Marina C. Gérard

Université du Québec à Montréal | UQAM · Department of Psychology

Despite a large body of biomedical research, little is known about the psychological and perceptual predictors of sexual satisfaction (SS) and sexual distress (SD) post spinal cord injury (SCI). Guided by a bio-psycho-perceptual framework, this cross-sectional research aimed at assessing SS and SD in a large SCI sample using validated patient-repor...

Background The scientific literature on multiple orgasm in males is small. There is little consensus on a definition, and significant controversy about whether multiple orgasm is a unitary experience. Aims This study has 2 goals: (i) describing the experience of male multiple orgasm; (ii) investigating whether there are different profiles of multi...

Women’s multiorgasmic capacity has long been mentioned in the human sexuality literature. However, due in part to the conceptual vagueness surrounding this phenomenon, few empirical studies have focused on this topic, and our scientific knowledge is currently limited. This exploratory research is mainly aimed at providing a much-needed assessment o...

Online exploratory survey about multiple orgasms in men

Background: The bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex is a rare congenital malformation associated with severe dysfunction of the genital and urinary tracts and requiring a staged surgical reconstruction. Aim: The primary aims of this study were to report the sexuality, infertility, and urinary incontinence outcomes in a cohort of men born with b...

Background: The few studies that have examined the neural correlates of genital arousal have focused on men and are methodologically hard to compare. Aim: To investigate the neural correlates of peripheral physiologic sexual arousal using identical methodology for men and women. Methods: 2 groups (20 men, 20 women) viewed movie clips (erotic,...

Background: Stroke has multiple impacts on patients' sexual functioning, be it directly caused by the neurological lesion (s) or indirectly triggered via other psychophysiological processes. Despite a growing number of publications, sexuality is still rarely addressed in the stroke literature - yet, patients have indicated their need for sexual re...

Background: Although the rehabilitation of sexual function has been identified as a top priority among women presenting neurological conditions, sexual function is rarely assessed in this clinical group. Objectives: To review published assessment tools of sexual dysfunction in women with neurological conditions including multiple sclerosis (MS),...

Introduction: Despite a plethora of research on sexual functioning during the past decades, the field is still lacking standardized measurements specifically characterizing orgasm. Although several validated tools are available to assess sexual function in healthy and clinical populations, items on orgasm are limited to frequency or dichotomous re...

Introduction: Studies investigating brain indices of sexual arousal have begun to elucidate the brain's role in processing subjective arousal; however, most research has focused on men, used discrete ratings of subjective arousal, and used stimuli too short to induce significant arousal in women. Aim: To examine brain regions modulated by change...

Introduction: Peyronie's disease (PD) causes penile deformity and can result in sexual dysfunction and psychological distress. Currently, nothing is known about the psychosexual impact on the partners of men with PD. Research carried out on the partners of men with other chronic illnesses suggests that the partners of men with PD might have increa...

Masters' thesis submitted and approved in August 2010. Thesis supervisor: Prof. Jane Everett. McGill University.

Poster presented at the 2015 meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR).