Sexuality and Well-Being Lab, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC (2025)

Dr. Samantha Dawson is the Director of the Sexuality and Well-being (SWELL) Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She is also in the process of registering as a psychologist in British Columbia. Dr. Dawson’s current multimethod research program focuses on identifying cognitive and affective mechanisms contributing to sexual function in individuals and couples, with the goal of using these mechanisms to develop targeted interventions for sexual dysfunction. Her research program involves experimental laboratory-based research using various sexual
psychophysiological measures (e.g., eye tracking, genital plethysmography), as well as more ecologically valid daily experience and longitudinal methodologies. Her research is multidisciplinary, and she has ongoing collaborations with clinicians and academics across a variety of fields including psychology and medicine. Dr. Dawson’s research has been recognized by awards from the International Academy of Sex Research and the Canadian Sex Research Forum. Her research is currently funded through operating grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, as well as internal grants through the University of British Columbia.

12/07/2024

📢 Are you interested in participating in our research about culture and sexuality? 📢

🌎 We’re looking for South American folks to participate in a 35- to 45-minute online survey focused on how individuals from different countries experience their sexual well-being. All participants will get a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card (CAD)💵

You are eligible if you...
· identify as an immigrant to North America
· are currently residing in Canada or the United States
· are 18 years of age or older
· are fluent in English

🌟 To participate, go to swelllab.psych.ubc.ca (see bio!) and look for the “Exploring Cultural Experiences and S*xuality Study” under the Research tab. The Principal Investigator of this study is Dr. Samantha J. Dawson.

*Please note that endorsement of this ad or post will publicly link you with the study.

*All information is kept strictly confidential.

11/30/2024

🌟 What’s better than one student graduating??? It’s two amazing students graduating with their MAs in Clinical Psychology!!! We are so proud of everything the two of you have accomplished during your time in the lab (even before graduate school) and are so incredibly excited to see all the places you will go! 🌟 Kiarah is cosupervised with one of our fave collaborators who directs the and this was our first cosupervised student to graduate!

11/27/2024

A few weeks ago we escaped the Kenny building and got together to 🌟 CELEBRATE 🌟 all that our lab accomplished in the past summer including two successful MA defenses and an MA proposal defense! It’s been a busy semester for all of us and this was a much needed break. We had a fun afternoon making jewellery 💎together followed by some yummy donuts 🍩 !

11/25/2024

Are you interested in participating in our research about culture and sexuality?

We’re looking for people to participate in a 35-to-45 -minute online survey focused on how individuals from different countries experience their sexual well-being. All participants will get a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card (CAD)

You are eligible if you...
· identify as an immigrant to North America
· are currently residing in Canada or the United States
· are 18 years of age or older
· are fluent in English

To participate, go to swelllab.psych.ubc.ca (see bio!) and look for the “Exploring Cultural Experiences and S*xuality Study” under the Research tab. The Principal Investigator of this study is Dr. Samantha J. Dawson.
*Please note that endorsement of this ad or post will publicly link you with the study.
*All information is kept strictly confidential.

11/19/2024

📣 PUBLICATION SPOTLIGHT 📣

We just published an exciting new paper in Body Image! Grad student, Erin Fitzpatrick, led this paper as her Master’s thesis at UBC. 👩🏻‍🎓 We are excited to see it in print - and it’s open access! ⭐️

In this paper, we examined daily associations between body satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction among new parent couples at a vulnerable time (3-4 months postpartum).

➡️ Swipe to see what we found!

Fitzpatrick, E. T., Rosen, N. O., Kim, J. J., Kolbuszewska, M. T., Schwenck, G. C., & Dawson, S. J. (2024). S*xual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples. Body Image, 51, 101810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101810

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