PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH

 

Participation in any of our studies is strictly voluntary and confidential. For more information or to sign up for any of the studies below, please contact us by email at sex.lab@queensu.ca or by phone at 613.533.3276.

Unless otherwise stated, all in-lab studies take place at:

The Sexual Health Research Lab
Queens University - Humphrey Hall
Department of Psychology, Queen's University
62 Arch Street, Kingston, Ontario.


ONLINE STUDIES


Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Online Home Pelvic Floor Educational and Mindful Self-Care Exercise Program for Women with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genitopelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD)

Seeking participants for an online research study. Participation will include completion of several online questionnaires over a 3-month period during which you will be given free access to a home-based program.

Participant Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • Able to speak, read and write fluently in English

  • Received a diagnosis of PGAD/GPD

To participate please contact us at qshrl@queensu.ca and mention the PGAD/GPD PelvicSense® study.


Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Online Home Pelvic Floor Educational and Mindful Self-Care Exercise Program for Women with Endometriosis

Seeking participants for an online research study. Participation will include completion of several online questionnaires over a 3-month period during which you will be given free access to a home-based program.

Participant Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • Able to speak, read and write fluently in English

  • Received a diagnosis of endometriosis

To participate please contact us at qshrl@queensu.ca and mention the PelvicSense® study.


Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Online Home Pelvic Floor Educational and Mindful Self-Care Exercise Program for Women with Vulvodynia

Seeking participants for an online research study. Participation will include completion of several online questionnaires over a 3-month period during which you will be given free access to a home-based program.

Participant Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • Able to speak, read and write fluently in English

  • Received a diagnosis of provoked vulvodynia (PVD) by a physician

To participate please contact us at qshrl@queensu.ca and mention the PelvicSense® study.


WHAT TURNS YOU ON?/Que te Excita?

This study seeks to understand more about what turns people on sexually, for individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship statuses. Specifically, this study will examine specific sexual turn-ons as well as sexual arousal, desire, activity, preferences, and fantasies, as well as sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction, sexual health and wellbeing, and mental health.//

Se buscan participantes para un estudio de investigación psicológica en línea. Los participantes deben ser capaces de leer y escribir en inglés o en español, tener 18 años o más y sentirse cómodos respondiendo a preguntas de naturaleza sensible sobre excitación sexual, placer sexual y salud mental. La participación incluirá la cumplimentación de un cuestionario en línea de 45 minutos de duración. Como agradecimiento por su participación, se sorteará un premio.

Participant Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • Able to read and write in English or Spanish

  • Comfortable answering questions about sexuality


A Comprehensive Examination of the Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Sexual Well-Being ("Green Tea Study")

Thank you for your interest in our study titled "A Comprehensive Examination of the Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Sexual Well-Being"!

Due to the high volume of interest in our study, we have temporarily closed recruitment at this time. If you would like to be contacted about this study once we reopen recruitment, please see our Contact Us page and provide your contact information. We thank you for your patience.

 

NEW VIRTUAL LIVE STUDIES


The CLOVER Study

We are conducting an online study to investigate the effectiveness of a virtual group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy treatment program for Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genitopelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD). We are seeking women with PGAD/GPD to take part (free of cost) in the 8-week group therapy program. Participation will also involve completion of questionnaires before, during, and after the group therapy program. 

 Participant Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • Able to speak, read and write fluently in English

  • Identify as a woman 

  • Currently living in Ontario, Canada

  • Experience Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genitopelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD)

To participate please contact us at shrl@queensu.ca and mention the CLOVER study