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Cynthia Graham

Research Fellow

The Kinsey Institute

Research Tutor

Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology
Oxford University

Visiting Research Fellow

Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
Indiana University

Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology
Isis Education Centre
Warneford Hospital
Headington, Oxfordshire
England OX3 7JX
Phone: +44 (0) 1865 226431
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 226364
E-mail: cygraham@indiana.edu
E-mail: cynthia.graham@hmc.ox.ac.uk
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Education

Ph.D., McGill University, 1990
M. Applied Science, University of Glasgow (Scotland), 1982

Research Statement

Sexual behavior and reproductive biology of women; gender differences in sexual behavior; psychophysiological sexual response patterns; the effects of steroidal contraceptives on mood and sexuality in women; the relationship between the menstrual cycle and changes in mood, physical state, and sexuality; menstrual synchrony; and, methodological issues involved in recall data on sexual behavior.

Research Interests

Human sexuality
Therapy for sexual problems
Sex research
Abnormal psychology
Condom errors

Selected Publications

Crosby, R. Milhausen, R., Yarber, W. L., Sanders, S. A., Graham, C. A. (2008). Condom “turn offs” among adults: An exploratory study. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19, 590-594.

Yarber, W. L., Milhausen, R., Crosby, R., Graham, C. A., Sanders, S. A., (2008). Is growing up in a rural area associated with less HIV/STD-related risk? A brief report from an Internet sample. Health Education Monograph, 25, (2), 4-37.

Sanders, S. A., Graham, C. A., & Milhausen, R. R. (2008). Predicting sexual problems in women: Relevance of sexual inhibition and sexual excitation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37, 241-251.

Graham, C. A. (2007). Medicalization of women’s sexual problems: A different story? Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 33, 443-447.

Graham, C. A. & Bancroft, J. (2006). Crisis intervention. In: An Introduction to the Psychotherapies, (Ed.) S. Bloch, 4th. Edition (pp. 197-213). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Graham, C. A. (2002). Methods for obtaining menstrual cycle data in menstrual synchrony studies: Commentary on Schank. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116, (3), 313-315.

Graham, C. A. (2002). Methodological issues involved in adult recall of childhood sexual experiences. In: J. Bancroft (Ed.) Sexual Development. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Crosby, R. A., Sanders, S. A., Yarber, W. L., Graham, C. A., & Dodge, B. (2002). Condom use errors and problems among college men. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 29, 552-557.

Graham, C. A., Janssen, E., & Sanders, S.A. (2000). Effects of fragrance on female sexual arousal and mood across the menstrual cycle. Psychophysiology, 37, 76–84.