Journal Articles
2026
McClung, E., Pecore, R., Stragapede, E., Garcia Mairena, P. M., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2026). Don’t Break My Heart: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study Examining Autonomy Support During Romantic Relationship Dissolution. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1–14. DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2026.2628652
2024
Stragapede, E., Huber, J., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2024). My Catastrophizing and Your Catastrophizing: Dyadic Associations of Pain Catastrophizing and the Physical, Psychological, and Relational Well-being of Persons With Endometriosis and Their Partners. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 40(4), 221-229, DOI: 40. 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001193
McClung, E., Rosen, N. O., Muise, A., Kannathas, S. & Corsini-Munt, S. (2024). Sex-specific need fulfillment in relationships and sexual and relationship well-being. Canadian Sex Research Forum Special Edition of the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 33(3), 329-339. DOI: 10.3138/cjhs-2024-0031
2023
Shoikhedbrod, A., Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Harasymchuk, C., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A (2023). Being communal and self-determined in the bedroom. How and why sexual motivation is associated with satisfaction and desire in romantic relationships. Journal of Sex Research. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2130132
Pecore, R. McClung, E., Stragapede, E., Huber, J., Corsini-Munt, S. (2023). Self-determined sexual motivation in persons with endometriosis and their partners: Dyadic associations of autonomous and controlled sexual motivations with sexual and relational well-being and pain. Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2223197
McClung, E., Rosen, N.O., Dubé, J., Wang G.A., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2023). Motivation when desire is low: Associations between sexual motivation and sexual intimacy, sexual satisfaction, and sexual distress for men with hypoactive sexual desire disorder and their partners. Archives of Sexual Behaviour. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02752-x
2022
Shaughnessy, K., Ashley, M., Fehr, C., Braham, J., Labelle, P.R., Ouimet, A., Corsini-Munt, S., Reissing, E., & Ashbaugh, A.R. (2022). Technology-mediated sexual interactions, social anxiety, and sexual wellbeing: A scoping review. Current and Emerging Aspects of Cybersexuality, 12(8), 904-932. DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe12080066
Czechowski, K., Sylvestre, J., Corsini-Munt, S. (2022). Survival sex: Sexual agency and consent in a state of deprivation? A scoping review. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. DOI: 10.3138/cjhs.2022-0017
Wang, G.A., Corsini-Munt, S., Dubé, J., McClung, E., & Rosen, N.O. (2022). Associations Between Emotion Regulation and Sexual Communication among Men with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and their Partners. Journal of Sex Research. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2092588
2021
Raposo, S., Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Maxwell, J. A., & Muise, A. (2021). Navigating Low Desire: Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs and Couples’ Well-Being. Journal of Sex Research. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1884179
Rosen, N.O., Vaillancourt-Morel, MP., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M., Delisle, I., Baxter, ML., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Predictors and moderators of provoked vestibulodynia treatment outcome following a randomized trial comparing cognitive-behavioral couple therapy to overnight lidocaine. Behaviour Research and Therapy. DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2021.05.002
Bergeron, S., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M., Delisle, I., Mayrand, M.-H., & Rosen, N. O. (2021). Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy versus lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(4), 316–326. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000631
2020
Rosen, N.O., Corsini-Munt, S., Dubé, J., Boudreau, C. Muise, A. (2020). Partner responses to low desire: Associations with sexual, relational and psychological well-being among couples coping with Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.08.015
Corsini-Munt, S., Bergeron, S., Rosen, N. (2020). Self-focused Reasons for Having Sex: Associations Between Sexual Goals and Women’s Pain and Sexual and Psychological Well-being for Couples Coping With Provoked Vestibulodynia. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17(5), 975-984. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.01.017
2019
Dubé, J., Corsini-Munt, S., Muise, A., Rosen, N. (2019). Emotion Regulation in Couples Affected by Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 48(7), 2491-2506. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-019-01465-4
Rosen, N., Dubé, J., Corsini-Munt, S., Muise, A. (2019). Partners Experience Consequences, Too: A Comparison of the Sexual, Relational and Psychological Adjustment of Women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder and Their Partners to Control Couples. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(1), 83-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.10.018
2017
Corsini-Munt, S., A., Rancourt, K. M., Dubé, J., Rossi, M., Rosen, N. (2017). Vulvodynia: A consideration of clinical and methodological research challenges and recommended solutions. Journal of Pain Research, 10, 2425-2436. DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S126259
McNicoll, G., Corsini-Munt, S., Rosen, N., McDuff, P., Bergeron, S. (2017). Sexual Assertiveness Mediates the Associations Between Partner Facilitative Responses and Sexual Outcomes in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 43(7), xx-xx. DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2016.1230806
2016
Corsini-Munt, S., Bergeron, S., Rosen, N., Beaulieu, N., Steben, M. (2016). A Dyadic Perspective on Childhood Maltreatment for Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia and Their Partners: Associations With Pain and Sexual and Psychosocial Functioning. The Journal of Sex Research, 54(3), 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1158229
2015
Bergeron, S., Corsini-Munt, S., Aerts, L., Rosen, N., Rancourt, K. M. (2015). Female Sexual Pain Disorders: A Review of the Literature on Etiology and Treatment. Current Sexual Health Reports, 7(3), 159-169. DOI: 10.1007/s11930-015-0053-y
Aerts, L., Bergeron, S., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M., Pâquet, M. (2015). Are Primary and Secondary Provoked Vestibulodynia Two Different Entities? A Comparison of Pain, Psychosocial, and Sexual Characteristics: Psychosexual Functioning in PVD Subtypes. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12(6), 1463-1473. DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12907
Davis, S. N., Bergeron, S., Sadikaj, G., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M. (2015). Partner Behavioral Responses to Pain Mediate the Relationship Between Partner Pain Cognitions and Pain Outcomes in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia. The journal of pain: official journal of the American Pain Society, 16(6), 549-557. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.03.002
2014
Corsini-Munt, S. Bergeron, S., Rosen, N. O., Steben, M., Mayrand, M-H., Delisle, I., McDuff, P., Aerts, L. & Santerre-Baillargeon, M. (2014). A comparison of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and lidocaine in the treatment of provoked vestibulodynia: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials, 15(506). DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-506
Corsini-Munt, S.Bergeron, S., Rosen, N. O., Mayrand, M-H., & Delisle, I. (2014). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a novel cognitive-behavioral couple therapy for provoked vestibulodynia: A pilot study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11(10), 2515-27. DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12646
Rosen, N. O., Rancourt, K. M., Corsini-Munt, S., & Bergeron, S. (2014). Beyond a “Woman’s Problem”: The role of relationship processes in female genital pain. Current Sexual Health Reports, 6(1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/s11930-013-0006-2
2011
Lang, A., Fleiszer, A., Duhamel, F., Sword, W., Gilbert, K., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2011). Perinatal loss and parental grief: The challenge of ambiguity and disenfranchisement. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 63(2), 183-196. DOI: 10.2190/OM.63.2.e
2009
Lang, A., Macdonald, M., Storch, J., Elliot, K., Stevenson, L., Lacroix, H., Donaldson, S., Geering Curry, C., Corsini-Munt, S., & Francis, F. (2009). Homecare safety perspectives from clients, family members, caregivers and paid providers. Healthcare Quarterly, 12 (Sp), 23-27.
Yang, L., Corsini-Munt, S., Phelan, J., & Link, B. (2009). Beliefs in Traditional Chinese Medicine Efficacy Among Chinese Americans: Implications for Mental Health Service Utilization. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(3), 207-210.
Book Chapters
Bergeron, S., Rosen, N.O., Pukall, C., Corsini-Munt, S. (2020). Genital Pain in Women and Men – It Can Hurt More Thank Your Sex Life. In Y. M. Binik & K. Hall (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, 6th edition. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Bergeron, S., Rosen, N.O., Corsini-Munt, S. (2018). Treating the Patient with Genito-Pelvic Pain. In D. Turk & R. Gatchel (Eds.), Psychological approaches to pain management, 3rd edition. NY: Guilford Press.
Bergeron, S., Rosen, N.O., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2016). Painful sex. In S. B. Levine, C. B. Risen, & S. E. Althof (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd edition. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
Awada, N., Corsini-Munt, S., Rosen, N., & Bergeron, S. (2014). Sexual anxiety. In P. Emmelkamp & T. Ehring (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kuriansky, J., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2009). Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in Teen Sexuality Education: Model Partnerships. Schroeder, E. and Kuriansky, J. (Eds.): Sexuality Education Past present and future. Volume 3. Westport: Praeger Publishers.
Treatment Manuals
Corsini-Munt, S., Rosen, N.O., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy (CBCT) Treatment Manual. Montreal. (Email Dr. Corsini-Munt to request a copy)
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