Society for Sex Therapy and Research SSTAR 2008: 33rd Annual Meeting Continuing Medical Education Credit is provided through joint sponsorship with The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Intercontinental Hotel Chicago, Illinois USA March 13-15, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS President‘s Welcome ..........................................................................................................1 SSTAR 2009: 34th Annual Meeting – Arlington, Virginia, USA ........................................2 SSTAR 2008 Fall Clinical Meeting – New York, New York USA ....................................2 SSTAR Executive Council and Administrative Staff ..........................................................3 Continuing Education Accreditations & Approvals ............................................................5 Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................6 Program Schedule ................................................................................................................7 2008 Award Recipients ....................................................................................................14 SSTAR Health Professional Book Award .............................................................14 Sex, Therapy, and Kids Recipient: Sharon Lamb, EdD SSTAR Service Award ..........................................................................................14 Recipient: Bill Maurice, MD SSTAR Student Research Award Abstract ............................................................15 Attributions as Predictors of Psychosexual and Dyadic Adjustment In Women with Vestibulodynia Recipient: Melanie Jodoin, BSc Pre-Conference Workshops Abstracts ..................................................................... 16-27 Sexual Disorders: Evaluation and Management .............................................. 17-23 Moderator: Lori A. Brotto, PhD Assessment and Treatment of Male Sexual Dysfunctions .........................17 Michael E. Metz, PhD Current Concepts in the Evaluation and Management of Female Sexual Dysfunction ........................................................................19 Leah S. Millheiser, MD Hormonal Therapy in the Postmenopausal Woman with Sexual Dysfunction ....................................................................................20 Claudia Panzer, MD Using a Clinical Model to Assess and Treat Women‘s Loss of Sexual Desire and Arousal .............................................................21 Lori A. Brotto, PhD Chronic Medical Illness and Sexuality: Issues and Answers.....................23 Michael L. Krychman, MD Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Dyspareunia ...............................................24 Sophie Bergeron, PhD & Andrew T. Goldstein, MD Moderator: Michael A. Perelman PhD Couples from a Tourist Lens: A Multicultural Approach to Sexuality and Intimacy...............................................................................................26 Esther Perel, MA, LMFT Moderator: Marta Meana PhD i Poster Presentations Abstracts…. ............................................................................ 28-68 1. Who‘s Calling the Shots: Gender or Sexual Orientation? Sexual Satisfaction and Desire in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Couples .....................................29 K.L. Blair MSc & D. Holmberg PhD 2. Sexual Esteem and Body Image as Predictors of Sexual Functioning and Sexual Satisfaction among Heterosexual and Queer-Identified Individuals .........31 C. Goldfinger BA, K.B. Smith MA, C.F. Pukall PhD, K. Blair MSc, & E. Dargie 3. Early Sexual Experience and Adult Sexual Orientation ....................................33 E.M. Latty MS & J.M. Bailey PhD 4. The Double Standard: Perceptions of Women Through their Use of Contraceptives. ......................................................................................35 E. Beamon, BA 5. Laser Doppler Imaging as a Measure of Genital Blood Flow in Female Sexual Arousal ...........................................................................................37 S.E. Waxman MA & C.F. Pukall PhD 6. Psychosocial Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction in Women with Vulvar Pain ................................................................................................39 S.E. Waxman MA, K.B. Smith MA, K.S. Sutton MA, E. Gentilcore- Saulnier BSc PT, C.F. Pukall PhD, & S. Boyer BSc 7. Provoked Vestibulodynia: Double the Painful Stimulation, Double the Pain Perception?.........................................................................................41 K.S. Sutton MA, C.F. Pukall PhD, & S.M. Chamberlain MD 8. Behavioral Observation of Pain in a Gynecological Setting: Pain Behaviors as a Diagnostic Tool for Sexual Pain Disorders. ......................43 S.C. Boyer BSc, M-A. Lahaie BA, Y.M. Binik PhD, & R. Amsel MSc 9. Pelvic Floor Muscle Response to Vulvar Pain in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia ...........................................................................45 E. Gentilcore-Saulnier BSc, C. Goldfinger BA, L. McLean PhD, C.F. Pukall PhD, & S.M. Chamberlain MD 10. Saying it Hurts and Showing it Hurts: Consistency Between Self- Reported Pain Symptoms and Clinical Diagnosis Among Women with Vestibulodynia .....................................................................47 K.B. Smith MA, K.S. Sutton MA, C.F. Pukall PhD, & S.M. Chamberlain MD 11. Pinpointing Pelvic Pain: A Novel Approach in Men .......................................49 S.N. Davis BA, Y.M. Binik PhD, & S. Carrier MD ii 12. Of Mice and Women: A Mouse Model of Vestibulodynia Following Repeated Vulvovaginal Candidiasis. .........................................................51 M.A. Farmer BA, Y.M. Binik PhD, & J.S. Mogil PhD 13. Not Tonight Dear, I Have a Vulvache: Evidence for Reduced Sexual Receptivity with Vulvar and Hindpaw Zymosan Using Paced Mating in the Mouse ..................................................................................52 M.A. Farmer BA, Y.M. Binik PhD, J.G. Pfaus, & J.S. Mogil PhD 14. The Role of Sexuality in Reproductive Health Behaviors Among East Asian Women.............................................................................................54 J.S.T. Woo MA & L.A. Brotto PhD 15. The Role of Acculturation in Reproductive Health Practices Among Indian, Indo-Canadian, Canadian East Asian, and Euro-Canadian Women .......................................................................................................56 L.A. Brotto PhD, A.Y. Chou BSc, T. Singh MD, & J.S.T. Woo MA 16. Effects of a Psychoeducational Treatment for Sexual Arousal Disorder in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors ...............................................58 Y. Erskine, K. Rhodes, L. Mehak, L.A. Brotto 17. A Survey to Determine the Prevalence of Persistent Genital Arousal and Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD) in a Female Population Attending a London Sexual Health .........................................60 L. Garvey MRCP, S. Leiblum PhD, & D. Goldmeier MD FRCP 18. A Report on the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Ad Hoc Committee for the Definition of Premature Ejaculation ....................62 M.A. Perelman PhD, S.E. Althof PhD, R.C. Rosen PhD, & R.T. Segraves MD PhD 19. A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Libigel® For Treatment of HSDD in Surgically Menopausal Women ...........................64 M.C. Snabes MD PhD & J. Zborowski BSN 20. Validation of the Inventory of Sexual Events and Desire (ISED) Diary for the Study of Libigel® (Testosterone gel) in the Treatment of HSDD……………………….. ...................................................................66 M.C. Snabes MD PhD & J. Zborowski BSN 21. Psychosexual Dimensions of Genital herpes: A Review…….. .......................68 D. Goldmeier MD FRCP & L. Garvey MRCP 22. Sexual Concerns of People with Disabilities…......…………………………..70 Helena Juergens, PhD iii Invited Speakers’ Abstracts……. ............................................................................. 71-78 Betty Dodson – Artist and Sex Coach: Movie Screening and Discussion ........................72 Derek Polonsky, MD Sexual Technologies and the Double Standard .................................................................73 Rachel P. Maines, PhD Prevalence, Impact, and Treatment of Sexual Problems Experienced by Women in Later Life .............................................................................................74 Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD Sex and Sexual Orientation Differences in the Specificity of Sexual Arousal ..................76 Meredith Chivers, PhD Desires and Divisions: The Partition of Self and Sexuality in a Pakistani Man ................78 Kathryn Hall, PhD Symposia Abstracts…………………..….. ................................................................ 79-89 Sexual Pain Disorders: Latest Research & Treatment A Randomized Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Medical Management in the Treatment of Provoked Vestibulodynia .....................80 Sophie Bergeron PhD Botox® Therapy for Women Diagnosed with Vestibulodynia: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study ..........................................................................82 Christina Petersen, MD Fear and Pain vs. Muscle Spasm as the Main Diagnostic Criteria for Vaginismus ................................................................................................84 Marie-Andree Lahaie, PhD Candidate Traditional