M. L., & Chivers, M. L. (2013). Relationship between impression management and three measures of women’s self-reported sexual arousal. [Special Issue: Sexuality research in Canada: Diversity in action]. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 45(3), 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033397
Micanovic, N., Timmers, A. D., Chivers, M. L. (2021). Gender-specific genital and subjective sexual arousal to prepotent sexual stimuli in androphilic men and gynephilic women. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30(3), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0004
- Study: Turmeric
Suschinsky, K. D., Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2020). Assessing gender-specificity of clitoral responses. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 29, 57–64. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2019-0061
- Study: Rosehip
Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2016). Gender-specificity of initial and controlled visual attention to sexual stimuli in androphilic women and gynephilic men. PLoS One, 11(4), e0152785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152785
- Study: Ginkgo
Bouchard, K., Timmers, A.D., & Chivers, M. L. (2016). Gender-specificity of genital response and self-reported sexual arousal in women endorsing facets of bisexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 15(2), 180-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2015.1022924
- Study: Thyme
Chivers, M. L., Bouchard, K., & Timmers, A. D. (2015). Straight but not narrow: Within-gender variation in the gender-specificity of women’s sexual response. PLoS One, 10(12), e0142575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142575
Huberman, J. S., & Chivers, M. L. (2015). Evaluating gender-specificity of sexual arousal in women and men using thermography. Psychophysiology, 52, 1382-1395. https//doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12466
- Study: Ginger
Huberman, J. S., Maracle, A. C., & Chivers, M. L. (2015). Gender specificity of men and women’s attention to sexual stimuli. Journal of Sex Research, 52(9), 983-995. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.951424
Spape, J., Timmers, A. D., Yoon, S., Ponseti, J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Gender-specific genital and subjective sexual arousal to prepotent sexual features in heterosexual women and men. Biological Psychology, 102, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.008
- Study: Turmeric
Chivers, M. L., Roy, C., & Grimbos, T., Cantor, J. M., Seto, M. C. (2014). Specificity of sexual arousal for sexual activities in men and women with conventional and masochistic sexual interests. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 931-940. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0174-1
- Study: Maso
Dawson, S., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Gender differences and similarities in sexual desire. Current Sexual Health Reports, 6(4), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-014-0027-5
Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014). Gender-specificity of solitary and dyadic sexual desire among gynephilic and androphilic women and men. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11(4), 980-994. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12430
- Study: SSHRC
Suschinsky, K., Lalumière, M. L., & Chivers, M. L. (2009). Sex differences in patterns of genital arousal: Measurement artifact or true phenomenon? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(4), 559-573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-008-9339-8
Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., & Blanchard, R. (2007). Gender and sexual orientation differences in sexual response to the sexual activities versus the gender of actors in sexual films. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(6), 1108-1121. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1108
- Study: SSHRC
Chivers, M. L., & Bailey, J. M. (2005). A sex difference in features that elicit genital response. Biological Psychology, 70(2), 115-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.12.002
Chivers, M. L., Rieger, G., Latty, E., & Bailey, J. M. (2004). A sex difference in the specificity of sexual arousal. Psychological Science, 15(11), 736-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00750.x