In bold are Undergraduate Research Assistants in the Meston Lab

1999 Frohlich, P. F, Meston, C. M., Avila, G., Cohen, A., Daniels, Q., Lee, Y. C., & DePinto, J. (June, 1999). Tactile sensitivity as a marker for sexual dysfunction. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Stony Brook, NY.

2000 Meston, C. M., Frohlich, P. F., Bradford, A., Cohen, J., Gamboa, L., Maguire, S., Rosenburg, A., Rojas, H., & Tovar, M. (June, 2000). Love at first fright: gender differences in the roller coaster effect. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Paris, France.

2000 Frohlich, P. F., Meston, C. M., & DePinto, J. (August, 2000). Tactile sensitivity as a marker for female sexual dysfunction. Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, D.C.

2002 Meston, C. M., Frohlich, P. & Bradford, A. (October, 2002). Love at first fright: partner salience mediates roller coaster-induced excitation transfer. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

2002 Meston, C. M., Calderon, M., & McCall, K. (October, 2002). Validation of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in women with Inhibited Female Orgasm Disorder and in women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

2002 Rellini, A, Meston, C. M., Delville, Y., Farmer, M. & Ferguson, J. (October, 2002). The relationship between cortisol and sexual arousal in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

2003 Meston, C. M., Orjada, K., & Bradford, A. (July, 2003). The effects of state and trait self-focused attention on sexual arousal in sexually functional and dysfunctional women. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Bloomington, IN.

2003 Ferguson, J., Rellini, A., McCall, K. M., Meston, C. M., & Randall, P. K. (July, 2003). The relation between self-reported and physiological measures of sexual arousal in women. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Bloomington, IN.

2003 Farmer, M. A., Rellini, A., & Meston, C. M. (July, 2003). Autonomic arousability and female sexual function. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Bloomington, IN.

2003 Rellini, A., McCall, K., Meston, C. M., Ferguson, J., & Randall, P. K. (October, 2003). The relationship between continuous measures of subjective sexual arousal and vaginal responses to erotic videos. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2003 Rellini, A., Campbell, S., Hayes, S., Farmer, M, & Meston, C. M. (November, 2003). Let’s talk about sex: Differences in essays written by women with a history of sexual abuse and control. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), San Antonio, TX.

2003 Meston, C. M., Orjada, K, & Bradford, A. (November, 2003). The effects of state and trait self-focused attention on sexual arousal in sexually functional and dysfunctional women. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), San Antonio, TX.

2003 Ferguson, J., Rellini, A., McCall, K. M., & Meston, C. M. (November, 2003). The relation between self report and physiological measures of sexual arousal in women. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), San Antonio, TX.

2003 Farmer, M., Rellini, A., & Meston, C. M. (November, 2003). Predictors of sexual functioning: Associations with autonimic arousability and neurotocism. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), San Antonio, TX.

2004 Rellini, A., Meston, C. M., Seal, B., McCall, K., Farmer, M. A., & Bradford, A. (June, 2004). Content analyses of sexual fantasies and other essays written by women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Helsinki, Finland.

2004 Seal, B. N., Rellini, A., Farmer, M. A., McCall, K. M., & Meston, C. M. (June, 2004). Sexual satisfaction in oral contraceptive users versus non-users. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Helsinki, Finland.

2004 Seal, B., Rellini, A. H., Farmer, M., McCall, K. M., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2004). Effects of personality and religiosity on sexual satisfaction among oral contraceptive users. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2004 Farmer, M., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2004). Predictors of condom use self-efficacy: An integration of past research. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2004 Bradford, A., Farmer, M., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2004). The influence of state and trait anxiety on sexual arousal in women. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2005 Rellini, A. H., Hill, Y., & Meston, C. M. (June, 2005). The relationship between avoidance and physiological sexual arousal in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Ottawa, Canada.

2005 Farmer, M. A., & Meston, C. M. (June, 2005). The role of religion and religiosity in sexuality. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Ottawa, Canada.

2005 Farmer, M. A., & Meston, C. M. (June, 2005). Predictors of condom use self-efficacy in an ethnically diverse university sample. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Ottawa, Canada.

2005 Rellini, A. H., Hill, Y., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2005). The link between avoidance of traumatic memories and physiological sexual arousal in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Las Vegas, NV.

2005 McCall, K. M., Rellini, A. H., Seal, B. N., Ramirez, M., Ing, D., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2005). Sex differences in memory for sexually-relevant information. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Las Vegas, Nevada.

2005 Hill, Y., Rellini, A. H., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2005). The relationship between sexual fantasy, mental sexual arousal, and sexual desire from a sample of university women. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Las Vegas, NV.

2005 Farmer, M., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2005). Beyond religious affiliation: Prediction of sexual function by religiosity subtypes. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Las Vegas, NV.

2005 Farmer, M. A., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2005). Genital pain as a continuum of sexual functioning. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Las Vegas, NV.

2006 McCall, K. M., Hill, Y., Rellini, A. H., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2006). Investigation of the cues for sexual desire scale (CSDS) in a sample of pre- and post-menopausal women with and without sexual desire concerns. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006 McCall, K. M., Fogle, E., Rellni, A. H., Simpson, R., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2006). A qualitative investigation of factors influencing women’s sexual self-views. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006 Farmer, M., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2006). Psychosexual profiles of young adult women with a continuum of genital pain. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006 Salayta, M. A., Rellini, A. H., Meston, C. M., & Levin, R. J. (March, 2006). Exploring the input/output slopes of the VPA (vaginal pulse amplitude) as a possible index of veno-occlusive engorgement. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006 Bradford, A., Powers, C., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2006). Physical activity in sexual health: a review of the literature. Annual meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Philadelphia, PA.

2006 Pujols, Y., David, L., Seal, B., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2006). Body image self-consciousness and sexual response among undergraduate women. Annual meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Philadelphia, PA.

2007 Bradford, A., Fogle, E., Harte, C., Seal, B., & Meston, C. M. (2007). Women’s heart rate variability responses during exposure to erotic stimuli. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

2007 Pujols, Y., Hamilton, L. D., Seal, B., & Meston, C. M. (2007). Monogamy and sexuality in U.S. women: A pilot study. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

2007 Fogle, E., Rellini, A., Hamilton, L. D., & Meston, C. M. (2007). Characteristics of sexual fantasies and female sexual desire. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

2007 Hamilton, L. D., Fogle, E. A., & Meston, C. M. (August, 2007). Exercise and sexual arousal both activate the sympathetic nervous system. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Vancouver, Canada.

2007 Harte, C. B., Rand, M. M., Adkins, R. R., & Meston, C. M. (August, 2007). Gender-differential subjective sexual arousal patterns to diverse heterosexual sexual stimuli. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Vancouver, Canada.

2007 Harte, C. B., Rand, M. M., Adkins, R. R., & Meston, C. M. (August, 2007). Investigating the concordance between physiological and subjective sexual arousal patterns in men and women. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR), Vancouver, Canada.

2008 Bradford, A., Truelson, E., & Meston, C. M. (February, 2008). Prevalence of mental pollution in childhood sexual abuse. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, San Diego, CA.

2009 Stephenson, K. R., Bauerkemper, B., Perlman, H., Andrews, E., & Meston, C. M. (August, 2009). Gender differences in the relationship between orgasmic functioning and sexual satisfaction. Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2010 Harte, C.B., Watts, T.W., Perlman, H., Bentkowski, O.Z., Whitaker, A., & Meston, C. M. (April, 2010). Effects of smoking cessation on sexual health in men. Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

2010 Ahrold, T.K., Zincone, R., Stassney, S., & Meston, C. M. (April, 2010). Acute exercise ameliorates sexual side effects of antidepressants in women. Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

2010 Stephenson, K. R., Lee, E., De La Torre, B., & Meston, C.M. (April, 2010). The relationship between sexual arousal and sexual distress in women: The selective protective value of good relationships. Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

2010 Chung, K., Koai, M., Hamilton, L. D., & Meston, C. M. (April, 2010). The effects of acute stress on genital and psychological arousal in women. Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.

2010 Harte, C. B., Perlman, H., Watts, T. W., Bentkowski, O. A., Whitaker, A., & Meston, C. M. (May, 2010). Quitting smoking improves sexual health in men. Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

2010 Watts, T. W., Harte, C. B., & Meston, C. M. (May, 2010). Predictors of relapse following an 8-week smoking cessation intervention program. Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

2011 Raja, A.W., Khouri, Y., & Meston, C. M. (February, 2011). Body esteem, sexual attitudes, extraversion, and sexual activity frequency predicts sexual desire in young women. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Scottsdale, AZ.

2011 Watts, T. W., Harte, C. B., & Meston, C. M. (February, 2011). Predictors of 1-, 6-, and 12-month smoking relapse among smokers completing a tobacco cessation intervention program. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Canada.

2011 Raja, A.W., Khouri, Y., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2011). Sexual activity frequency and body esteem predict sexual desire in young women. Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Palm Beach, FL.

2011 Coates, L. N., Bicoy, H. N., Stephenson, K. R., & Meston, C. M. (November, 2011). Adult attachment avoidance and the association between sexual satisfaction and relational satisfaction in women. Annual Convention of the Texas Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

2011 Bicoy, H. N., Coates, L. N., Stephenson, K. R., & Meston, C. M. (November, 2011). The association between sexual desire and relationship length in women with childhood sexual abuse. Annual Convention of the Texas Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

2012 Pulverman, C. S., Lorenz, T. A., Lessels, B. R., Sherrill, B. N., Proctor, A. B., Matlock, A. N., & Meston, C. M. (2012, February). Women show different patterns of genital arousal to threatening versus non-threatening sexual images. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), New Orleans, LA.

2012 Stephenson, K. R., Williams, P., & Meston, C. M. (2012, March). How does impaired sexual functioning affect women’s sexual experiences? Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Chicago, Illinois.

2012 Stephenson, K. R., Williams, P., & Meston, C. M. (2012, March). The association between sexual satisfaction and overall life satisfaction for women with impaired sexual functioning. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Chicago, Illinois.

2012 Stephenson, K. R., Williams, P., & Meston, C. M. (2012, November). The curvilinear association between sexual satisfaction and overall life satisfaction in women. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Texas Psychological Association, Austin, Texas.

2012 Stephenson, K. R., Cerutti, M., Neufeld, R., & Meston, C. M. (2012, November). Consequences of impaired female sexual functioning: Individual differences and associations with distress. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Texas Psychological Association, Austin, Texas.

2012 Meston, C. M., Watts, T., Khoury, Y., Stephenson, K. R., Lorenz, T. K., & Pulverman, C. A. (2012, February). Expressive writing changes traumagenic dynamics in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), New Orleans, LA.

2014  Sherrill, B. N., Proctor, A. B., Pulverman, C. S., & Meston, C. M. (2014, February). Psychological implications of abstinence-only sexual education. Poster session presented at the Annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), San Diego, CA.

2014 Proctor, A., Sherrill, B., Pulverman, C. S., & Meston, C. M. (2014, November). Sexual shame mediates the relationship between sexual abuse history and intimate relationship conflict. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Psychological Association, Dallas, Texas.

2015 Stephenson, K., Toorabally, N., & Meston, C. M. (2015, February). What exactly do you mean by “sexual problem?” Specific description of self-identified impairments in female sexual function. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Austin, TX.

2015 Proctor, A. B., Sherrill, N., Pulverman, C. S., & Meston, C. M. (2015, February). Sexual abuse history and intimate relationship conflict: The role of sexual shame. Poster presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Austin, TX.

2016 Stanton, A. M., Del Rey, G. M., Nichols, L., & Meston, C. M. (2016, February). A brief intervention to increase heart rate variability increases physiological sexual arousal in sexually functional women: Results from a pilot study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Charleston, SC.

2016 Pulverman, C.S., Gonzalex, L.L., Crosby, C.L., Griffy, C.G., & Meston, C. M. (2016, April). Sexual shame mediates the relationship between a history of childhood sexual abuse and current sexual dysfunction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR), Chicago, IL.

2017 Stanton, A. M., Nichols, L.M., & Meston, C.M. (2017, February). Improvements in acute subjective sexual arousal after a brief session of autogenic training in women with sexual arousal problems. Podium presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA. Best Abstract Award.

2017 Del Rey, G. M., Stanton, A.M., & Meston, C.M. (2017, February). The relationship between sexual shame and sexual self-schemas in college-aged women. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2017 Stanton, A.M., Nichols, L.M., & Meston, C.M. (2017, March). Single session of autogenic training increases acute sexual arousal in women with sexual arousal problems. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM), San Diego, CA.

2017 Stanton, A. M., Nichols, L. M., & Meston, C. M. (2017, April). Brief session of autogenic training improves subjective sexual arousal in women with sexual arousal problems. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada.

2017 Stanton, A. M., Nichols, L. M., & Meston, C. M. (2017, May). One session of autogenic training increases acute subjective sexual arousal in pre-menopausal women with sexual arousal problems. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), Prague, Czech Republic.

2018 Kilimnik, C. D., Garcia, S. M., & Meston, C. M. (October, 2018). The role of nonconsensual sexual experiences and identification of these experiences in men’s sexual excitation and inhibition propensities. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF). Toronto, Ontario.

2018 Stanton, A. M., Fogarty, J. J., & Meston, C. M. (2018, February). Improvements in perceived genital sensations and sexual arousal following app-based intervention: Preliminary results from a randomized-controlled trial. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), San Diego, CA.

2019  Handy, A. B., Freihart, B. K., Zaleta, L., & Meston, C. M. (February, 2019). Interoception differentially influences sexual concordance in women with and without sexual dysfunction. Poster presentation to the Annual Meeting of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2019 Garcia, S. M., Kilimnik, C. D., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2019). Women’s perceptions of the impact of early consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences on their sexual well-being. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2019 Kilimnik, C. D, Cole, H., & Meston, C. M. (March, 2019). The sexual well-being of men with and without a history of nonconsensual sexual experiences: A preliminary
examination. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Atlanta, GA.

2019 Laurent, S. E., Kilimnik, C. D., & Meston, C. M. (November, 2019). The role of education in sexual violence: Sex education and harmful sexual attitudes. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), Denver, Colorado.

2020 Freihart, B., Whitman, A., & Meston, C. M. (2020, March). The moderation effect of couple-level sexual satisfaction on physiological synchrony during conversation-based tasks. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Orlando, FL.

2020 Kilimnik, C., McMahon, L. & Meston, C. M. (2020, March). A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of an online expressive writing intervention for the sexual well-being of women with childhood sexual abuse histories. Podium presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Orlando, FL..

2020 Crosby, C.L., Wycoff, J.P., Quick, E., & Meston, C. M. (2020, March). Sexual and emotional affairs: Does friendships matter? Poster presentation to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), Orlando, FL