Heather Armstrong

Biographie

Dr. Armstrong est une associée de recherche au laboratoire de recherche sur la sexualité humaine. Elle travaille aussi comme professeure à temps partiel à l’Université d’Ottawa. En 2006, elle a terminé son baccalauréat ès arts en psychologie et études crtiques de la sexualité à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. En 2014, elle a obtenu un doctorat en psychologie expérimentale. Elle a complété un stage postdoctoral aux Centers for Disease Control and Prevention à Atlanta, en Georgia.

Les intérêts de recherche de Dr. Armstrong incluent les motivations derrière l’activité sexuelle, la santé et le bienêtre des minorités sexuelles; elle se penche aussi sur les individus de ces groupes minoritaires sexuels.

Elle enseign Human Sexuality (PSY 3122) et Social Motivation (PSY 3109) à l’Université d’Ottawa. Auparavant, elle enseignait Introduction to Applied Psychology (PSY 1102).

Publications

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Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E.D. (2015). Women’s motivations to have sex in casual and committed relationships with male and female partners. The Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0462-4

Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E.D. (2014). Factor reliability analyses of the YSEX? in a sample of women with same-sex attraction. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 29(3), 339-350.doi:10.1080/14681994.2014.920084

Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E.D. (2014). Attitudes toward casual sex, dating, and committed relationships with bisexual partners. Journal of Bisexuality, 14(2), 236-264. doi:10.1080/15299716.2014.902784

Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E.D. (2013). Women who have sex with women: A comprehensive review of the literature and conceptual model of sexual function. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 28(4), 364-399. doi:10.1080/14681994.2013.807912

Reissing, E. D., Armstrong, H. L., & Allen, C. (2013). Pelvic floor physical therapy for lifelong vaginismus: A retrospective chart review and interview study. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 39(4), 306-320. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2012.697535

Reissing, E. D., Andruff (Armstrong), H. L., & Wentland, J. J. (2012). Looking back: The experience of first sexual intercourse and current sexual adjustment in young heterosexual adults. The Journal of Sex Research, 49(1), 27-35. doi:10.1080/00224499.2010.538951 

MacIntosh, H., Reissing, E. D., & Andruff (Armstrong), H. L. (2010). Same-sex marriage in Canada: The impact of legal marriage on the first cohort of gay and lesbian Canadians to wed. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 19(3), 79-90. 

Andruff (Armstrong), H., Carraro, N., Thompson, A., Gaudreau, P., & Louvet, B. (2009). Latent class growth modelling: A tutorial. Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 5(1), 11-24.

 

Reissing, E. D., & Armstrong, H. L. (2014). Theoretical approaches to studying human sexuality. In C. F. Pukall (Ed.), Human Sexuality. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.

Reissing, E. D., & Armstrong, H. L. (2014). Sexuality over the life span. In C. F. Pukall (Ed.), Human Sexuality. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.

Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E. D. (2014). Same-sex marriage in Canada. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.). Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (5634-5637). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Armstrong, H. L., & Michalak, E. E. (2014). Mood disorders and sexuality. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.). Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (4120-4124). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Armstrong, H. L., Michalak, E. E., & Murray, G. W. (2014). Bipolar disorder. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.). Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (408-412).    Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Armstrong, H. L. Bipolar disorder. In D. H. Erickson (Ed.), Building Capacity for Psychotherapy in British Columbia: A Guiding Document. Unpublished report submitted to B.C. Ministry of Health, Mental Health & Substance Use Branch, November, 2013.

Armstrong, H. L., & Reissing, E.D. (2012). Chronic vulvo-vaginal pain in lesbian, bisexual and other sexual minority women. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9(s3), 166-167. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02758.x